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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

Smiley Lewis

Bad Luck Blues - 1957   With Justin Adams, Guitar, Edward Frank, Piano, Clarence Hall & Herb Hardesty, Tenor Saxes - Imperial 5478

Blue Moon Marquee

Some Ol Day - 2024   From New Orleans Session CD - Link to their site: bluemoonmarquee.com/

Mason Dixon

I Want My Baby Back - 1960   Walter Dixon AKA Tex Dixon

Toots And The Maytals

Time Tough - 1974  

Smokey Rogers and His String Band

Tamburitza Boogie - 1950   Tamburitza is a family of stringed instruments, similar to a mandolin, that evolved in Serbia and Croatia from Persian origins.

The Sensational Nightingales

Another Year - 1954   Earnest James, Julius Cheeks, leads

The Manhattan Brothers

Kilimanjaro - 1956  

Fats Waller

Functionizin' - 1935  

The Zion Travelers

Moving Up The King's Highway - 1954  

Eddy Arnold

It's A Sin - 1947   His second #1 country hit, also recorded by Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and others

Fathead

Move On Up - 2005   With John Mays, Vocals

Clarence Garlow

New Bon Ton Roulay - 1953   His third recording of his biggest hit Bon Ton Roula

Ray Charles

This Little Girl Of Mine - 1955   Based on This Little Light of Mine

Sticks McGhee

Blues In My Heart And Tears In My Eyes - 1953   King 4628 - His real nickname was Stick

The Magic Tones

Cool Cool Baby - 1953   Baltimore group

The Famous Ward Singers

We're Gonna Have A Time - 1957   Frances Steadman lead

Lee Andrews & The Hearts

Long Lonely Nights - 1957   Covered by Clyde McPhatter the same year, revived by Bobby Vinton in 1965

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

I'm Gonna Love You Too - 1958   Not a big seller at the time, was a bigger regional hit in 1964. Revived by Blondie in 1978

Alex Schultz With The Mighty Flyers

T Bone Jumps Again - 1992  

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