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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

LaVern Baker

Bop Ting A Ling - 1955  

The Bells Of Joy

Leak In This Old Building - 1958  

Smokey Hogg

Born On The 13th - 1952   Author and critic Peter Guralnick observed that "there is never any beat as such to Smokey Hogg's music, though a pulse can sometimes be detected'

Hank Snow

Born to Lose - 1956  

Bing Crosby

Sweet Sue - 1932   Not released until 1968

Gene Autry

Atlanta Bound - 1931   Made before he became a film star. Autry sold over 100 million records in his career.

Mr. Memphis Minnie (Ernest Lawlers)

Black Rat Swing - 1943   AKA Little Son Joe, married to Memphis Minnie.

The Bebop Cowboys

Cadillac Boogie - 2003  

Camille Howard

Within This Heart of Mine - 1950   Pianist with Roy Milton's Band

The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

How Far Am I From Caanan? - 1951   Archie Brownlee, Percel Perkins, leads. Peacock recording

Cab Calloway

Hep Cat's Love Song - 1941  

Slim Barton And Eddie Mapp

Careless Love - 1929   Black duo of street performers, Barton on guitar, Mapp on harmonica. Mapp died at age 20.

Link Wray

Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - 1958  

Jake Vaadeland

Bar Down the Street - 2022  

Rev. 'Gatemouth' Moore

The Bible's Being Fulfilled Every Day - 1949   Aristocrat recording

The Big Bopper

Bopper's Boogie Woogie - 1954   Recorded as a demo for J.D. Miller at Feature records in Texas. Not released at the time.

Little Richard

Baby - 1957   Part of his first LP Here's Little Richard. Released as a single in 1959.

Ad Libs

Johnny My Boy - 1965   Follow-up to Boy From New York City, was not as successful.

Sam Butera

Sam's Clan - 1954  

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