Episodes
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You'll hear some Motown from the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, and from a group out of and named for Vancouver, BC. We also have Bettye Lavette covering Neil Young, Ann Sexton, Z.Z. Hill, Jackie Shane, Dolly Parton, plus random assumptions, potentially misremembered facts, and a bunch of real songs by real artists, played from real records selected by a real person.
-Originally broadcast June 21, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Marvelettes / You're My Remedy
Jimmy Hughes / It Ain't What You Got
Marvin Gaye / You
The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You
Dyke And The Blazers / City Dump
Betty Lavette / Heart Of Gold
Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love
Sam Hawkins / Hold On Baby
Ann Sexton / You've Been Gone Too Long
Martha & The Vandellas / Heat Wave
George Torrence & The Naturals / (Mama Come Quick and Bring Your) Lickin' Stick
Z.Z. Hill / Oh Darling
Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor
Little Willie John / Doll Face
Van & Titus / The Vulture
Candi Staton / Too Hurt to Cry
The T.S.U. Toronadoes / What Good Am I?
The Natura'elles / Show Me The Way
Henry & His Kasuals / Workout
The Mar-Keys / Pop-Eye Stroll
Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers / Let's Do the Boston Monkey
The Olympics / Do the Slauson Shuffle
Bobby Marchan / Hooked
B.B. King / I'm Gonna Sit in Till You Give In
Charlie Rich / Hawg Jaw
The Fabulous Playboys / Nervous
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs / High Blood Pressure
Martha & The Vandellas / Wild One
Four Tops / The Key
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers / It's Growing
Jackie Shane / Any Other Way
Johnny Adams / Who's Gonna Love You
Tony Middleton / My Home Town
Barbara Acklin / Love Makes a Woman
Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out
Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle
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James got some record digging in this week, and he has a few newly unearthed vintage 45s to spin on this show this week by Fred Waters, Ann Duquesney, Donald Jenkins & The Delighters, Bobby Byrd, plus an unlikely cover by Lena Horne, and favorites you've heard on That Driving Beat before by Ruby Winters, Edwin Starr, Brenda Holloway, B.B. King, and so many more!
-Originally broadcast June 14, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love
Fred Waters / Singing a New Song
Bobby Powell / Question
Paul Smith / Ain't That Something
Deon Jackson / Love Takes a Long Time Growing
Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)
Ann Duquesney / I Surrender
The William Singers / Part Time Love
Garnell Cooper & The Kinfolks / Green Monkey
Anna Walker and the Crownettes / Ode to Billy Joe
Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / You're All I Need to Make It
The Soul Notes / How Long Will It Last
The Platters / Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island In the Sea)
Lena Horne / Rocky Raccoon
Bob Cain / Ladies Man
Cannibal & The Headhunters / Land of 1000 Dances
Tenison Stephens / Where Would You Be
Edwin Starr / Time
Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone
Donald Jenkins & The Delighters / Somebody Help Me
Etta James / Next Door to the Blues
Bobby Byrd / Write Me a Letter
The Untouchables / 60 Minute Man
George Young and the Youngsters / Mechanic From Hamtramck
B. B. King / The B.B. Jones
Youngblood / Bayou Town
Dan Brantley / It Must Be Love
And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill
Irma Thomas / We Got Something Good
The Golden Toadstools / Silly Savage
Bobby Freeman / Everybody's Got a Hang Up
Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way
Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving
The Sapphires / I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours
The Sherrys / Pop Pop Pop-Pie
Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Can't Let You Out Of My Sight
Bob Wilson and The San Remo Quartet / All Turned On
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"They drilled right through the little bunny's head!" The record box steers this show in a Funkier direction than the average episode of That Driving Beat. You'll hear late 1960s and early 1970s funky movers from Clarence Reid, Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, Candi Staton, Ohio Players, Swamp Dogg (of course!), Junior & The Classics, Indianapolis's The Vanguards, and more. Plus, we've got funky covers of a country classic, a classic film theme, and a Creedence Clearwater Revival song!
-Originally broadcast June 7, 2026-
Booker T. Averhart & The Mustangs / Take Your Shoes Off (Part 1) - BONUS SONG!?
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Interpretations / Soul Affection
Clarence Reid / Till I Get My Share
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul / (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt. 1
Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists / Detroit
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose / Treat Her Like a Lady
Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E
Danny White / Natural Soul Brother
Chuck Bernard / Hobo Flats
Natural Gas / What Do You Want From My Life
Bill Withers / Harlem
Candi Staton / Do It In the Name of Love
Ohio Players / Pain (Part 1)
Garland Green / I Can't Believe You Quit Me
The Bagdads / Green Power
Swamp Dogg / Do You Believe
Doris Duke / How Was I to Know You Cared
Syl Johnson / Try Me
The Bar-Kays / Midnight Cowboy
Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue
The Staple Singers / I'll Take You There
Junior & The Classics / Kill the Pain
The Vanguards / The Thought of Losing Your Love
The Honey Drippers / Impeach the President
Freddy-Henchi & the Soulsetters / Folsom Prison
Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band / Scorpio
Errol Gaye and the Imaginations / Love and Affection
Little Eva Harris / Mr. Everything
James Brown and the Famous Flames / Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)
Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s / Doing It to Death
Rotary Connection / Love Me Now
Tony Owens / Got'a Get My Baby Back Home
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It's two more hours of vintage 1950s and 60s vinyl soul and R&B found on record labels ranging from obscure locals almost lost to time to the Big Dogs of those genres: Motown, Atlantic, Chess, etc. Slip on your dancing shoes and hit the floor!
-Originally broadcast May 31, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Percy Sledge / Baby, Help Me
Bob & Earl / Dancin' Everywhere
James Carr / A Losing Game
Billy Hambric / New York City Baby
The Supremes / Run, Run, Run
Billy Bland / My Heart's on Fire
Willie Harper / But I Couldn't
Hank Ballard and His Midnighters / She's Got a Whole Lot of Soul
The Vibrations / Wallflower
George Young and the Youngsters / Johnny B Goode
Johnny White / Whole Hog or None
Fred Parris & The Restless Hearts / Walk a Little Faster
Christine Quaite / Mr. Stuck-up
Big Dee Irwin / Everybody's Got a Dance But Me
The Showmen / Com'n Home
Fontella Bass / Safe and Sound
Rochelle Johnson / Playing the Field
Peaches and Herb / Love Is Strange
Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe
Jackie Ross / Dynamite Lovin'
The Casinos / That's the Way
Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Mercy, Mercy
The Magnificent Men / Almost Persuaded
Clifford Curry / Break My Mind
James Brown and the Famous Flames / I Got The Feelin'
Solomon Burke / Peepin'
Brice Coefield / Tempted
The Drifters / Chains of Love
Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue
Austin Taylor / Push Push
Chuck Jackson / Any Other Way
Lenny Miles / In Between Tears
Chet "Poison" Ivey And His Fabulous Avengers / In A Little While
The Shevelles / Oo Poo Pa Doo
The Clovers / I I I Love You
The Mark IV / 45 R.P.M.
Faye Adams / Johnny Lee
The Entertainers / Too Much
Ike & Tina Turner / A Fool in Love
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James is Back with another 2 hours of upbeat soul, R&B, popcorn, and funk movers and shakers. We give a nod to Clarence Carter, spin a soul group from way up in the Appalachian Mountains, a double shot of Dusty, a rare Louisville Gospel jumper, two Popcorn R&B work songs new to the collection, and so much more!
-Originally broadcast May 24, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Clarence Carter / Thread the Needle
Etta James / Tell Mama
Garnet Mimms / A Little Bit of Soap
Tyrone Davis / All the Waiting Is Not in Vain
Occasions / There's No You
The Magnificent 7 / She's Called a Woman
Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill
Chuck Jackson / These Chains of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)
The Blue Chords / The Mini Movement
Timothy Carr / Love My Love
Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman
Shirley Wahls / Half A Man
Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me
Dusty Springfield / What's It Gonna Be
Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot
Billy "The Kid" Emerson / The Whip (Part 1)
K. C. (Country Boy) Douglas / The Little Green House
Eugene Church / Jack of All Trades
Inez Foxx / Hi Diddle Diddle
The Vibrations / Canadian Sunset
Cliff-Mayo-Holton / People Will Talk
Deane Hawley / Bossman
Val Martinez / Pay Day
Uniques / Dog Tracks
Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes
The Precisions / Why Girl
Detroit Emeralds / Show Time
George Kerr Orchestra / Back Lash
London Fog with the Continentals / Trippin
The Landslides / Music Please Music
Luther Ingram / Puttin' Game Down
Syl Johnson / Let Them Hang High
William Bell / Eloise (Hang On In There)
James & Bobby Purify / Wish You Didn't Have to Go
Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You
The Raindrops / One More Tear
Pic & Bill / It's Not You
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This week we start with some Northern Soul stompers, dip into some popcorn and midtempo steppers, head to the garage, then finish big with some greasy R&B movers.
You'll hear Sam the Sham's girl group backup singers out at the front of the stage, a couple of Willie Dixon compositions, a favorite train song, a group called The Virginia Wolves with a fine double-sider including some delicious Rhythm and Blues Food Nonsense, some wild men on the Hunch label, and more!
-Originally broadcast May 17, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Dells / Wear It On Our Face
Howard Tate / Have You Ever Had the Blues
The Magictones / Happy Days
The Olympics / The Bounce
The Sham-Ettes / He'll Come Back
Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden
Billy Stewart / Secret Love
Johnny Rivers / Seventh Son
Etta James / Fire
Arthur K. Adams / Gimme Some of Your Lovin'
The Paradons / So Fine, So Fine, So Fine
Alice Rozier / George, BB and Roy
Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me
Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train
The Virginia Wolves / Stay
The Traits / Too Good To Be True
Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You
Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love
Mary Wells / Ain't It the Truth
The O'Jays / I'll Never Let You Go
The Chosen Few / Stop, In The Name Of Love
Blues Magoos / I Wanna Be There
Mad Mike & The Maniacs / The Hunch
The Night Raiders / Hidi Hidi Hidi
Swingin' Medallions / Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
The McCoys / I Wonder if She Remembers Me
Johnny Winter / Rollin' and Tumblin'
The Standells / Dirty Water
The Virginia Wolves / B.L.T.
Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming
Bobby Hendricks / Cast Your Vote
Gerald Sims & The Daylighters / Cool Breeze
The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman
Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters / Make Love To Me
Major Harris / Loving You More
Don Covay and the Goodtimers / Snake In The Grass
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Another 2 hours of vintage (antique?) vinyl dancers, including some recent finds. The scores from a rural Kentucky barn and collectables auction provide a few more nice rare soul finds from the Solars (aka the new Famous Flames), The Romeos, Don Gardner, and Detroit's own Edward Hamilton. You'll also hear a Sunset Strip scene take on "Sinner Man", some beautiful Big City orchestral arrangement Northern Soul and popcorn, and so much more!
-Originally broadcast May 10, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul
Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take)
The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby)
Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend
Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On
Joe Anderson / So Glad
The Solars / Here's My Heart
The Romeos / Two of the Chosen Few
Edward Hamilton & The Arabians / I Love You So
Gene McDaniels / The Puzzle
Ike & Tina Turner / Worried and Hurtin' Inside
Ty Hunter / Lonely Baby
Jean DuShon / All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings
Barbara Lewis / Hello Stranger
Jackie Ross / New Lover
Clyde McPhatter / Before I Fall In Love Again
Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore
The Broadways / You Just Don't Know
Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow
Willie Mitchell / Wade In The Water
Cory Wells and The Enemys / Sinner Man
Rusty Draper / Folsom Prison Blues
Wanda Jackson / Cool Love
Bonnie Lou / Twenty Four Hours of Loneliness
The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs
Stevie Wonder / Ain't That Asking for Trouble
Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You)
The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me
Don Gardner / I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do
Etta James and "The Peaches" / The Wallflower
The Cadillacs with Jesse Powell Orch. / Sugar - Sugar
Roy Lee Johnson / Black Pepper Will Make You Sneeze
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers / Emulsified
The Revlons / Dry Your Eyes
Mark Murphy / Why Don't You Do Right?
Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead
Jimmy Smith / Chain of Fools (Part 1)
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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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DJ Lee Ochoa from San Antonio, Texas (@djthegeneralsa) made a quick trip to Louisville, and he brought some of his favorite records to spin on That Driving Beat. You'll hear rare, in-demand Chicano soul from the Royal Jesters, Sunny & The Sunliners, Dimas Garza, the Commands, and more, plus some Northern Soul, funk, Latin, and R&B favorites from the likes of the Festivals, Joe Bataan, Frank Beverly, Gil Scott-Heron, Ruby Andrews, and more!
-Originally broadcast February 22, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Dimas III / So Funny
Rocky Gil and the Bishops / Soul Party
The Royal Jesters / Use Your Head
The Royal Jesters / Take Me for a Little While
The Intruders / (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game
The Delfonics / La La Means I Love You
The Festivals / You've Got the Makings of a Lover
The Commands / Hey It's Love
The Commands / Don't Be Afraid to Love Me
Dimas III / You’ve Succeeded
T.S.U. Toronadoes / The Goose
Wilbur Bascom and The Zodiact / Just a Groove in "G"
The Topics / She's So Fine
Community Effort / "Shake" Your Funky Butt
The Ghetto Brothers / The Ghetto Brothers Power
Joe Bataan / Young Gifted and Brown
The Majestics / (I Love Her So Much) It Hurts Me
The Specials / Everybody Say Yea
Choice of Colour / Your Love
Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'
Gil Scott-Heron / The Bottle
Dolly Parton / Control Yourself
The Supremes / Stoned Love
Bob Kuban & The In-Men / The Cheater
Jay and The Techniques / Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
The Epitome Of Sound / You Don't Love Me
Ruby Andrews / Just Loving You
Creations / A Dream
Frank Beverly & The Butlers / If That's What You Wanted
Sunny & The Sunliners / If I Could See You Now
The Constellations / I Didn't Know How To
The Gospel Artistics / Time Shall Be No More
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out
The Turnpikes / Cast A Spell
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This episode has Ohio funky soul, a St. Louis sweaty gospel shaker, pounding Motown Northern Soul, a Nashville A-Team session guy getting Fidgety, some Mod R&B, some James Bond nonsense, an all-girl rock band from Nashville, West Virginia college rockers, British Beat from London, West Texas jet-setter garage rock, and more! Also, your host admits to knowing absolutely nothing about music!
-Originally broadcast February 15, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Lloyd Price / Every Night
Jackie Verdell / Hush
Otis Redding / I'm Sick Y'all
The William Singers / Part Time Love
Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way
The Pat Rebillot Exchange / Oh Happy Day
Soul Partners / Lose the One You Love
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson / Lover's Holiday
The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look at Me Girl)
Edwin Starr / Time
The Esquires / You Say
Otis Leavill / When the Music Grooves
The Intruders / A Love That's Real
Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster
Mel "Pig" Robbins / Fidgety
Just Brothers / Sliced Tomatoes
Jimmy Smith / Got My Mojo Workin (Part 1)
James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime
Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow
Harry Deal and The Galaxies / Don't You Just Know It
Jimmy McCracklin / Beulah
Barrett Strong / You Knows What To Do
Rex Garvin (and The Mighty Cravers) / Sock It To 'Em J.B. - Part I
Goldie & the Gingerbreads / Song of the Moon
The Feminine Complex / Run That Thru Your Mind
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity / This Wheel's On Fire
The Spencer Davis Group / Keep On Running
The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop
The Choir / I'm Going Home
The Collegiates / High Blood Pressure
The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set
The Laughing Wind / Don't Take Very Much to See Tomorrow
Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Sonya
The Moody Blues / And My Baby's Gone
Gentleman June Gardner / It's Gonna Rain
The Pirates / Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)
Bill Avery / Oe Oe Oewee Baby
Jerry Butler / What's the Use of Breaking Up
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Art FM, the home of That Driving Beat, went from online-only to broadcasting as WXOX on the FM dial in Louisville on February 14th, 2016, so we're celebrating 10 years on the FM dial and 8 years of That Driving Beat! James put together a That Driving Beat Instant Record Collection for entry into the silent auction at WXOX's Decade On The Dial variety show extravaganza! In this episode, you'll hear a selection from this collection of some of the foundational sounds of the show.
-Originally broadcast February 8, 2026-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Dells / There Is
Major Lance / Rhythm
The Platters / Don’t Hear, Speak, See No Evil
Detroit Emeralds / Show Time
The 4 Seasons / Beggin'
Robert Parker / Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)
Slim Harpo / Baby Scratch My Back
Charlie Rich / Mohair Sam
Lee Dorsey / Working in the Coal Mine
Edwin Starr / Twenty-Five Miles
Four Tops / Bernadette
The Supremes / The Happening
The Contours / Do You Love Me
Z. Z. Hill / Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)
Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight (Everything's Alright)
The Ikettes / Peaches "N" Cream
Billy Stewart / Summertime
Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone
Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor
Mel Tormé / Comin' Home Baby
? And The Mysterians / 96 Tears
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Sock It To Me - Baby!
Bob Seger System / Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Sir Douglas Quintet / She's About a Mover
The O'Jays / Deeper (In Love With You)
The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours
James & Bobby Purify / I'm Your Puppet
J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright
Arthur Alexander / A Shot of Rhythm & Blues
Etta James / Miss Pitiful
Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'
Archie Bell & The Drells / I Can't Stop Dancing
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