That Driving Beat

Originally Broadcast on April 30, 2023

James runs the show solo again, and gets into some crossover soul sounds, garage rock, and funky things, plus the usual That Driving Beat northern soul and R&B tunes. You'll hear Solomon Burke, Betty Everett, The Dynamic Tints, Nolan Porter, Tina Britt, Clarence Reid, The Metros, The Leaves, The Gentrys, Travis Wammack, and so much more.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Robert Parker / Everybody's Hip Huggin

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)

Wilson Pickett / Don't Fight It

Solomon Burke / Stupidity

The Magictones / Happy Days

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

Clarence Reid / Let Those Soul Sounds Play

The Dynamic Tints / Be My Lady

Joi / Spring Fever - Part 1

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Love Land

Joe Jeffrey / The Train

The Mob / Give It To Me

Arthur Conley / Funky Street

Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue

Travis Wammack / Louie Louie

The Revels with Sam Eddy / It's Party Time

The Mindbenders / Love is Good

The Gentrys / Brown Paper Sack

Willie Hightower / Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Sight Unseen / One More Thing

Dramatics / Your Love Was Strange

The Moonlighters / Right On Brother

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Tina Britt / You're Absolutely Right

Melodics / Ain't That Sharing My Love

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

Betty Everett / Hands Off

Patty La Belle and the Blue Belles / Tear After Tear

Steve Alaimo / I Told You So

Patty & The Emblems / Mixed - Up, Shook - Up, Girl

Bobby Bland / Today

The Girl Watchers / Lonely Avenue

The Megatons / Detroit Sound

Otis & Carla / Tramp

The Blue Beats / Extra Girl

The Kitchen Cinq / Still in Love With You Baby

The Muffets / Lost

The Leaves / Too Many People

Dumpy "Piano" Rice / The In Crowd

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Originally Broadcast on April 23, 2023

James did a little record shopping on Record Store Day, but only for dusty old 45s. Uwe is off attending Northern Soul nights and riding a Vespa around Vienna, so James gets all 2 hours to spin new finds and old favorites, including Northern Soul, Mod R&B, garage rock, and a few songs that would be too funky for Uwe.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Redding / Hey Hey Baby

Bobby Bland / These Hands (Small But Mighty)

Pat Lewis / Warning

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Gladys Knight & The Pips / If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)

The Precisions / What I Want

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Erma Franklin / Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

Ann Peebles / I Pity the Fool

Ella Fitzgerald with Jimmy Jones & His Orchestra / These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

The Buckinghams / I'll Go Crazy

Eric Burdon & The Animals / See See Rider

MC5 / Kick Out the Jams

Don & Jerry with The Fugitives / In The Cover of Night

Donald Height / Talk of the Grapevine

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

The Marvelettes / Keep Off, No Trespassing

The Tempests / Out Of My Life

Titus Turner / Hungry Man

The Vibraharps / Cosy with Rosy

Chuck Berry / Almost Grown

Little Johnny Taylor / Somewhere Down the Line

Oscar Weathers / Just to Prove I Love You

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / You're All I Need To Make It

The Emotions / Baby, I'm Through

Lloyd Price / Bad Conditions

The Nocturnals / You Lied

The Rave-Ons / The Line

The Yo Yo's / Leaning On You

The Temptashuns / The Big "B"

The Buena Vistas / Here Come Da Judge

Junior & The Classics / Kill the Pain

Jackie Lee / The Chicken

James Brown and the Famous Flames / I Got The Feelin'

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

Harry Starr / Another Time, Another Place

The Dynamics / I'm The Man

Quincy Jones / Shagnasty

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Originally Broadcast on April 16, 2023

We veered a little outside of our usual lane of Northern Soul and R&B in this episode to include some ska, pop, rock, funk, crossover, psych, jazz, and a weird Kentucky psych/funk/country rarity by "Daniel". Listen to us struggle to not giggle like teenagers playing a song called "Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)" right out there on the FCC-regulated airwaves!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ray Charles & The Raelets / I Chose to Sing the Blues

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

The Bodysnatchers / Let's Do Rock Steady

The Liverpool Five / She's Mine

The Lovejoys / He Ain't No Angel

Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired

The Lovelites / My Conscience

Ruby Andrews / You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

The Rolling Stones / Gotta Get Away

Prince Buster & The All Stars / Al Capone

The Stained Glass / Corduroy Joy

T.I.M. Love / The Lively One

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Patty Labelle & The Bluebells / You Forgot How To Love

The Spiral Starecase / Inside, Outside, Upside Down

The Sweet Inspirations / I'm Blue

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford / I Need Your Lovin'

Buddy Lamp / I Wanna Go Home

The Royal Five / Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)

Desmond Dekker & The Aces / You Can Get It If You Really Want

The Stained Glass / We've Got a Long Way to Go

Jerry Lee Lewis / Hit The Road Jack

Rotary Connection / Love Me Now

Barbara Lewis / Make Me Your Baby

Kroner's Duo / Blue Guitar

Peggy Lee / Fever

Daniel / Exit Door 1

The Specials / Ghost Town

Cozy Eggleston Quartet / Cozy's Wham!

Trini Lopez / Rosita

Episode Six / Mr Universe

Barbara Jones / Slim Boy

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Originally Broadcast April 9, 2023

James has been checking out the flip sides of a few of his records, and finding great stuff he didn't know was back there! Uwe brings a few great Louisville and Kentucky records. You'll hear tunes from the Flirtations, Freddie Scott, Christine Cooper, The Miracles, Lou Johnson, Billy Stewart, James Carr, Don Bryant, and the Osmonds?!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O-Soul

Jimmy Norman / I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You)

The Flirtations / How Can You Tell Me?

The Miracles / You're So Fine and Sweet

Gayle Haness / We Got A Thing Going Baby

Kevin McQuinn / Ev'ry Step Of The Way

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Big Fred & The Ovations / Kinda Groovey

The Spectrum / Portobello Road

The Temptashuns / Strawberry Man

Gene Chandler / Nothing Can Stop Me

Little Anthony and The Imperials / Hurt So Bad

Lily Fields / A Boy In A Man's World

The Flaming Ember / Westbound #9

Billy Stewart / Ol’ Man River

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Hi-Diddley Dee Dum Dum (It's A Good Feelin')

Don Bryant / Coming On Strong

Emotions / Every Man

The Original Emotions / You're A Better Man Then I

The Fabulous Shades / Mr. Pitiful

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Jimmy Norman / This I Beg of You

The Miracles / You Really Got A Hold On Me

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

The Miracles / Happy Landing

The Osmonds / Yo-Yo

Christine Cooper / S. O. S. (Heart In Distress)

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Jimmy Holiday / I've Been Done Wrong

Cosmo / You Gotta Dance

Billy Stewart / Every Day I Have the Blues

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

Rusell Evans & the Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread

The Original Playboys / Now That I'm Somebody

The Exciters / Tell Him

Soul, Inc. / 727

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Originally Broadcast April 2, 2023

Uwe brought a big box of Motown singles down to the studio today, and James has some recent finds and old favorites. It's two more hours of fantastic soul, R&B, northern soul, popcorn, and other mod vinyl sounds to get your heart pumping and your feet jumping.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

The Monitors / Don't Put Off 'Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

Oscar Weathers / The Spoiler

Kim Weston / Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)

Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me

The Four Tops / Reach Out I'll Be There

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

The Exceptions / Just For Today

Scotty McKay / Sittin' Down And Cryin'

Brenda Holloway / Starting The Hurt All Over Again

The Players / I Wanna Be Free

Tammi Terrell / Hold Me Oh My Darling

Clyde McPhatter / I Ain't Givin' Up Nothin' (If I Can't Get Somethin' From You)

Shorty Long / Your Love Is Amazing

Lord Sitar / Black Is Black

Kenny & The Accents / Good Soul Lovin'

The Shangri Las / Heaven Only Knows

The Tren-Dells / I'll Be There

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

The Velvelettes / A Bird In the Hand (Is Worth Two In the Bush)

Jackie Moore / Here I Am

Isley Brothers / I Guess I Always Love You

Chris Clark / I Want To Go Back There Again

The Elgins / Put Yourself In My Place

The Shirelles / Love That Man

Kim Weston / Another Train Coming

Chris Kenner / Sick and Tired

The Monarchs / This Old Heart

Jimmy Reed / Two Ways to Skin (A Cat)

Fresh Start / Long Time Comin'

The Ovations / Qualifications

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

The Drifters / Baby What I Mean

Jimmy Ruffin / As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love

The Vanguards / I Can't Use You Girl

Edwin Starr / He Who Picks A Rose

Dumpy "Piano" Rice / The In Crowd

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Originally Broadcast March 26, 2023

Another two-hour radio (or podcast) vinyl dance party, with The Younghearts, Bobby McClure, Irma Thomas, Ted Taylor, Steve Mancha, Nella Dodds, The Jagged Edge, The Razor's Edge, a snake song, a gorilla song, and more!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Younghearts / A Little Togetherness

The Yellow Payges / Finger Poppin' Party

The Creations / Plenty Of Love

Thelma Jones / Stronger

Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You

The Jagged Edge / Deep Inside

The Razor's Edge / Gotta Find Her

Liverpool Five / The Snake

The Trashmen / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

The Ideals / The Gorilla

Tony Newman / Let The Good Times Roll

The Artistics / The Chase Is On

The Three Degrees / Sugar on Sunday

Top Shelf / No Second Thoughts

Irma Thomas / I Did My Part

The Flamingos / Brooklyn Boogaloo

The Bishops / Hollywood Scene

The Cake / You Can Have Him

The Cool-Tones / Ginchy

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Dan Daniels / My Baby Is Good People

Ted Taylor / Need You Home

Big Maybelle / 96 Tears

Mitty Collier / My Babe

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

Bruce Duncan and the Impulses / Lonely Too Long

Al Adams / Baby It's Love

Steve Mancha / You're Still In My Heart

The Virginia Wolves / Stay

Barbara Lynn / Club A-Go-Go

The Vibrations / Love In Them There Hills

Joe Tex / I'll Never Break Your Heart (Prt.1)

Jimmy Cliff / Give and Take

Nella Dodds / Your Love Back

Small Faces / It's Too Late

Jimmy Parker / They Say

Mike Adkins and the Lemon Extract / Static

Ace Canon and his Alto Sax / Sea Cruise

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Originally Broadcast March 19, 2023

We spin 2 more hours of great northern soul, rhythm & blues, girl groups, and other classic dancers from the likes of The Continental 4, Big Maybelle, The Tams, The Marvelettes, Ronnie Milsap, Benny Spellman, The Showmen, Edwin Starr, Gerri Diamond, and more.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Patti Austin / Got To Check You Out

Thelma Jones / The House That Jack Built

Ricky Allen / You'd Better Be Sure

The Seminoles / It Takes A Lot

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Trade Martin / We'll Be Dancin' On The Moon

The Continental 4 / The Way I love You

The Spectacles / The Devil Made Me Do It

The Spotlights / Batman And Robin

Jackie Lee / Cause I Love Him

Troy Keyes / Love Explosion

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud

Giles Strange / Watch The People Dance

Casinos / How Long Has It Been

Ike Turner & His Orchestra / The Big Question

Benny Spellman / Walk On Don't Cry

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Ben E. King / I'm Standing By

The Jewels / Opportunity

Al Perkins / Step It Up

The Showmen / Take It Baby

Edwin Starr / Stop Her On Sight (S. O. S.)

Chubby Checker / The Slop

The Artistics / I'm Gonna Miss You

Eddie King / I Talk Too Much

Nancy Wilson / The End of Our Love

Small Faces / Understanding

The Barbarians / Susie Q

Mickey Dolenz / Don't Do It

The Tams / Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

Joe Tex / You Got What It Takes

The Marvelettes / Too Many Fish In The Sea

Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

The Fasinations / Yoou Gonna Be Sorry

Roscoe Robinson / That's Enough

Tommy Wills / Night Train

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Originally Broadcast March 12, 2023

James dug up a lot of new British Beat, Garage rock, and other Mod-friendly rockers lately he wanted to feature, so Uwe dug some of that kind of stuff out of his record vault and we did a whole show of it. We usually scatter a little of that kind of thing throughout the Northern Soul, 1960s R&B, and similar stuff we concentrate on in most episodes, but this time we let it mostly take over. We feature tunes by The Creation, The Small Faces, The Surprise Package, Zoot Money, The Liverpool Set (from Canada?), Liverpool Five (mostly from London?), and Mersey Beats USA (from Louisville?), Montreal's The Sceptres, Pennsylvania's Tony Mason and the Starfires, Cincinnati's Jordan Parker Revue, and even Lulu and Twiggy?

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Surpise Package / Out Of My Mind

The Living Legends / Soul Supper

The Gamblers / Find Out What's Happening

Cops N’ Robbers / There's Got To Be A Reason

Small Faces / I Can't Dance With You

Casey Jones & The Governors / A Legal Matter

Jordan Parker Revue / Ginger Bread Man

John's Children / Cornflake Zoo

The Mersey Beats U.S.A. / 60 Second Lover

The Hi Fashions / Billy Knows

The Nite Owls / Act Your Age

Lulu / Love Loves to Love Love

Liverpool Five / She's (Got Plenty of Love)

The Sceptres / I've Never Had a Love Like That

The Guitar Ramblers / Surf Beat

The Creation / How Does It Feel To Feel

The Rolling Stones / Mother's Little Helper

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / Too Much Monkey Business

Tony Mason with the Starfires / Puddin'

The Velvets / Let The Good Times Roll

The Titans / Hush Puppies

Myrna March / I Keep Forgettin'

The Liverpool Set / Oh Gee Girl

Twiggy / When I Think of You

The Crystals / Walkin' Along (La La La)

Verdelle Smith / In My Room

Jimmy Coe / French Fried

Zoot Money / Zoot's Suite

The Surprise Package / Everything Fine

Roy Buchanan / Green Onions

The Hollies / Stop Stop Stop

Georgie Fame / In the Meantime

Hugh Masekela / Along Comes Mary

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Originally Broadcast March 5, 2023

James runs the show solo today, spinning some new finds and old favorites by Singin' Sammy Ward, Brenton Wood, The Tempests, Darrell Banks, Johnny Jungletree, Baby Washington, and a funky thing from a Blob movie soundtrack!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Singin' Sammy Ward / Big Joe Moe

Ike & Tina Turner / Worried and Hurtin' Inside

The Midnighters / Tore Up Over You

The Sensations / My Heart Crys For You

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

The Smoothtones / Little Cupid

JerryO / Karate Boo-Ga-Loo

Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa Louisian'

Stacy Lane / Funky Little Train

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Snake In The Grass

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Jackie Ross / I've Got The Skill

Tracey Dey / Blue Turns to Grey

The Raeletts / Keep It To Yourself

The Tempests / Would You Belive

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Jerry Butler / Just For You

The Platters / Sweet, Sweet Lovin'

Edwin Starr / Twenty Five Miles

Soul Brothers Six / Your Love is Such a Wonderful Love

Darrell Banks / Our Love (Is in the Pocket)

Stacy Lane / No Brags Just Facts

The Blobs / Party Pooper

Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7 / 100 Days, 100 Nights (pt. 1)

Freddy Scott and the Seven Steps / The Thing

Twistin' Kings / Congo Part 1

Mickey Buckins & The New Breed / Big Boy Pete

Johnny Jungletree / Old New Orleans

The Jimmy Velvet Five / Good, Good Lovin'

Johnnie Taylor / Just the One I've Been Looking For

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

The Clickettes / I Just Can't Help It

Baby Washington / It'll Never Be Over for Me

The Honeybirds / Who You Gonna Run To

The Shadows / Shake Sherry

Cosmo / Sweetheart Please Don't Go

Len and Glen / Write Me Baby, Please!

Jimmy McGriff / All About My Girl

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Originally Broadcast February 27, 2023

James and Uwe have been wandering the countryside looking for records, and found some real treasures by The Halos, Buddy Lamp, the Precisions, Arthur Conley, The Metros, Hal Blaine, Kim Weston, The Hesitations, The Superiors, an unearthed Aretha Franklin tune, some popcorn gold, plus a few real obscurities. It's a real unplanned mess of new stuff we've found, all for dancing.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Harold Hopkins / Ooh Baby

Casinos / Forever And A Night

The Halos / Do I?

Verdelle Smith / Walk Tall

The Lovelites / How Can I Tell my Mom & Dad

The Seminoles / I Can't Stand It

Aretha Franklin / Mockingbird

Trade Martin / That Stranger Used to Be My Girl

Joe Jones / When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver

John Thomas and Orchestra / Heartbreak (It's Hurting Me)

Arthur Conley / Where You Lead Me

The Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E

Soulosophy / Take Me To The Pilot

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

Benny Spellman / Please Mr. Genie

Roy Milton / I'm Forgettin' About You

The Superiors / What Would I Do

The Masqueraders / I Don't Want Nobody To Lead Me On

The Living Legends / Monkey Don't Care

The Scavengers / I Don't Need Her Now

The Barbarians / What the New Breed Say

The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set

The Kinks / Never Met a Girl Like You Befor

Billy "The Kid" Emerson / The Whip (Prt. 1)

The Isley Brothers / The Snake

Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk

The Metros / Let's Groove

Hal Blaine His Drums and Orchestra / Drums A Go Go

Sandy Nelson / Drums A Go Go

The Volumes / Gotta Give Her Love

The Precisions / A Place

Buddy Lamp / My Tears

Kim Weston / Looking For The Right Guy

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Micki Lynn / Sure Is Something

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