That Driving Beat

We go heavy on the 1960s rock in this episode. garage, proto-punk, British Beat, rock & roll, and more. The Kingsmen, The Commons LTD, The Liverpool Five, The Kinks, The Chosen Few, The Beckett Quintet, The Chicago Loop, Mouse and the Traps, and lots more "The" groups from the USA and Britain, plus Mexico and New Zealand!

Originally broadcast September 10, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Zodiacs / This Feeling

Cannibal & The Headhunters / Love Bird

The Sultans / I Know It's True

Tommy Adderley with Max Merritt and the Meteors / I Just Don't Understand

The Squares / Square Rock, Pt. III

Bobby Barnett / Moanin' The Blues

The Small Faces / Hey Girl

The Human Beings / Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby

The Kingsmen / Searching For Love

Terry Knight and The Pack / Numbers

James and Bobby Purify / I Was Born To Lose Out

Ian & The Zodiacs / This Empty Place

Los Johnny Jets / Es Lupe (Hang On Sloopy)

The Beckett Quintet / No Correspondence

The Carnaby Street Runners / Live and in Person

Gates of Eden / Girls, Girls, Girls

The Kinks / A Well Respected Man

The Liverpool Five / Too Far Out

The Chosen Few / It Just Don't Rhyme

The Last Word / Can't Stop Loving You

The Chicago Loop / This Must Be the Place

The Beat Merchants / So Fine

The Shevelles / I Can Conquer The World

Prentiss McPhail / Moolah Man

The Bloos Magoos / So I'm Wrong And You Are Right

The Commons, LTD / I'm Going To Change The World

The Kingsmen / The Climb

Danny & Jerry / Mo'reen

The Exiles / Come On

The Birdwatchers / I'm Gonna Do It To You

Stuart Paine / It's Good to Know

Moe, Adrian, & The Sculptors / Shotgun

Fountain Of Youth / Livin' Too Fast

Mouse and the Traps / Beg Barrow and Steal

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James has been digging up vinyl treasure, from 1950s R&B to 1960s soul, and a little bit of late 60s psych rock. Uwe has been digging in his own collection for some old favorites. It's time for your weekly 2-hour Mod vinyl dance party!

Originally broadcast September 3, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

J.L. Smith / Did You Do The Mosquito

The Drifters / At The Club

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have

Roscoe Robinson / That's Enough

Bobby Freeman / She Said She Wants to Dance

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Shout and Shimmy

Big Jay McNeely & Band / ...Back ...Shack ...Track

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

Jimmy Reed / Baby What You Want Me To Do

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Wynona Carr and the Bumps Blackwell Band / Please, Mr. Jailer

Inez Foxx / Confusion

Wally Cox / Some Wonderful Day

Billy Stewart / Sugar And Spice

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / Shucks

Soul Brothers Six / I'll Be Loving You

Andy and the Marglows / Superman Lover

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Len Barry / Sweet and Funky

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

Dusty Springfield / Little By Little

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

Jay Dee Bryant / Get It (Come On And Get It)

Mongo Santamaria Orchestra / Yeh-Yeh!

The Carnations / Punctuation

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

The Bloos Magoos / The People Had No Faces

Graffiti / Love In Spite

Elysian Field / Strange Changes

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / East Side Story

The Casuals / Money (That's All I Want)

Little Johnny Taylor / You Win, I Lose

Lee Dorsey / Ride Your Pony

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Myself

Billy Butler / Right Track

The South Street Soul Guitars / South Street

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Another 2-hour rare 1960s soul dance party, with new finds and old favorites!

Originally broadcast August 27, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Billy Graham & The Escalators / Oop-Poo-Pa-Doo

"Singing" Sammy Ward / That Child Is Really Wild

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

The Sharpees / I've Got A Secret

The Fascinations / Girls Are Out to Get You

Betty O'Brien / Money Honey

The Contours / Pa I Need A Car

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Barbara Mason / Ain't Got Nobody

Tony Middleton / My Home Town

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Just Walk In My Shoes

Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

Chris Campbell / You Gotta Pay Dues

Betty O'Brien / Why Me?

Wanda Rouzan / Would You Love Me

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity / This Wheel's On Fire

The New Arrivals / Somebody Else

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

The Orlons / Rules of Love

Curtis Byrd & The Joe-Rag Singers / Turn Some More Lights On

Jimmy Radcliffe / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man

Jo Ann Garrett / That Little Brown Letter

Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire

Mona Lisa And His Orchestra / They Don't Know Pt.1

The Orlons / Heartbreak Hotel

The Hi Fashions / Mr. Policeman

Syndicate of Sound / Keep It Up

The 21st / I Just Can't Forget Your Name

The Shadows / Shake Sherry

The Isley Brothers / Have You Ever Been Disappointed

Young Holt Unlimited / California Montage

Mato & the Mystics / Soul Groove

Little Milton / So Blue (Without You)

Louis Curry / I'll Try Again Tomorrow

The Spinners / I Cross My Heart

Earl Lewis & The Channels / She Blew My Mind

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James once again shares his theory that the best version of every Bob Dylan song is by someone other than Bob Dylan, and plays a pair of covers of a song written by an artist you'll never hear on That Driving Beat: Paul Simon?! We play a version of The Snake that predates the Al Wilson, and it's not Oscar Brown! Two more hours of hard-hitting 1960s dance music, for dancing!

Originally broadcast August 20, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop

Bo Diddley / Another Sugar Daddy

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

James & Bobby Purify / Help Yourself (To All of My Lovin)

Jimmy Hughes / It Was Nice

The Velvelettes / Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I

The Surf Suns / Still In Love With You Baby

Los Bravos / Two People In Me

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Hold Tight!

The Five Americans / I See The Light

Chuck Jackson / I've Got To Be Strong

Vito & The Salutations / I Want You To Be My Baby

Albert King / C.O.D.

Lee Rogers / Go-Go Girl

Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough

The Whispers / I Can't See Myself Leaving You

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

Jackie Wilson / Baby Workout

The Esquires / Get On Up

The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party

Solomon Burke / Peepin'

Billy Joe Young / The Push

The Temptashuns / The Big "B"

Gene McDaniels / Chip Chip

Frank Gari / Love That's Where It Is

Brenda & The Tabulations / You've Changed

Paul Penny / The Snake

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

Lucius Lawton / People Sure Act Funny

Al Kent / The Way You Been Acting Lately

The Chicago Loop / Richard Corey

Them / Richard Cory

The Sir Douglas Quintet / In Time

The Alphabetical Order / All Over The World (La La)

The Precisions / Why Girl

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra / The Last Time

Panic Buttons / O - Wow

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James and Uwe have both been out digging near and far for records to move your feet in this week's Soul, R&B, and garage rock radio dance party. Uwe pulled a super-rare Texas garage rock shaker out of a nearby flea market, and James has a stack of new finds from digging in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Originally broadcast August 13, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Jackie Wilson / Come Back to Me

Johnny Flamingo and the Cleantones / I Got Loaded

Cosmo / You Can't Get Kissed (When You Twist)

Bobby Fuller Four / Love's Made A Fool Of You

The Marketts / Vanishing Point

Wilson Pickett / Baby Call On Me

The Bad Seeds / A Taste Of The Same

The Indigos / What Good Am I Without You

Nancy Wilson / No One Else But You

J.B. Troy / Ain't It The Truth

Percy Sledge / Heart of a Child

The C and C Boys / It's All Over Now

Four Tops / Since You've Been Gone

Bobby Harris / Password Is Love

Chuck Langley / Since My Girl Left Me

Tom Dooley / Can't Turn You Loose

The Angels / You're The Cause Of It

The Everpresent Fullness / Darlin' You Can Count On Me

The Third Rail / Boppa Do Down Down

Vi Campbell / Seven Doors

The Shirelles / Nobody's Baby After You

Shirley Wahls / Half A Man

The Temptations / Gonna Give her All The Love I've Got

Tony Borders / What Kind Of Spell

The Sound Judgement / Happy Without You

J.J. Jackson / Down But Not Out

The Fireballs / Woman Help Me

Leslie Uggams / A House Built On Sand

Etta James / Steal Away

Etta Jones / You Came a Long Way from St Louis

The Uniques / My Babe

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Bill Moss / Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother (Instrumental)

Hal Frazier / After Closing Time

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James ran the show solo this time around, and brought some Louisville groups like the Monarchs, the Carnations, the Tren-Dells, the Mercy Men, and The Mersey Beats USA to the dance floor along with tunes by Slim Harpo, the Shells, Madeline Bell, Nolan Porter, the Crystals, Mable John, and many more.

Originally broadcast August 6, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Garnet Mimms / Prove It to Me

The Tren-Dells / Hully Gully Jones

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

Little Johnny Taylor / Somewhere Down the Line

Troy Keyes / Love Explosion

The Shells / Whiplash

Charlie Rich / I Can't Go On

The Monarchs / This Old Heart

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra and Chorus / Oh, Lady Luck

Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming

Slim Harpo / Don't Start Cryin' Now

Sammy Turner / Goodnight, Irene

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder

Peaches and Herb / I Need Your Love So Desperately

Bob and Earl / Harlem Shuffle

The Carnations / Casual

The Chateaus / Count On Me

Mersey Beats USA / Stop Look and Listen

Company Front / I'm So Happy Now

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Shades of Blue / Oh How Happy

The Jerms / I'm a Teardrop

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice

Arthur Conley / I Can't Stop (No, No, No)

Mable John / It's Catching

The Time Keepers / 3 Minutes Heavy

Major Lance / The Monkey Time

Little Emmett Sutton / Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey

The Crystals / Walkin' Along (La La La)

Jay Wiggins / No Not Me

Jackie Verdell / Hush

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Alvin Cash & The Crawlers / Twine Time

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

Soul Sisters / I Can't Stand It

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

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Two more hard-hitting hours of mostly 1960s soul, R&B, and mod dancers, all on original 45 rpm vinyl! We hear from Dobie Gray, Betty Lavette, Bobby Rush, Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers, Barbara Lewis, The Radiants, Trade Martin, Charlie Rich, and two sides from the most famous person to ever come out of Louisville (who wasn't even known as a musician)!

Originally broadcast July 30, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Bobby Rush / Much To Much

Freddy King / Monkey Donkey

Jimmy Holiday / You Won't Get Away

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Darlettes / Lost

The Tren-Dells / Love

Hank Ballard / Do Yo Know How To Twist

Solomon Burke / Dance Dance Dance

Little Willie John / Right There

Cassius Clay / Stand By Me

Jackie Wilson / I Don't Want to Lose You

Cassius Clay / I Am The Greatest

The Vibrations / Finding Out The Hard Way

Dobie Gray / The "In" Crowd

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Billy Harner / She's Almost You

James & Bobby Purify / Do Unto Me

The Du-ettes / Move On Down the Line

The Sharpees / Make Up Your Mind

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Emulsified

Laura Lee / Wanted: Lover (No Experience Necessary)

Archie Bell & The Drells / Archie's In Love

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

Jackie Wilson / I Believe I'll Love On

The Temptations / Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

Bill Black's Combo / Little Queenie

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good To Cry

Alvin Cash & The Scott Brothers Orchestra / Keep On Dancing, Pt. 1

Maurice and the Radiants / I Gotta Dance To Keep My Baby

The Emperors / Karate

Tommy Good / Baby I Miss You

Lou Rawls / When Love Goes Wrong

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

Ben E. King / Gloria Gloria

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We've been out there shaking the trees again, and come up with some new old 45 rpm Soul, R&B, Mod, and garage rock singles from the 1960s to share. The radio dance party includes Luv Bugs, Cupcakes, The Choir, The Monarchs, and even the Serenaders! Plus, you'll hear Shirley Ellis, Bo Diddley, Otis Redding, Kim Weston, Darrell Banks and more. All original vinyl singles, all for dancing, all with That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast July 23, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You

The Luv Bugs / Mama's Gonna' Whip You

Delores Hall / Good Lovin' Man

Kim Weston / Helpless

Bob & Earl / The Sissy

The Poets / She Blew a Good Thing

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

Freddie Scott / Run Joe

The Cupcakes / Pied Piper

Clarence Henry / Little Suzy

Debbie Dovale / I'm My Own Doctor

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Goodbye Goodtimes

Michael & The Messengers / Up Til News

Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher

The Choir / It's Cold Outside

The Ikettes / Don't Feel Sorry For Me

Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty

Bobby Bell / Drop Me A Line

Shirley Ellis / Give Me A List

Billy Stewart / Fat Boy

Gerry & The Pacemakers / Skinny Minnie

The Artistics / I'll Leave It Up To You

The Monarchs / Guess Who

Marathons / Peanut Butter

Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs / Take What You Can Get

Reggie La Mont / How Lonely (Can One Man Be)

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feeling

Little Richard / I Don't Want To Discuss It

The Choir / I'm Going Home

Billy Butler & the Enchanters / Gotta Get Away

Classics IV Feat. Dennis Yost / Stormy

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Bo Diddley / Say! (Boss Man)

Sugar Pie De Santo / I Don't Wanna Fuss

Delores Hall / W-O-M-A-N

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We picked up a few new Rhythm & Blues recordings on Cincinnati's King Records label, and we keep the R&B theme going through the entire show, with a few diversions for some Northern Soul and Mod tunes. Two full hours of (mostly) 1960s 45 rpm dance music!

Originally broadcast July 16, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

Freddy King / I'm Tore Down

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Pearl Woods / Sippin Sorrow

The Five Stars / Hey Juanita

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Night Train

Eugene Church / Sixteen Tons

Eugene Church / Miami

Little Willie John / Fever

Jackie Shane / Any Other Way

Mitty Collier / Don't Let Her Take My Baby

Johnny O'Brien & The Stereomonics / Wabash Blues

Tamiko / Don't Laugh If I Cry At Your Party

The Bracelets with the Hutch Davie Orchestra / Waddle Waddle

The Ad Libs / Kicked Around

Sugar Pie De Santo / Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)

Debbie Dean / Don't Let Him Shop Around

The Dynamic 7 / Squeeze Me - Part I

Susan Barrett / What It Gonna Be

James Carr / Talk Talk

The Depressions / House of Silver

Ricky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell You

The Du-Ettes / Sugar Daddy

The Vulcanes / Walkin' To Memphis

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Mel Torme / Comin' Home Baby

Benny Spellman / Fortune Teller

The Majestics / The Boss Walk (Part I)

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Virgil Griffin / Climbing

Walter Scott and the Kapers / Brand New Girl

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra and Chorus / Oh, Lady Luck

E. Rodney Jones / R & B Time (Part 1)

Little Bobby Moore / The Ginger Snap (Do The)

Richard Berry / In a Real Big Way

Howard Tate / How Come My Bull Dog Don't Bark

Carolyn Crawford / I'll Come Running

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