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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

Martha Davis

No Deposit, No Return - 1951   Chicago-born Fats Waller protege. Article by Bill King: open.substack.com/pub/billkingpiano/p/martha-davis-boogie-nights?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers

Get Aboard That Southbund Train - 1935   Texas musician, first recorded as sideman for Jimmie Rodgers, recorded 229 singles for Bluebird.

Todd Rhodes Orchestra (Vocal By Kitty Stevenson)

I Shouldn't Cry - 1951   Very talented singer, mother of Motown's William Stevenson, died of cancer before she broke through.

Joe Venuti's Blue Four

I've found a New Baby - 1930   Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Jimmy Dorsey, Frank Signorelli

The Swan Silvertones

Let's Go - 1953   Paul Owens, Dewy Young, leads. Specialty recording

Lonnie Johnson

Fly Right - 1942   Blind John Davis, piano

Buck Owens

Together Again - 1964   Tom Brumley, steel guitar

Jenks "Tex" Carman

Possum Twist - 1964  

Grandpa Jones

That New Vitamine - 1953   Written by Scotty Wiseman

Tampa Red

Stop And Listen Blues - 1931   First mention of "Smokestack Lightnin'" in a song

Annie Laurie

Cuttin' Out - 1949   Second single, with Paul Gayten Orch.

Ray Charles

I'm Movin On - 1959  

Coleman Brothers

You May Run On - 1948  

David Vest

Black Dress - 2012   With Teddy Leonard, Guitar

Carl Perkins

Look At That Moon -   Co-written with Carl Mann, not released at the time.

The Dominoes

Love, Love, Love - 1952   Bill Brown's final lead

Charlie Booker

Walked All Night - 1952   Mississippi Delta bluesman, steeped in the culture but made few recordings (for Modern and Sun) and did not move north to become a star.

The Ugly Ducklings

Nothin' - 1966   Featuring Dave Byngham, Vocals With Roger Mayne, Lead Guitar & Glyn Bell Rhythm Guitar - Yorktown 45001

Buddy Holly

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - 1958   Originally an LP cut, made the British singles chart in 1961.

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