That Driving Beat

James has some recent finds for his collection from a rural Kentucky barn and an auction where they let some great dusty 45s go unnoticed while they concentrated on signed(?) Beatles stuff and other collectables. We get into some things from King Records empire, and several Motown spins from a big hit to a weird miss with a few in between. Plus, hear some stories about obsessively scrolling Facebook Marketplace for boxes of unloved, ignored 45s, and how that sometimes results in a few diamonds in the dirt.

-Originally broadcast May 04, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Duncan / I Got it Made (In The Shade)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Carry Your Own Load

Dan Brantley / Get It Right, Or Leave It Alone

Lou Courtney / Professional Lover

Bobby Charles / Worrying Over You

Johnny Thunder / Groovy Two Shoes

Rosa Lee / My Heart

The Drew-Vels / I've Known

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Pat Lucky / You Sure Can Lie

The Mirettes / In the Midnight Hour

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Nancy Wilson / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

The Sweet Delights / Baby Be Mine

Gene Chandler / Such a Pretty Thing

Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin / Will I Find Love

The Dynamics / Misery

Linda Jones / I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby

Ruth Brown with the Milestone Singers / Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)

Ace Saint Claire / Let There Be Just You

Paul Anka / Uh Huh

Little Sylvia / Little Boy

Buster Brown / My Blue Heaven

The Brothers Two / Boogaloo (Soul) Party

Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold

Mary Wells / My Guy

Marvin Gaye / You're a Wonderful One

Holland-Dozier / What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Wilbert Harrison / Cheating Baby

Danny Overbea / I'm Tired of Being Tossed Around

The Metallics / Itchy Twitchy Too

Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me

Hank Ballard and The Midnighters / The Continental Walk

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Another packed show full of vinyl survivors from the 1960s and 70s. James talks about some recent bulk buys of dusty records from barns and auctions, and asks his listeners to hassle him to get finished sorting, cleaning, and cataloging them so y'all can hear them on the show! In the meantime, this show has a bunch of stuff from deeper in the collection, including R&B shakers, classic Northern Soul floorfillers, some funky stuff, and more!

-Originally broadcast April 26, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Singin' Sammy Ward / Big Joe Moe

Eddie Floyd / Big Bird

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

The Four Sonics / It Takes Two

Johnny Moore / A Dollar Ninety Eight

Patti Austin / Got to Check You Out

Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way

Earl-Jean / I'm Into Somethin' Good

The Shangri-Las / Bull Dog

Barbara Mason / Bobby, Is My Baby

Jimmy Thomas / Hurry And Come Home

Doris Troy / Bossa Nova Blues

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames / Yeh, Yeh

Jerry Butler / It's Too Late

Darrell Banks / Open The Door To Your Heart

Tony Newman / Let the Good Times Roll

Faye Ross / Faith, Hope & Trust

LeRoy Horne / Don't Come Back (Take Me Through the Changes)

The Marvelettes / I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can

The Dells / On The Dock of the Bay

Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa, Louisian'

Charles Whitehead / Between The Lines

Marvin Gaye / The End of Our Road

The Raeletts featuring Vernita Moss / Leave My Man Alone

Sight Unseen / One More Thing

MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees / TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

Robert, Ron & Eddie / Love Potion #9

James Rivers / Bird Brain

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

Junior Parker / These Kind of Blues (Pt. 1)

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Four Tops / If I Were a Carpenter

The Players / I Wanna Be Free

Johnny Adams / Don't Wait Too Long

Jimmy Radcliff / Long After Tonight Is Over

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It was Vinylthon at WXOX, which means there were DJs in the studio for over 100 hours straight of 24-hours-per-day all vinyl radio! That's nothing new for That Driving Beat, you weekly vinyl 1960s soul, R&B dance party! James finally has a copy of a long-time want by Little Willie John and a friend stops by to share a 45 containing a Nashville take on Motown that almost never got heard outside the recording studio!

-Originally broadcast April 19, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Titus Turner / Taking Care of Business

The Top Notes / Say Yes

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Otis Clay / Show Place

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Brenton Wood / The Oogum Boogum Song

Googie Rene / Rebecca

Jill Harris / His Kiss

Dee Dee Sharp / There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do for You

Patty Labelle & The Bluebells / You Forgot How To Love

Edwin Starr / Headline News

Little Willie John / I'm Shakin'

The Falcons / Country Shack

The Miracles / You're So Fine and Sweet

Prince La La / Gettin' Married Soon

Gary Stewart / Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

Boyd Bennett & His Rockets / Big Jay Shuffle

Jeanette (Baby) Washington / Money's Funny

The Megatons / Detroit Sound

Barbara & The Browns / You Don't Love Me

John Edwards / Claim Jumpin'

Ted Taylor / Something Strange Is Going On In My House

Jerry Butler / Hey, Western Union Man

King Curtis / Games People Play

Marie Knight / To Be Loved by You

Lenny Welch / Boogie Cha Cha

Della Rae / Hurry Up Summer

Ruby Johnson / Callin' All Boys

Booker T. & The MG's / Red Beans and Rice

Jackie Wilson and Linda Hopkins / Say I Do

Little Milton / Can't Hold Back The Tears

Grady Chapman / Tell Me That You Care

Wade Flemons / Half a Love

Papa Joe's Music Box / Road House

The Intrigues / In a Moment

The Intrigues / Let's Dance

The Ikettes / (Never More) Lonely for You

The Kingston Trio / Parchment Farm

The Trensations / Saucy

The Originals / Anna

Donnie Elbert / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

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James has some hot 1950s, 60s, and 70s dance tunes from Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, Louisville, Houston, and more! There's no theme, no plan, just letting the playbox full of 45 rpm soul, funk, rhythm & blues, rock, pop, and more pull us in the direction it wants.

-Originally broadcast April 12, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Soul Ambassadors / I've Got The Feeling

The Drifters / Baby What I Mean

Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One

The Artistics / Love Song

Little Milton / Driftin' Drifter

Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore

Big Boy Myles / New Orleans

Little Willie John / Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)

Jimmy Bell / Going Down To The River

Charlie-O / Love Me, Love My Dog

Robert Parker / Everybody's Hip Huggin

The Webs / This Thing Called Love

Jimmy Holiday / Love Me One More Time

Bobby Byrd / I Know You Got Soul

Wilson Pickett / Mama Told Me Not to Come

Millie Jackson / I Got to Try It One Time

The Sheppards / Steal Away

Otis Brown & Band / Will You Wait

The Tams / Love, Love, Love

The Royal Kings / Take Some Time

Gloria Taylor / You Got to Pay the Price

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

B.J. Thomas / I Don't Have a Mind of My Own

Jimmy Beaumont / I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love

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

Rufus Thomas / Greasy Spoon

Odessa Harris / You're What I Need

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Chain Gang

Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold

Otis Redding / I'm Coming Home

Len Wade / The Night The Angels Cried

The Tempests / Would You Believe

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

The Rev-Lons / Give Me One More Chance

Bobby Bland / These Hands (Small But Mighty)

The Casinos / Soul Serenade

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Almost every song in this episode is by a band with the word "The" in their name! Two different songs are called "Run, Run, Run"! It's an all 1960s rock episode of That Driving Beat this week, with garage rock, proto-punk, psych, British Beat, Mod rock, pop-rock, and more with The Kinks, The Seeds, The Pretty Things, The Mojo Men, The Guilloteens, Them, and The Shadows of Knight, plus a jangly, lonely cover of Dylan's Baby Blue that probably isn't one of the ones you've already heard, two things on that cartoon record label, and a bunch of other obscurities.

-Originally broadcast April 5, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Pretty Things / Big City

The Masque / Black is Black

The Seeds / Pushin' Too Hard

Unrelated Segments / Story Of My Life

The Leaves / Hey Joe

Love / My Little Red Book

The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night

The Kinks / Never Met a Girl Like You Before

The Third Rail / Run, Run, Run

The Togas / Baby, I'm In The Mood For You

The Gestures / Run, Run, Run

The Castaways / Liar, Liar

The Beckett Quintet / (It's All Over Now) Baby Blue

The Troggs / I Can't Control Myself

The Checkmates / All The Time Now

The Mojo Men / Dance With Me

Tony Mason with the Starfires / Woe Is Me

The Noblemen / Satisfied

The Zephyrs / She's Lost You

The Flying Machine / Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long

The Rolling Stones / Gotta Get Away

The Nashville Teens / Find My Way Back Home

Len and Glen / Write Me Baby, Please!

The American Breed / Green Light

The Orphans / Deserted

The Grass Roots / Midnight Confessions

The Guilloteens / For My Own

Them / Richard Cory

The Messengers / Midnight Hour

The Knickerbockers / One Track Mind

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

The Beeds / Run to Her

The Nerve / Piece By Piece

The Jet Stream / Crazy Me

The Jades / NASA Special

The McCoys / Come On Let's Go

The K-otics / Charlena

The Blue Angels / Lets Shout and Shimmy

The Shadows of Knight / Gospel Zone

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No nonsense, just 2 packed hours of classic rare 1960s vinyl soul and R&B dance tunes!

-Originally broadcast March 29, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ricky Allen / It's a Mess I Tell You

Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long

Jesse Gee / Don't Mess with My Money

Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread

Jackie Paine / Go Go Train

Johnny Thunder / Send Her To Me

Barbra Carr / Shake Your Head

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way

The Diplomats / There's Still a Tomorrow

The Wooden Nickels / Should I Give My Love Tonight

The Steinways / My Heart's Not in It Anymore (Babe, Babe, Babe)

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

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

The Wildweeds / No Good to Cry

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

Patti Austin / Got to Check You Out

J.J Barnes / Real Humdinger

The Players / I Wanna Be Free

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Ray Peterson / You Thrill Me

Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

Irma Thomas / Some Things You Never Get Used To

Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence

Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All

The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know

Ike and Tina Turner / Poor Fool

The Sensations / Get On Up Mama

Etta James / Something's Got a Hold on Me

Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders

Rosco Gordon / Jessie James

Faye Ross / Faith, Hope & Trust

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Candy and the Kisses / Shakin' Time

Otis Redding / Satisfaction

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Here's another 2 hour radio dance party full of incredible classic soul and rhythm & blues vinyl relics from the past that we're lucky enough to still have access to here in the future. Les McCann, Solomon Burke, the Four Tops, Varetta Dillard, Little Milton, James Brown & the Famous Flames, Gene Chandler, Jerry Williams, James & Bobby Purify, and so much more! We've got grits, mashed potatoes, and even some good gravy in this potluck!

-Originally broadcast March 22, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Les McCann / What I Call Soul

Solomon Burke / Save It

Inez & Charlie Foxx / (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

The Traits / Some Day Some Way

Cherry Stone / He Walks Softly

Tommy Duncan / Dance, Dance, Dance

Four Tops / The Key

Otis & Carla / Knock On Wood

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

Jeb Stuart / I Betcha Gonna Like It

Chuck Jackson / Somebody New

Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie

Mickey Denton / Ain't Love Grand

Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop

Ruby Winters / Just Like a Yo Yo

Lillian Offitt / The Man Won't Work

Varetta Dillard / Good Gravy Baby

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra / Cry On

Pips / Room In Your Heart

Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins

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

Gene Chandler / Tell Me What Can I Do

Diana Ross and the Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To

The Valentines / Breakaway

Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough

Moses & Joshua / Get Out Of My Heart

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Yourself

Wiley Terry / Follow The Leader Pt. 1

Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis / If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck

Josie Taylor / Tra La La

Ernie K-Doe / Real Man

The Boogie Kings / I've Got Your Number

Clarence Carter / Looking For a Fox

James & Bobby Purify / Sixteen Tons

The Miracles / Happy Landing

The Van McCoy Strings / Sweet and Easy

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It's the 400th episode of That Driving Beat! James welcomes Uwe back for this episode, and we're joined by our new Canadian friend Norm to share some of his favorite records from his previous home in Chicago. It's another 2 hour radio dance party packed full of Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Funk, and just a hint of...banjo?

-Originally broadcast March 15, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Sam Dees / Soul Sister

The Channels / I've Got My Eyes On You

The Parliaments / Look At What I Almost Missed

Samuel Moore & The TNT's / I'm So Jealous

The Continental 4 / The Way I Love You

Tommy Neal / Goin' To A Happening

Brice Coefield / Ain't That Right

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

J.J. Barnes & the Dell Fi's / Won't You Let me Know

The Conquistadores / Lonely Was I

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Vi Campbell / Seven Doors

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

Little Ben and the Cheers / I'm Gonna Get Even With You

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Wayne Cochran / Get Ready

Wally Cox / This Man

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Cassius Clay / I Am the Greatest

Charles Lamont And The Extremes / I've Got to Keep Movin'

The Delicates / Stop Shoving Me Around

Soul Inc. / In The Midnight Hour

The Tymes / Here She Comes

Holly Maxwell / Don't Say You Love Me Until You Do

Howlin' Wolf / Pop It To Me

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Johnny McCall / You Can't Get Away

Barbara McNair / You're Gonna' Love My Baby

Alto Lee / Indefinitely

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Chuck Jackson / Two Feet From Happiness

Freddie North / Roll Over

Grover Mitchell / I Don't Want to Hear It Baby

The Bluesbusters / I've Gotta Get There

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Here's another hot two hours of 1960s vinyl soul shakers, relentless R&B, popcorn steppers, and more from Darrell Banks, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Tom Jones, The Miracles, Lulu, Barbara Lewis, Kentucky's own Gail Wynters, plus Johnnie Taylor and Little Johnny Taylor, who were two different guys!

-Originally broadcast March 08, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Carr / Talk Talk

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

Gail Wynters / You've Got The Power

Willie Parker / I Live the Life I Love

Roy Redmond / That Old Time Feeling

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Dian James / High Blood Pressure

Albert King / Oh, Pretty Woman

Johnnie Taylor / Toe-Hold

Rufus Thomas / All Night Worker

Little Johnny Taylor / Looking At The Future

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Bobby Bland / Yum Yum Tree

Benjamin & The Dreamdancers / Not One More Tear

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just a Shame

Wind / Groovin With Mr. Bloe

The Unifics / Which One Should I Choose

Otis Redding / A Lover's Question

Sammy Turner / Goodnight, Irene

Leroy Jones / Another Saturday Night

Tom Jones / Sixteen Tons

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew

Jimmy Robins / I Can't Please You

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Brain Washer

Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him

Barbara Lewis / Fool, Fool, Fool (Look in the Mirror)

Lulu / Sweep Around Your Own Back Door

Gloria Lynne / I Can't Stand It

Anna King / The Big Change

Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

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James has a few new soul and R&B finds to share this week from recent digging success, and has cleaned up a stack of Stax records he's neglected in the collection for years and years ready to have their moment. You'll also hear some crunchy garage and psych on this episode including some rare Louisville originals, and Gene Pitney sneaks another one onto the show!

-Originally broadcast March 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Leon Haywood / Mellow Moonlight

Leon Haywood / It's Got to Be Mellow

Little Walter / Up The Line

Ray Agee / Peace of Mind

Lee Webber / Good Day Sunshine

Marv Johnson / You Got What it Takes

Eddie Floyd / Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)

Dramatics / Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

Rufus Thomas / (Do the) Push and Pull Part I

Fredrick Knight / I've Been Lonely For So Long

Rufus & Carla / That's Really Some Good

Johnnie Taylor / Friday Night

Eddie Floyd / On a Saturday Night

Booker T. & The M.G.'s / Mrs. Robinson

Gene Pitney / Beautiful Sounds

Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out

Levon & The Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

Wayne Cochran / Harlem Shuffle

Lou Courtney / I've Got Just The Thing

Otis Clay / It's Easier Said, Than Done

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

Jimmy Hughes / It Was Nice

Double Feature / Baby, Get Your Head Screwed On

Soul Inc. / Love Me When I'm Down

The Waters / Mother Samwell

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / East Side Story

Brian Redmond and the Sound Box / I Want You

The Girl Watchers / Got My Mojo Working

Mersey Beats U.S.A. / Stop, Look and Listen

The Strangeloves / Night Time

Ruby and the Romantics / Does He Really Care for Me

The Enchanters / I Paid for the Party

Chris Kenner / Packin' Up

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