dial 3 500px

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

Ella Mae Morse

Early In The Morning - 1948   Originally by Louis Jordan, recorded at least 64 times since

Swanee River Boys

Gloryland Boogie - 1953  

Lonnie Johnson

Working Man's Blues - 1948  

Fats Waller and His Buddies

Harlem Fuss - 1929   Includes Eddie Condon, banjo

Milton Brown & the Musical Brownies

Stay on the Right Side Sister - 1936  

The Bright Lights

I Just Rose To Tell You - 1948   Apollo 188

Percy Mayfield

Leary Blues - 1949   Originally recorded for Supreme - With Maxwell Davis

Blue Moon Marquee

Lowlands - 2022   Jassmine (Badass Jass) Collette, vocal. Web site: bluemoonmarquee.com/

Junior Gordon

Blow Wind Blow - 1956   With Huey P. Smith Orch, Lee Allen, sax

Rusty & Doug Kershaw

Hey Mae - 1958  

George Jones & Margie Singleton

Did I Ever Tell You - 1961   Margie was married to Shelby Singleton

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Shorty's Got To Go - 1946   Although he could not read or write music, play an instrument and rarely sang, Millinder's band was one of the most important of the era, vocalists and members included Dizzy Gillespie, Rosetta Tharpe, Wynonnie Harris, Bullmoose Jackson and Eddie Lockjaw

David Vest

Shake What You Got - 2012   With Teddy Leonard, guitar. Song dates back to the 1920s. Note: I misspoke on the show, David has been playing since the 1950s and resides in Victoria, B.C. Web site: davidvest.ca/

The Swan Silvertones

Traveling On - 1956   Recorded for VeeJay, Paul Owens, lead

Little Walter

Hate To See You Go - 1955   With Bo Diddley, guitar. Extended version, Orig. On Chess CHD2-9357, Blues With A Feeling, edited Version Was Checker 825

Benny Ingram

Jello Sal - 1958   Bandera 1302

The Avalons

Love Me - 1956   L.A. group, probably not related to the New York group of the same name

Mabel Scott & Maxwell Davis and His Orchestra

Wailin' Daddy - 1952   Written by Leiber & Stoller, with Maxwell Davis

Big Bob Dougherty & Orchestra

Big Bob's Boogie - 1951   Decca 48276

Results 1 - 19 of 19