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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

Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers

When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) - 1938  

Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris; Johnny Otis' All Stars

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo - 1945   Released on Philo 104 - label later became Aladdin

Stick McGhee

Baby Baby Blues - 1947   Got his nickname 'Stick' as a child because he used a stick to push a wagon carryng his older brother Brownie, who was stricken with polio.

Howlin' Wolf

Goin' Down Slow - 1961   Spoken part by Willie Dixon - Henry Gray, piano, Hubert Sumlin & Jimmy Rogers, guitars - Chess 1813

Rochell & The Candles

Once Upon A Time - 1960   LA group, Johnny Wyatt, 1st lead, Rochell Henderson, tenor lead - Swingin' 623

Roger Miller

Big Harlan Taylor - 1965   Hit for George Jones in 1959

Shirley & Lee

That's What I Wanna Do - 1956   Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, from New Orleans, were not a couple in real life but were presented as such. They never sang in harmony (or on key) but were a huge influence on Jamaican ska

Lionel Cormier & The Sundown Playboys

Sundown Playboys Special - 1952   Band formed in 1945, performed continiously until 2019 under Lionel's son, Lesa. This was their first recording in 1952 for J.D. Miller's Feature Records

Lefty Frizzell

A King Without a Queen - 1954   Bob Wills tune

The Detroit Harmonettes

I Gave Up Everything - 1955   Obscure but highly regarded group, not to be confusd with The Original Gospel Harmonettes (Dorothy Love Coates).

Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers

Take A Drink On Me - 1927   Frst recorded version, also recorded (by Leadbelly and others) later as Take a Whiff on Me or Cocaine Habit Blues. Alcohol was illegal when this was recorded in 1927, as was cocaine.

Johnny Horton

I Don't Like I Did (Before) - 1956   Co-written with Claude King. Flip of I'm a One Woman Man. Grady Martin, guitar

Sinead X Sanders

It's a Sin - 2025   web site: sineadxsanders.com

Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys

Better Late Than Never - 1952   Rich 'R' Tone 1053

Larry Dale

You Better Heed My Warning - 1954   New York City bluesman and ace guitar player who never received national recognition despite making some killer records

The Platters

Shake It Up Mambo - 1954   Recorded for Federal Records before their rise to pop fame on Mercury

Paul Gayten

Hey Little Girl - 1948   One of the most important, though under recognzed New Orleans musicians. This song was made more famous by Professor Longhair

Big Maybelle

Ain't To Be Played With - 1954   Backed by Leroy Kirkland Orch, Mickey Baker, guitar. Okeh recording.

Orangie Hubbard

Look What I Found - 1959  

King Curtis

Watermelon Man - 1964  

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