That Driving Beat

We get back to the roots of That Driving Beat in this episode, with 2 full hours of hard-driving 1960s soul, R&B, and Mod dancers all on 45 rpm vinyl singles. Shake your tamborine!

Originally broadcast July 9, 2023

Bobby Marchan / Shake Your Tambourine

Deon Jackson / That's What You Do To Me

Z.Z. Hill / Set Your Sights Higher

Bunny Siegler / Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Bobby Bland / Getting Used To The Blues

Major Lance / I Just Can't Help It

The Fabulous Peps / So Fine

Little Charles and the Sidewinders / It's A Heartache

Gentleman June Gardner / It's Gonna Rain

Barbara & Brenda / A Special Kind Of Love

Blinky & Edwin Starr / Oh How Happy

Al Perkins / Nothing Is Impossible

The Casualeers / You Betta Be Sure

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Jacki Bond / Reviewing The Situation

Sheila Ferguson / How Did It Happen

Baby Washington / It'll Never Be Over for Me

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Maxine Brown / One In A Million

Little Joe Cook / You Make Me Want to Cry

Bob Cain / Ladies Man

Ike & Tina Turner / Dust My Broom

Jackie Shane - Frank Motley & The Motley Crew / Money

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

Johnny Adams / Don't Wait Too Long

The Delacardos / She's The One I Love

Marlena Shaw / I'm Satisfied

Big Ella / The Queen

Anna King / The Big Change

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / Do I Make Myself Clear

Chris Clark / Do Right Baby Do Right

Lorna Doone / Dangerous Town

The Wildweeds / No Good To Cry

The Larks / Mickey's East Coast Jerk

The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog

Walter Scott / It's Been A Long Time

Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room

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Rhythm & Blues, Northern Soul, rare popcorn, plus Batman songs, a Camel Walk, and us losing track of what we played again. It's another all-vinyl 2 hours of rare vinyl 45s from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, all for dancing.

Originally broadcast July 2, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

J. J. Barnes / Chains of Love

Three Karats / Yes I Will

The Moments / Money, Money

Don and Dewey / Big Boy Pete

Wilbert Harrison / Cheating Baby

The Three Degrees / Do What You're Supposed to Do

The Dooley Sisters / Spider In The Web

Eydie Gorme / Love Me Forever

Solomon Burke / More Rockin Soul

Donnie Elbert / Sweet Baby

Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues

The Pacers / Big Batman

The Jades / NASA Special

The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale / Robin's Theme

Young Hearts / Get Yourself Together

Dan Brantley / Please Accept My Love

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Brian Hyland / The Joker Went Wild

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Micki Lynn / Sure Is Something

Candace Love / Wonderful Night

Bobby Patterson / What A Wonderful Night For Love

Freddie Hughes / I Gotta Keep My Bluff In

Bobby Mac / Walkin' Together

The Saxons / Camel Walk, Pt. 2

The Marketts / Batman Theme

The American Breed / Step Out of Your Mind

The Fenways / The Fight

The Kingsmen / Give Her Lovin'

Tina and the Mustangs / Smokey Joe's

Four Tops / Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Joe Simon / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin'

Clarence Carter / Sixty Minute Man

Johnny Moffett / I Found Joy

John Edwards / Stop This Merry -Go- Round

The Volumes / Ain't That Lovin' You

The Montclairs / Unwanted Love

Della Reese / Ninety-Nine and 1/2 Won't Do

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The guys almost have this radio broadcasting thing down after over five years, but that charming amateurism is still on display. Here's 2 more hours of your radio dance party. We've got Sonny Fishback under his own name and his Sonny Fisher alias on this episode, plus K.C. Douglas, Johnny Nash, The Toys, The Shirelles, James Carr, Betty Everett & Jerry Butler, Detroit soul from Al Kent, The Four Sonics, and Marvin Gaye, plus a short diversion into some English-language Montreal pop!

Originally broadcast June 25, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Chuck Edwards / Sweet Sweet Love

Sonny Fisher / I'm Going (All The Way)

Brenda & The Tabulations / The Wash

The Young Folk / Lonely Girl

Jimmy Thomas / Hurry And Come Home

Bobby Jameson / I'm Lonely

K.C. Douglas / The Little Green House

Young Hearts / Get Yourself Together

The Soul Clan / Soul Meeting

Betty Everett & Jerry Butler / Ain't That Loving You Baby

Deon Jackson / Love Takes a Long Time Growing

Al Kent / The Way You Been Acting Lately

The Four Sonics / It Takes Two

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

The Ovations / They Say

Vernon Harrell / If This Ain't Love (Ain't No Cows In Texas)

The Toys / May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone

The Shirelles / Too Much of a Good Thing

Timi Yuro / What’s A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Marvin Gaye / Your Unchanging Love

Cassietta George / Somebody's Watching

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way

The Artistics / The Chase Is On

Jerry-O / Funky Boo-Ga-Loo

Wilmer & The Dukes / Give Me One More Chance

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

James Carr / Coming Back to Me Baby

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

The Classels / Tomorrow May Be Too Late

Solomon King / I Get That Feeling Over You

The Kingsmen / The Wolf Of Manhattan

Ray Singer / Who Can I Talk To About It

James Brown & His Orchestra / Out Of Sight

Johnny Nash / Understanding

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

The Fenways / Hard Road Ahead

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We stuck to the soul and R&B on this episode, with room for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Joe Simon, The Casinos, Ronnie Milsap, Erma Franklin, Tina Turner, Chuck Jackson, and more. It's your two-hour radio dance party!

Originally broadcast June 18, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

Sam Cooke / Shake

Yolanda and the Charmanes / There Oughta Be A Law

Chuck Jackson / This Broken Heart You Gave Me

Mary Wells / Bye Bye Baby

The Casinos / I Still Love You

Fay Simmons / Bells

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Otis Redding / I'm Depending On You

Otis Clay / I Testify

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Joe McLean / Let's Talk About Love (Part 1)

Chambers Brothers / Let's Do It (Do It Together)

Larry & the Hippies / Enough For Everybody

Della Reese / Compared to What

Joe Simon / Don't Let Me Lose The Feeling

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (and Let Me Cry)

The Olympics / Baby Do the Philly Dog

Four Tops / Something About You

The Marvelletes / Too Many Fish In The Sea

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Anthony & The Imperials / Yesterday Has Gone

Eddie Holman / Stay Mine for Heaven Sake

The Peps / This I Pray

Erma Franklin / Piece of My Heart

Gene McDaniels / Tower of Strength

Erma Franklin / Baby, What You Want Me to Do

J.J. Barnes / Please Let Me In

Ernie Johnson / Cold, Cold Heart

The Carousels / Never Let Him Go

The Contours / Can You Jerk Like Me

Marty Balin / Nobody But You

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Ike & Tina Turner / Poor Fool

Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Mercy, Mercy

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James did the usual thing and carried a box of 1960s 45 rpm singles down to the studio. You'll hear Barbara McNair and Barbara Acklin, Marvin Gaye, some popcorn R&B by Marie Knight, British tunes by The Pretty Things, the Honeycombs, and even Peter Cook and Dudley Moore on the right turntable.

Uwe went weird, and brought ONLY LPs! We almost never play LPs! He runs the left turntable at 33 rpm and gives you The Last Shadow Puppets, Georgie Fame, Bob Kuban & The In-Men, Stone Foundation, rare early Bowie, Mod Revival, the Specials, and more.  

Tune in now for a variable speed That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast June 11, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me

Stone Foundation / Bring Back the Happiness

Barbara Acklin / Am I the Same Girl

Bob Kuban and the In-Men / Get Out

Marvin Gaye / At Last (I Found a Love)

Purple Hearts / If You Need Me

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Bedazzled

The Last Shadow Puppets / The Age of the Understatement

The Kingsmen / Daytime Shadows

The Jam / Beat Surrender

Marie Knight / To Be Loved by You

Frances Faye / Comin' Home Baby

Barbara McNair / Here I Am Baby

Adriano Celentano / Ciao Ragazzi

Roger James Four / Leave Me Alone

The McCoys / High Heel Sneakers

Mouse and the Traps / Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal

The Specials / Stereotype

The Soul Notes / How Long Will It Last

Dexy's Midnight Runners / Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

Anglo Saxton / Ruby

David Bowie / Space Oddity

The Myddle Class / Gates Of Eden

Georgie Fame / Do The Dog

The Four Finks / Ka-Bongin'

The Standells / Barracuda

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

The Righteous Brothers / Baby, What You Want Me To Do

The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop

The Artwoods / I Keep Forgettin'

The Pretty Things / Don't Bring Me Down

The Specials / (Dawning of a) New Era

Freddie Hubbard / First Light

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We say goodbye to Tina Turner in this episode with a few of her 1960s records, and Uwe found where he'd been hiding a lot of his favorite Northern Soul classics. Here's another installment of your 1960s soul, R&B, and mod vinyl dance party.

Originally broadcast June 4, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Vibrations / Watusi Time

Gloria Jones / Heartbeat Part 1

Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples / Ain't That Good

Darrell Banks / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You

Harry Batchelor And The Mighty Crowns / Just A Few More Minutes

Dobie Gray / Out on the Floor

Ike & Tina Turner / Mind In a Whirl

Tony Clarke / Landslide 

Ike & Tina Turner / A Fool In Love

Wanda Jackson / Whirlpool

Titus Turner / Baby Girl Pt.1

The Valentines / Breakaway

Wilson Pickett / Toe Hold

R. Dean Taylor / There's A Ghost In My House

Patti Drew / Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Dinah Shore / Thirteen Men

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Johnny Dollar / His Eyes

Alpha Zoe / Hello Stranger

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

The Road / Mr. Soul

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Dennis Coffey / Ride, Sally, Ride

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

Ike & Tina Turner / The Hunter

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

The Blue Chords / The Mini Movement

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

The Strangeloves / Night Time

The Triumphs / Walkin’ The Duck

Ike & Tina Turner / Two Is a Couple

Jackie Lee / Do the Temptation Walk

Occasions / There's No You

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-0-Soul

Booker T & the M.G.'s / Hip Hug Her

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We forgot how to work the studio for a bit at the beginning of this one. We've only been doing this for over 5 years, after all. In spite of all that, we've got 2 more hot hours of upbeat Soul, R&B, and Mod dancers, all from the 1960s or thereabouts, all on original vinyl 45 rpm singles! Uwe promises a mellow time, but ends up pulling a lot of pounding soul movers out of his box. James dug a few Midnight Hour Sound System oldies out of his collection, tunes that we played a lot in the early days of our collecting and DJing that have fallen off our playlists as we've picked up new-to-us old vinyl.

Originally broadcast 5/28/2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Curtis Lee & The K C P's / Everybody Is Going Wild

The Drifters / At The Club

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

The Radiants / Hold On

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

Joe Tex / Show Me

Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby

The Impacs / Shimmy, Shimmy

Gene Chandler / There Was a Time

The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know

Barbara Carr / Shake Your Head

Johnny Daye / Give Me Back My Ring

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

Betty Everett / What Is It?

Chuck Jackson / I Keep Forgettin

Jerry Butler / I Can't Stand To See You Cry

Lou Johnson / Magic Potion

Eldridge Holmes / If I Were a Carpenter

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Chuck Jackson / I Don't Want To Cry

Wallace Brothers / Love Me Like I Love You

Arthur Alexander / Pretty Girls Everywhere

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

The Furys / Never More

Diana Ross & The Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Spiral Starecase / More Today Than Yesterday

Roy Hamilton / Don't Come Cryin' to Me

Solomon Burke / Detroit City

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have To Cry

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Bobby McClure / The Peak Of Love

Etta James / Miss Pitiful

Theola Kilgore / I Know That He Loves Me

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James bought some records out of a school bus, and Uwe brings in a few non-English language things. We discuss whether these records are antiques, or just old. James breaks a loved and loathed record live on air! On purpose! (Don't worry, it was worn out and going to the trash anyway). It's another 2 hour radio dance party of 60s soul, R&B, and Mod tunes, all on 45 rpm vinyl!

Originally broadcast May 21, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Johnny Thunder / Groovy Two Shoes

Eddie Holman / What About Me

Mary Wells / Ain't It the Truth

Harriette Blake / Turn Around Boy

Alvin Cash & The Registers / Let's Do Some Good Timing

J.J. Barnes / Show Me the Way

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell / Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By

Les Tallmud / J'ai Cru A Mon Reve

The Excels / The Arrival Of Mary

Lesley Gore / Je Ne Sais Plus (You Don't Own Me)

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Patrice Holloway / The Touch of Venus

Deanna Brewer / I've Gotta Know

Caterina Villalba / Quando La Luna

Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie

Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans / Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart

Davis & Jones and the Fenders / Boss With The Hot Sauce

The Raelets / One Room Paradise

Al Wilson / The Snake

Mitty Collier / My Babe

The Kingsmen / (You Got) The Gamma Goochee

The Vibrations / Watusi Time

Major Harris / Loving You More

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Ketty Lester / River of Salt

Steppenwolf / Sookie Sookie

The Beacon Street Union / Blue Suede Shoes

Small Faces / Tin Soldier

Blues Magoos / Gotta Get Away

The Sensations / Lonely World

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

The Orlons / I Ain't Coming Back

Carla Thomas / I Can't Take It

Walter Bishop Jr. / Coral Keys (Pt. 1)

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James cleaned up up a bunch of Jerry Butler records to play, and Uwe rediscovered some old favorites in his collection. It's 2 more hours of 1960s and 70s soul, R&B, and mod tunes to get your feet moving!

Originally Broadcast on May 14, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jerry Butler / What's the Use of Breaking Up

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / In the Basement, Pt. 1

Etta James / You Got It

Jimmy Holiday / You Won't Get Away

Anna King & Bobby Byrd / Baby, Baby, Baby

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Barbara Mason / Bobby, Is My Baby

The Shirelles / No Doubt About It

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Break Out

Jerry Butler / Good Times

Henrietta & The Hairdooz / You Got A Lot to Learn

Bruce Channel / That's What's Happenin'

Baby Washington / Doodlin

Isley Brothers / Shout (Pt.1)

Junior Parker / I Feel Alright Again

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

Syndicate of Sound / The Upper Hand

The Wild Ones / Come On Back

? And The Mysterians / Can't Get Enough Of You, Baby

Cleo Page / Goodie Train (Prt. 1)

The Heartbreakers / I've Found a New Lover

Jackie Wilson / (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real

Syl Johnson / Kiss By Kiss

Jerry Butler / Hey, Western Union Man

Sammy Ward / Don't Take It Away

Little Johnny Taylor / If You Love Me (Like you Say)

Nina Simone / Work Song

Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love

Bill Deal & the Rhondels / Day By Day My Love Grows Stronger

Andre Franklin with the Preston Epps Trio / Say Yeah!

Little Milton / She Put A Spell On Me

Jerry Butler / Windy City Soul

Human Beinz / I've Got To Keep On Pushin'

The Royal Kings / Take Some Time

The Clefs Of Lavender Hill / Stop! - Get a Ticket

Luther Ingram / I Can't Stop

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Originally Broadcast on May 7, 2023

Uwe is back in the studio, we've both got some new dusty vinyl finds to share. There are some great tunes we didn't know were hiding on flip sides of hits, a few European releases, some late 70s soul sounds we rarely play on That Driving Beat, plus the kind of Northern Soul, 60s R&B, Popcorn, and other Mod-friendly tunes we love to spin.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ernie Tucker / Can She Give You Fever

Chris Kenner / Land of 1000 Dances

Tammi Terrell / This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)

Larry Williams / Boss Lovin'

Ben E. King / Gloria Gloria

Dee Dee Sharp / (Heart & Soul) Baby I Love You

The 5th Dimension / Too Poor to Die

Roscoe Robinson / That's It

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight

Peggy Scott / Killing My Heart Again

Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time

Johnny Dunn / Darlin'

The Marvelettes / I Want A Guy

Baby Washington / Hey Lonely One

Chairmen of the Board / (You've Got Me) Dangling On a String

Syl Johnson / One Way Ticket To Nowhere

Vicki Anderson / No More Heartaches, No More Pain

Prince Philip Mitchell / One On One

Otis Clay / Turn Back the Hands of Time

The Shirelles / Last Minute Miracle

Barbara Lynn / Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')

Bobby Moore and the Formost / Girl You Do Something To Me

Rufus Thomas / Greasy Spoon

The Ska Kings / Jamaica Ska

Ola & The Janglers / Let's Dance

Adriano Celentano / Sono Un Simpatico

The Traits / Some Day Some Way

The Human Beinz / This Little Girl Of Mine

The Chosen Few / Stop In The Name Of Love

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Last Night In Soho

Roosevelt Nettles / Drifting Heart

The O'Jays / Stand Tall

Johnny Fuller / She's Too Much

Dee Dee Sharp / Let's Twine

The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back

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