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That Driving Beat

That Driving Beat

By: Midnight Hour Sound System
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That Driving Beat is a radio show from Louisville Kentucky, where two vinyl DJs spin 45rpm soul, R&B, garage rock, Mod, and more.


For older episodes go to https://www.mixcloud.com/MHSS/

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James Inge
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Episodes
  • Episode 414: Let's Do the Boston Monkey
    Jun 23 2026

    You'll hear some Motown from the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, and from a group out of and named for Vancouver, BC. We also have Bettye Lavette covering Neil Young, Ann Sexton, Z.Z. Hill, Jackie Shane, Dolly Parton, plus random assumptions, potentially misremembered facts, and a bunch of real songs by real artists, played from real records selected by a real person.


    -Originally broadcast June 21, 2026-


    Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

    The Marvelettes / You're My Remedy

    Jimmy Hughes / It Ain't What You Got

    Marvin Gaye / You

    The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

    Dyke And The Blazers / City Dump

    Betty Lavette / Heart Of Gold

    Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

    Sam Hawkins / Hold On Baby

    Ann Sexton / You've Been Gone Too Long

    Martha & The Vandellas / Heat Wave

    George Torrence & The Naturals / (Mama Come Quick and Bring Your) Lickin' Stick

    Z.Z. Hill / Oh Darling

    Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

    Little Willie John / Doll Face

    Van & Titus / The Vulture

    Candi Staton / Too Hurt to Cry

    The T.S.U. Toronadoes / What Good Am I?

    The Natura'elles / Show Me The Way

    Henry & His Kasuals / Workout

    The Mar-Keys / Pop-Eye Stroll

    Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers / Let's Do the Boston Monkey

    The Olympics / Do the Slauson Shuffle

    Bobby Marchan / Hooked

    B.B. King / I'm Gonna Sit in Till You Give In

    Charlie Rich / Hawg Jaw

    The Fabulous Playboys / Nervous

    Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs / High Blood Pressure

    Martha & The Vandellas / Wild One

    Four Tops / The Key

    Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers / It's Growing

    Jackie Shane / Any Other Way

    Johnny Adams / Who's Gonna Love You

    Tony Middleton / My Home Town

    Barbara Acklin / Love Makes a Woman

    Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out

    Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

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    2 hrs
  • Episode 413: Mechanic From Hamtramck
    Jun 16 2026

    James got some record digging in this week, and he has a few newly unearthed vintage 45s to spin on this show this week by Fred Waters, Ann Duquesney, Donald Jenkins & The Delighters, Bobby Byrd, plus an unlikely cover by Lena Horne, and favorites you've heard on That Driving Beat before by Ruby Winters, Edwin Starr, Brenda Holloway, B.B. King, and so many more!


    -Originally broadcast June 14, 2026-


    Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

    Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love

    Fred Waters / Singing a New Song

    Bobby Powell / Question

    Paul Smith / Ain't That Something

    Deon Jackson / Love Takes a Long Time Growing

    Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

    Ann Duquesney / I Surrender

    The William Singers / Part Time Love

    Garnell Cooper & The Kinfolks / Green Monkey

    Anna Walker and the Crownettes / Ode to Billy Joe

    Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

    Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / You're All I Need to Make It

    The Soul Notes / How Long Will It Last

    The Platters / Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island In the Sea)

    Lena Horne / Rocky Raccoon

    Bob Cain / Ladies Man

    Cannibal & The Headhunters / Land of 1000 Dances

    Tenison Stephens / Where Would You Be

    Edwin Starr / Time

    Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

    Donald Jenkins & The Delighters / Somebody Help Me

    Etta James / Next Door to the Blues

    Bobby Byrd / Write Me a Letter

    The Untouchables / 60 Minute Man

    George Young and the Youngsters / Mechanic From Hamtramck

    B. B. King / The B.B. Jones

    Youngblood / Bayou Town

    Dan Brantley / It Must Be Love

    And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill

    Irma Thomas / We Got Something Good

    The Golden Toadstools / Silly Savage

    Bobby Freeman / Everybody's Got a Hang Up

    Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way

    Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving

    The Sapphires / I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours

    The Sherrys / Pop Pop Pop-Pie

    Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Can't Let You Out Of My Sight

    Bob Wilson and The San Remo Quartet / All Turned On

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    2 hrs
  • Episode 412: Kill the Pain
    Jun 9 2026

    "They drilled right through the little bunny's head!" The record box steers this show in a Funkier direction than the average episode of That Driving Beat. You'll hear late 1960s and early 1970s funky movers from Clarence Reid, Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, Candi Staton, Ohio Players, Swamp Dogg (of course!), Junior & The Classics, Indianapolis's The Vanguards, and more. Plus, we've got funky covers of a country classic, a classic film theme, and a Creedence Clearwater Revival song!


    -Originally broadcast June 7, 2026-


    Booker T. Averhart & The Mustangs / Take Your Shoes Off (Part 1) - BONUS SONG!?

    Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

    The Interpretations / Soul Affection

    Clarence Reid / Till I Get My Share

    Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul / (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt. 1

    Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists / Detroit

    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose / Treat Her Like a Lady

    Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E

    Danny White / Natural Soul Brother

    Chuck Bernard / Hobo Flats

    Natural Gas / What Do You Want From My Life

    Bill Withers / Harlem

    Candi Staton / Do It In the Name of Love

    Ohio Players / Pain (Part 1)

    Garland Green / I Can't Believe You Quit Me

    The Bagdads / Green Power

    Swamp Dogg / Do You Believe

    Doris Duke / How Was I to Know You Cared

    Syl Johnson / Try Me

    The Bar-Kays / Midnight Cowboy

    Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue

    The Staple Singers / I'll Take You There

    Junior & The Classics / Kill the Pain

    The Vanguards / The Thought of Losing Your Love

    The Honey Drippers / Impeach the President

    Freddy-Henchi & the Soulsetters / Folsom Prison

    Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band / Scorpio

    Errol Gaye and the Imaginations / Love and Affection

    Little Eva Harris / Mr. Everything

    James Brown and the Famous Flames / Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)

    Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s / Doing It to Death

    Rotary Connection / Love Me Now

    Tony Owens / Got'a Get My Baby Back Home

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    2 hrs and 3 mins
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