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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

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

You'd Better Mind - 1958  

Butterball Paige

I'm Too Old to Boogie Anymore - 1949   Early Nashville recording for Bullet Records

Buddy & Ella Johnson

They Don't Want Me to Rock No More - 1957  

The Swan Silvertones

Rock My Soul - 1960  

Ocie Stockard & The Wanderers

Black and Blues - 1937   Former member of Brown's Musical Brownies, featuring Harry Palmer, trumpet & vocal

Cab Calloway

Beale Street Mama - 1932   Originally recorded by Lucille Hegamin, also recorded by Bessie Smith

Little Sylvia

Drive Daddy, Drive - 1952   Sylvia Vanderpool (Robinson) of Mickey & Sylvia, at 17 years old

The Ethiopians

Train to Skaville - 1967   Jamaican vocal harmony group, this song was released and became a hit in Britain

Roy Acuff

Tennessee Central - 1947  

Bonnie Guitar

Mister Fire Eyes - 1957   Follow-up to crossover hit Dark Moon, was country hit but only minor pop hit, ending her singing career

The Selah Singers

Trouble In The Land - 1958  

Jimmy McGriff

Kiko - 1964   Philadelphia Hammond B3 player, also worked as a Philly cop, tune is actually I Got A Woman re-named. Sue 10-001

Roy Head & The Traits

Treat Her Right. - 1965   Back Beat 546

Clarence "Frogman" Henry

Troubles, Troubles - 1956   Flip side of Ain't Got No Home

Otis Williams & The Charms

Hearts Of Stone - 1954   Cover of the original Jewels version - DeLuxe 6062

Varetta Dillard

Them There Eyes - 1952   Leroy Kirkland and His Orchestra, first record where she was allowed to sound like herself rather than Ruth Brown

Tampa Red

When Things Go Wrong With You - 1949   Hudson Whittaker with Johnnie Jones, Piano. Re-make of It Hurst Me Too with lyric changes

The Equals

Baby Come Back - 1968   Eddie Grant RCA 9583

Jean Shepard

Memory - 1958   Country traditionalist whose career had many ups and downs

Ricky Nelson

Just A Little Too Much - 1959   Written by Johnny Burnette, features James Burton on guitar

Al Lerman

Chugging Blues - 2012  

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