Backbeat RadioA radio show featuring Vintage Popular MusicThey don't play on the radio
Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list.
Win Your Love - 1962 Derby Records version
Down At The Ottawa House - 2004
Knockin' Blues - 1951
Flyin' Saucer Baby - 1957 Originally The Oklahoma Wranglers, were Hank Williams' original backup band
Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb - 1950 Song first recorded by the Charming Bells (a male group). There were 8 cover versions in 1950, this being the first
Sweet Lorraine - 1941 His first recording of the song, the trio re-recorded it for Capitol in 1943
I Don't Beleive You've Met My Baby - 1955
Dark Moon - 1957 Real name: Bonnie Buckingham
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - 1947
Pressure Drop - 1968 Toots Hibbert. Pop hit for Robert Palmer
A Certain Girl - 1961 Written by Allan Tousaint, not a big hit at the time, one of the first songs recorded by The Yardbirds in 1964, has now become a standard
Mule Train Stomp - 1961 His first solo record, made just after he left Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
Trouble In Mind - 1956 Roy Wiggins, slide guitar
Bring It On Home To Mama - 1965 Recorded in Toronto where Johnson eventually settled
Mary Don't You Weep - 1959
Put Your Hand In The Hand - 1972 Written for Anne Murray, hit for Ocean
Shame, Shame, Shame - 2001 Canadian-based musician who blends blues, folk and Hindustani classical music. Plays a 20-string mohan veena among other instruments. Web site: harrymanx.com/
Pinball Boogie - 1954
Pretend - 1959 Mann is called "The Last Son of Sun". This record, featuring guitarist Eddie Bush is cited by Eric Clapton as a favourite.
Don't Desert Me - 1969
Bark, Battle & Ball - 1955 Flip side of Only You shows their upbeat side
Boogie Woogie - 1938
Whadaya Want? - 1955 Spark 110
New Shoes - 1957 With Eddie Cochran, Guitar - Vik 0281
Try Some of That - 1936 With Kokomo Arnold
Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home - 1963 lead vocals shared by Love's sister, Edna Wright. Backed by L.A.'s Wrecking Crew session players. - Phillies 114
Alabama Sue - 1956 Mostly worked as a session player behing Ray Charles, Chuck Willis and otbers
Black And White - 1938 With Stephane Grapeli;
Seven Angels - 1957 AKA the CBS Trumpeteers
Wise Woman Blues - 1943 One of her first recordings for Apollo Records
All You Got To Do - 2023 B.C. slide guitarist Link: brandonisaak.ca/shows
Pap's Corn Likker Still - 1953
Rockin' With The Clock - 1957
La valse de Hadacol - 1947 Very popular "dietary supliment" invented by Louisiana Senator Dudley LeBlanc, mostly alcohol
Just A Dream - 1958 Went to # 1 on the R&B chart - Clanton was more of a swamp-pop artist combining country and R&B but marketed as a pop singer by label owner Johnny Vincent - Ace 546
Pack-Shack And Stack - 1955
Standing Around Crying - 1952
God Rode In A Windstorm - 1962 Recorded in Chicago, Willie Dixon on bass
Sweet, Sweet Girl to Me - 1962 Written by Don Gibson, recorded in Crawley, LA and leased to Hickory in Nashville
Six Nights A Week - 1959 Johnny Maestro, lead Follow-up to 16 Candles - Coed 509
Cruisin' - 1957 From Capitol LP 811 "Gene Vicent & His Bluecaps" 1957
Buddy's Song - 1956
Jole Blon's Ghost - 1948
That Old Black Magic - 1958
Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula - 1959
The Blob - 1958 Written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David (Hal's brother) for the Steve McQueen Movie. Actually singer Bernie Knee's voice overdubbed five times.
I Ain't Superstitious - 1961
Lucky Black Cat - 1954
Voodoo Blues - 1953
Margo (the 9th of May) - 1960
My Father's Ghost - 2023 From his tribute to Ron Hynes - A Good Dog Is Lost. Website: kentizzard.com/
Ghost of My Baby - 1953
Lost Highway - 1959 Horton died on Nov. 4, 1960, after playing the same club Hank Williams played the night he died. He saw a premonition of his own death.
Oh Death - 1937 Featuring Jimmy Bryant, bass
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town - 1937
The Haunted House Boogie - 1951
Down Bound Train - 1955 Based on a poem variously called Hellbound Train or The Devil's Train.
Bo Meets The Monster - 1958
Voodoo, Voodoo - 1961 Atlantic 2119
Ghost Rider In The Sky - 1963
Get Off It And Go - 1947
Gonna Hop On Down The Line - 1953 With Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Doing For Jesus - 1958
Love You So - 1960 Called a one-hit-wonder but he toured extensively for ten years and did have a minor R&B hit in 1974
Drop Me A Line - 1955 Also recorded rockabilly sides
Home Boy - 1955
Buck Dance Rhythm - 1938
Gabbin' Blues - 1952 Her first hit, written and co-sung by Rose Marie McCoy
The Tennesseean Rollin' Rollin' Home - 1957 Recorded in Nashville with top session player but was unsuccessful in the market
Hello Molly - 1966 Obscure African swing band
Go Back - 1952
Crazy Arms - 1956 His first record for Sun
Sweet Thing - 1960 Flip of Let The Little Girl Dance - Old Town 1076
Wild Bill Jones - 1962
Bring My Cadillac Back - 1956 Wrote Lonesome Town and others for Ricky Nelson - Decca 30135
Ain't Going Down - 2024 From New Orleans Sessions album
Open The Door - 1962
What's Your Name? - 1962 Roland Trone and Claude Johnson - Big Top 3079
I Want A New Girl - 1959 Mercury 71577
Sweet Little Woman - 1955 Chicago-based pianist who backed Tampa Red, Muddy Waters, Elmore James & Howlin' Wolf among others. This track includes Elmore James and J.T. Brown on sax
Rhythm Boogie - 1948
Down Boy Down - 1954 With Red Prysock, Tenor Saxophone & Mickey Baker, Guitar - King 4685
Boppin' With The Mambo - 1954 Group from Omaha Neb. featuring Gene McDaniels
Forgotten But Not Gone - 2024 Blake Bamford
When Mama Goes Out The Maid Comes In - 1941 Houston Texas group
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 1932 Backed by the Dorsey Bros. band.
Trouble of This World - 1949 Bill Landford, lead. Used in the Tom Hanks film The Ladykillers
One Room Country Shack - 1952 With Jesse Sailes, Drums - Texas bluesman who found success in California - Specialty 458
Tough De Times - 1957 AKA Zona Sago, real name Allan Williams, Jamaican-born Chicago-based musician
All The Time - 1956 Charlie Busby, Lead Guitar - Thomas LaBeff made killer rockabilly sides but found more commercial success in straight country - Mercury/Starday 71179
Dumplins - 1957 Mickey Baker, guitar. Also recorded by Ernie Freeman
Stranger - 1965
The Back Door - 1962 D.L. Menard, vocal. Swallow Records release
The New Look Blues - 1948 Probably Shirley Moore lead vocal
John Hardy Was A Desparate Little Man - 1967 From Strictly Instrumental LP
I See Jesus - 1950
I Won't Sell My Love - 1941 Big Bill Broonzy, Guitar, Simeon Henry, Piano & Ransom Knowling, Bass - Bluebird B8659
Got You on My Mind - 1961 Owen Bradley production, Floyd Cramer piano, Grady Martin, guitar
Rattlesnake Daddy - 1963 Originally by Bill Carlisle. Al Casey, Guitar - Aceme 45-47
Let 'Em Roll - 1957 Hank Ballard
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