That Driving Beat

James throws a little bit of full-on blues into the dance party this week, plus the usual Northern Soul and R&B dancers, one tune that veers into hokey lounge territory (but he thinks he likes it), funky angry Bobby Darin, plus one from an artist best known as an actor in things like 1977's Roots and the Deadpool movies!

-Originally broadcast September 21, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jerry Butler / Just For You

Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You

Eloise Carter / I Need You

Leslie Uggams / A House Built On Sand

The Sensations / Too Shy

Chris Clark / Put Yourself In My Place

Curtis King / Bad Habits

Benny Gordon & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Turn You Loose

Mr. Bo & His Blues Boys / I Ain't Gonna Suffer

B. B. King / I Can't Lose

The Shells / Whiplash

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

Massachusettes Assembly / Run Like The Devil

Frank Gari / Love That's Where It Is

Eskew Reeder / Never Again

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

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

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

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

Bobby Darin / Long Line Rider

Jackie Shane / You Are My Sunshine

Lowell Fulsom / Tramp

Wee Willie Denson / In My Own Little Way

Billy Daniels / Woe, Woe, Woe

Eddie Giles / Losin' Boy

Mary Wells / Laughing Boy

Harold Burrage / Got to Find a Way

Carla Thomas / When Tomorrow Comes

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie

Don Bryant / Coming On Strong

Syl Johnson / Take Me Back

Chuck Jackson / I've Got to Be Strong

The Valentines / Breakaway

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

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James has struck out lately on digging up fresh vintage vinyl finds, so he's been going through forgotten corners of his collection to jog his memory on what's in there! You'll hear 1960s movers and shakers from Jimmy Hughes, Joe Tex, Fontella Bass, Ketty Lester, the Detroit Emeralds, Brenda Holloway, Candi Staton, Ruby Winters and so much more!

-Originally broadcast September 14, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Gene Chandler / Everybody Let's Dance

Brenton Wood / Sweet Molly Malone

Bobby Powell / Question

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Otis Redding / I'm Depending On You

Joe Tex / You're Gonna Thank Me Woman

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Cathy Carlson / Hurt So Bad

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

Fontella Bass / I Surrender

The Tren-Dells / Moments Like This

Cosmo / Sweetheart Please Don't Go

Scotty McKay / Sittin' Down And Cryin'

Ketty Lester / Please Don't Cry Anymore

Tina Britt / Look

The Cineemas / A Crush On You

Marie Knight / To Be Loved By You

The Tams / The Truth Hurts

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love

Detroit Emeralds / (I'm an Ordinary Man) Take Me the Way I Am

Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

Blinky & Edwin Starr / Oh How Happy

Marvin Smith / Fading Memories

Candi Staton / Heart On a String

Joe Jeffrey / Hey, Hey Woman

The O'Jays / The Choice

John Steele and the Del-Mates / You're Gonna Miss Me

Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

Anna Walker and the Crownettes / Ode to Billy Joe

The Jewels / Opportunity

The Jones Brothers / Without Your Love

The Depressions / House of Silver

O. V. Wright with the Keys / That's How Strong My Love Is

The Soul City / Everybody Dance Now

Lois Lane / Turn Me Loose

Kenny Ballard and the Fabulous Soul Brothers / I'm Losing You

The M-3's / When the Party's Over

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James has been going through some of the first soul 45s he bought back in the early days of collecting, and reacquainting himself with that part of his collection. There are some old favorites and good memories in this show, all 1960s and early 70s soul, Northern soul, rhythm & blues, and Mod dancers.

-Originally broadcast September 7, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Metros / Let's Groove

Aaron Neville / Why Worry

Etta James / Pay Back

Wilson Pickett / Don't Fight It

The Platters / Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island In the Sea)

Cannibal And The Headhunters / Land of 1000 Dances

The Continental 4 / What You Gave Up

Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long

The Montclairs / I Just Can't Get Away

The Landslides / Music Please Music

Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving

The Mystics / Mash Potatoes With Me

Lonnie Russ / My Wife Can't Cook

Jimmy McCracklin / Steppin' Up In Class

The Mirettes / In The Midnight Hour

Travis Wammack / Scratchy

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Four Tops / Something About You

J.J. Jackson / I Dig Girls

The Fantastic Four / Ain't Love Wonderful

Frankie Valli / (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself

The Reflections / Comin' At You

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

The Ad Libs / The Boy From New York City

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

2 of Clubs / Heart

Linda Martell & The Anglos / A Little Tear (Was Falling from My Eyes)

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Bob and Earl / The Sissy

Jackie Lee / Bring It Home

Oscar Mack / You Never Know How Much I Love You

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

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

Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop

Bob Wilson and The San Remo Quartet / All Turned On

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James has a few more recent finds to share, plus old favorites he hasn't heard in a while. You'll hear Les McCann, Brenton Wood, The Intrigues, Charlie Rich, The Dave Clark Five, J.J. Barnes, groups with names like the Baskerville Hounds, The Rag Dolls, and the Gum Drops, a song with a tie-in to a forgotten sitcom, and a small-town Oklahoma garage rocker in the mix today.

-Originally broadcast August 31, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Les McCann / What I Call Soul

Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You)

The Intrigues / I'm Gonna Love You

Johnny K. Wiley / Let The Good Thing Go

The Baskerville Hounds / Hold Me

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs / Ring Dang Doo

The Contrasts / What a Day

The Rag Dolls / Dusty

R. Dean Taylor / Gotta See Jane

The Allusions / You Better Think Twice

Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin'

Brenton Wood / Trouble

Tempo and the Jet Sets / Sweetest Thing to Me

Vick & John / Lonely Man

Richie's Room 222 Gang / Girls, Girls, Girls (That's All On My Mind)

Zookie and the Potentates / Bachelors Got It Made

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / It's Just a Little Bit Too Late

The Dave Clark Five / All Night Long

Lady Wray / Smiling

The Saucy Jacks / Blown Like a Kiss

The Loons / Unwind

The Village Sound / Sally’s Got a Good Thing

The Miracles / Come' Round Here - I'm The One You Need

The Four Jewels / Dapper Dan

Bobby Rush / Camel Walk

The Gum Drops / Natural Born Lover

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

Nancy Wilson / You've Got Your Troubles

Ernie Johnson / Cold, Cold Heart

Lenny Miles / In Between Tears

J.J. Barnes / Don't Bring Me Bad News

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

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James is back with more That Driving Beat! He got his founding co-host of the show moved down to Texas, and now it's a one-man radio dance party! If you know us, you know if we have to drive somewhere, we're going to find some records on the way, and that's exactly what we did! Everything you hear on this episode came from a Louisville to San Antonio road trip in a car already packed heavy with Uwe's treasured record collection. We hit up fertile record-digging pastures in Memphis, Little Rock, Austin, and San Antonio, and here's the harvest that went into James' record box! Will we every hear any of Uwe's finds on That Driving Beat, or will they just be shared at his upcoming DJ gigs in San Antonio? Who knows? You'll have to keep listening to That Driving Beat to see!

-Originally broadcast August 24, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul

Sandy Wynns / Love's Like Quicksand

Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow

Paul Lovelace / Tossin and Turnin

Zookie and the Potentates / Telephony

Spot Barnett / Sweetmeats

Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take)

The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby)

June Conquest / All I Need

The Young Holt Trio / Wack Wack

Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend

The Hootenaires / Bill Bailey (Come on Home)

Donnie Rohrs / Money

Ray Agee / Hard Working Man

The Miracles / Save Me

Jeanie Fortune / Angry Eyes

Johnny Wells / Lonely Moon

Nancy Adams / Lights Out

Lavern Baker / You're Teasing Me

Unknown Artist / The Frito Twist

The Volcanos / Help Wanted

Herbert Hunter / Dancin' Party

Ray Stevens / Devil May Care

The Magnificent Men / Much Much More Of Your Love

Otis Clay / Trying to Live My Life Without You

The Independents / Lucky Fellow

The Sweet Cherries / Don't Give It Away

Jackie Moore / It's Harder to Leave

Jimmy Norman / This I Beg of You

The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs

Bobby Darin / What'd I Say (Part 1)

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It's Uwe's last week as a Louisvillian, so this is the last episode of That Driving Beat with two hosts. We play some favorite tunes, and reminisce about some of our favorite memories of record digging, radio broadcasting, and other musical adventures. Auf wiedersehen, Uwe!

-Originally broadcast August 10, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Dobie Gray / Out On the Floor

Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders

Christine Quaite / In The Middle Of The Floor

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

Betty Everett / Bye, Bye Baby

Durand Jones & The Indications / Smile

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

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

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me

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

The Tren-Dells / Love

The Soul Twins / She's The One

Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes

Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart

Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing-Ame Caline)

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

Ben E. King / I Can't Break The News To Myself

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Anna King / The Big Change

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

The Fabulettes / Screamin' and Shoutin'

The Valentinos / Sweeter Than The Day Before

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

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We're playing some of our favorite records that make us sentimental or nostalgic for earlier days in our record collecting lives, as we get closer to a big change at That Driving Beat as Uwe prepares to move to Texas. We've got treasured records from Sharon Jones, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Soul Inc., Henrietta And The Hairdooz, Marlena Shaw, Ray Pollard, Billy Stewart, Jackie Shane, Lou Johnson, Irma Thomas, Chuck Jackson, and more.

-Originally broadcast August 3, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Irene and the Scotts / I'm Stuck On My Baby

Jackie Wilson / I Get the Sweetest Feeling

Sharon Jones / I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

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

Susan Barrett / What's It Gonna Be

Gail Winters / You've Got The Power

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Gene Pitney / She's a Heartbreaker

Henrietta And The Hairdooz / You Got a Lot to Learn

Soul Inc. / I Belong to Nobody

The Wildweeds / No Good To Cry

Soul Inc. / Midnight Hour

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade In the Water

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

R. Dean Taylor / There's a Ghost in My House

The Johnny Gibson Trio / Beachcomber

Billy Stewart / Secret Love

Jackie Shane / In My Tenement

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Brice Coefield / Tempted

The Depressions / House of Silver

Ed Bruce / Don't Let It Happen

Bobby McClure / Peak Of Love

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Chuck Woods / Seven Days Too Long

Tammi Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away From You

The Vontastics / Day Tripper

Irma Thomas / Break-A-Way

The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Chuck Jackson / Somebody New

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

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James and Uwe bring you two more hours of 1960s soul, R&B, and pop dancers on 45 rpm vinyl from the likes of Barbara Lewis, Tina Turner, Baby Washington, The Artistics, Alvin Cash, Gene Chandler, Otis Clay, and an rare pre-fame Tom Jones!

-Originally broadcast July 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Solomon

Bill Moss / Number One (Instr.)

Terri Sharp / A Love That Will Last

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

The Starlets / Better Tell Him No

Ike & Tina Turner / You Weren't Ready (For My Love)

The Swingin' Medallions / She Drives Me Out Of My Mind

Lloyd Price / Oh, Lady Luck

Nancy Wilson / Don't Look Over Your Shoulder

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Mary Wells / Me And My Baby

Rosco Gordon / You Got My Bait

Baby Washington / Run My Heart

Joe Kennedy / Slick Trick

Spyder Turner / Stand By Me

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Tina Turner / We Need An Understanding

Tom Jones / Chills & Fever

Temptations / Check Yourself

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

Willie Gibson / Cheatin' on Me

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"

Woody Guenther & "Cheaters" / Bang Dancin' Time

The Artistics / I'll Always Love You

The Tempests / Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

Gloria Taylor / You Got To Pay The Price

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

Kim Weston / You Can Do It

The Orlons / Rules of Love

The Marvelows / I Do

Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time

Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

Mighty Sam / Good Humor Man

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There's big news in That Driving Beat world, as Uwe will soon be leaving Louisville for the next stage of his career, leaving the show down one host. Enjoy these last few episodes with both James and Uwe sharing their records for the radio dance party. Uwe has found some records he hasn't seen in a long time as he's sorting and moving his collection, and James has, or course, done a little record digging out in the wilds since last week and has some good stuff to share.

-Originally broadcast July 20, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Trudy Johnson / You're No Good

Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Baby Take Me

The Webs / Tomorrow

Chuck Jackson / (I'd Be A) Millionaire

Marv Johnson / Happy Days

Maxine Brown / One Step At A Time

Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday / I Still Care

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band / Que Sera Sera

The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul

The Cops 'N Robbers / There's Gotta Be a Reason

George Stone / Hole In the Wall

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters / Dance Till It Hurtcha

Jennell Hawkins / Moments

Joe Jeffrey / The Chance of Loving You

Inez Foxx / He's The One You Love

Chubby Checker / Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Jerry Lee Lewis / Hit The Road Jack

Joe-L / (I'm Not Gonna Be) Worried

Gene Chandler / There Was A Time

Etta James / What I Say

Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby

Dottie and Ray / La La Lover

Eloise / You Should'a Treated Me Right

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

The High Numbers / Zoot Suit

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

The Trashmen / Surfin' Bird

Darrell Banks / Open the Door To Your Heart

Joe & Mack / Don't You Worry

Radiants / I Got A Girl

The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just A Shame

George Tindley / Ain't That Peculiar

The Sensational Epics / I've Been Hurt

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