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Backbeat Radio
A radio show featuring Vintage Popular Music
They don't play on the radio

Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list.

Artist - Title - Year - Comments/Links

Bea Baker (LaVern Baker)

Good Daddy - 1953   With Maurice King's Wolverines

Bud Hobbs & His Trail Herders

Lazy Mazy - 1947   Written by Sheb Wooley, Buck Owens on guitar, his first session

Les Paul

Blues Stay Away From Me - 1952   Written and first recorded by the Delmore Bros.

The Trumpeteers

Better Days Are Coming - 1953   Score 5051

The Prairie Ramblers

Go Easy Blues - 1933   Salty Holmes, vocal

Margaret Watkins (Tab Smith Orchestra)

I Hear You Knocking - 1946   Chicago singer, also appeared with Earl Hines Orch.

Junior Sugar Blues

Darlie -  

Bing Crosby

Some Of These Days - 1932   Song from 1910 popularized by Sophie Tucker. Recorded for Brunswick when Crosby was still more of a jazz singer

Memphis Minnie

Million Dollar Blues - 1947   With Ernest Lawlers (her husband) on guitar.

Charles Watkins

All Alone Oh Lord - 1952   Savoy recording

Kay Starr

Wabash Cannonball - 1949   With Merle Travis And His Orchestra

Jimmy Swan

Juke Joint Mama - 1952   AKA Cowboy Jim and his Range Riders, recorded for Trumpet Records. Label was owned by Lillian McMurray.

Johnny Smith

Walk, Don’t Run! - 1954   Original version of the Ventures hit - Royal Roost records

The Flamingos

Golden Teardrops - 1953   Most famous for I Only Have Eyes For You in 1959, had been recording since 1953 but their polished sound didn't catch on.

The Three Notes

I've Been Thinking It Over - 1958   Tally 116

Henry Gray

Tell Me Baby -   Piano player very active as a session player in Chicago blues and Louisiana swamp blues, was in Howlin' Wolf's band for 12 years

Thomas Wayne With The DeLons

Tragedy - 1958   Memphis singer who recorded 20 sides but had only 1 hit. Produced by Scotty Moore, Elvis' original guitarist.

Billy Harlan

School House Rock - 1958   Harlan was from Muelenburg, KY, grew up with the Everly Bros. Played bass for Jim Reeves and others. Brunswick 9-55066

Sam Butera

(These Are) The Things I Love - 1954   Louis Prima's backing band during his Vegas years.

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