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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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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"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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It's two more hours of vintage 1950s and 60s vinyl soul and R&B found on record labels ranging from obscure locals almost lost to time to the Big Dogs of those genres: Motown, Atlantic, Chess, etc. Slip on your dancing shoes and hit the floor!

-Originally broadcast May 31, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Percy Sledge / Baby, Help Me

Bob & Earl / Dancin' Everywhere

James Carr / A Losing Game

Billy Hambric / New York City Baby

The Supremes / Run, Run, Run

Billy Bland / My Heart's on Fire

Willie Harper / But I Couldn't

Hank Ballard and His Midnighters / She's Got a Whole Lot of Soul

The Vibrations / Wallflower

George Young and the Youngsters / Johnny B Goode

Johnny White / Whole Hog or None

Fred Parris & The Restless Hearts / Walk a Little Faster

Christine Quaite / Mr. Stuck-up

Big Dee Irwin / Everybody's Got a Dance But Me

The Showmen / Com'n Home

Fontella Bass / Safe and Sound

Rochelle Johnson / Playing the Field

Peaches and Herb / Love Is Strange

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

Jackie Ross / Dynamite Lovin'

The Casinos / That's the Way

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Mercy, Mercy

The Magnificent Men / Almost Persuaded

Clifford Curry / Break My Mind

James Brown and the Famous Flames / I Got The Feelin'

Solomon Burke / Peepin'

Brice Coefield / Tempted

The Drifters / Chains of Love

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Austin Taylor / Push Push

Chuck Jackson / Any Other Way

Lenny Miles / In Between Tears

Chet "Poison" Ivey And His Fabulous Avengers / In A Little While

The Shevelles / Oo Poo Pa Doo

The Clovers / I I I Love You

The Mark IV / 45 R.P.M.

Faye Adams / Johnny Lee

The Entertainers / Too Much

Ike & Tina Turner / A Fool in Love

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James is Back with another 2 hours of upbeat soul, R&B, popcorn, and funk movers and shakers. We give a nod to Clarence Carter, spin a soul group from way up in the Appalachian Mountains, a double shot of Dusty, a rare Louisville Gospel jumper, two Popcorn R&B work songs new to the collection, and so much more!

-Originally broadcast May 24, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Clarence Carter / Thread the Needle

Etta James / Tell Mama

Garnet Mimms / A Little Bit of Soap

Tyrone Davis / All the Waiting Is Not in Vain

Occasions / There's No You

The Magnificent 7 / She's Called a Woman

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

Chuck Jackson / These Chains of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

The Blue Chords / The Mini Movement

Timothy Carr / Love My Love

Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman

Shirley Wahls / Half A Man

Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me

Dusty Springfield / What's It Gonna Be

Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot

Billy "The Kid" Emerson / The Whip (Part 1)

K. C. (Country Boy) Douglas / The Little Green House

Eugene Church / Jack of All Trades

Inez Foxx / Hi Diddle Diddle

The Vibrations / Canadian Sunset

Cliff-Mayo-Holton / People Will Talk

Deane Hawley / Bossman

Val Martinez / Pay Day

Uniques / Dog Tracks

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

The Precisions / Why Girl

Detroit Emeralds / Show Time

George Kerr Orchestra / Back Lash

London Fog with the Continentals / Trippin

The Landslides / Music Please Music

Luther Ingram / Puttin' Game Down

Syl Johnson / Let Them Hang High

William Bell / Eloise (Hang On In There)

James & Bobby Purify / Wish You Didn't Have to Go

Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You

The Raindrops / One More Tear

Pic & Bill / It's Not You

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This week we start with some Northern Soul stompers, dip into some popcorn and midtempo steppers, head to the garage, then finish big with some greasy R&B movers.

You'll hear Sam the Sham's girl group backup singers out at the front of the stage, a couple of Willie Dixon compositions, a favorite train song, a group called The Virginia Wolves with a fine double-sider including some delicious Rhythm and Blues Food Nonsense, some wild men on the Hunch label, and more!

-Originally broadcast May 17, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

Howard Tate / Have You Ever Had the Blues

The Magictones / Happy Days

The Olympics / The Bounce

The Sham-Ettes / He'll Come Back

Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden

Billy Stewart / Secret Love

Johnny Rivers / Seventh Son

Etta James / Fire

Arthur K. Adams / Gimme Some of Your Lovin'

The Paradons / So Fine, So Fine, So Fine

Alice Rozier / George, BB and Roy

Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

The Virginia Wolves / Stay

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You

Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love

Mary Wells / Ain't It the Truth

The O'Jays / I'll Never Let You Go

The Chosen Few / Stop, In The Name Of Love

Blues Magoos / I Wanna Be There

Mad Mike & The Maniacs / The Hunch

The Night Raiders / Hidi Hidi Hidi

Swingin' Medallions / Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)

The McCoys / I Wonder if She Remembers Me

Johnny Winter / Rollin' and Tumblin'

The Standells / Dirty Water

The Virginia Wolves / B.L.T.

Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming

Bobby Hendricks / Cast Your Vote

Gerald Sims & The Daylighters / Cool Breeze

The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman

Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters / Make Love To Me

Major Harris / Loving You More

Don Covay and the Goodtimers / Snake In The Grass

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Another 2 hours of vintage (antique?) vinyl dancers, including some recent finds. The scores from a rural Kentucky barn and collectables auction provide a few more nice rare soul finds from the Solars (aka the new Famous Flames), The Romeos, Don Gardner, and Detroit's own Edward Hamilton. You'll also hear a Sunset Strip scene take on "Sinner Man", some beautiful Big City orchestral arrangement Northern Soul and popcorn, and so much more!

-Originally broadcast May 10, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul

Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take)

The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby)

Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend

Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On

Joe Anderson / So Glad

The Solars / Here's My Heart

The Romeos / Two of the Chosen Few

Edward Hamilton & The Arabians / I Love You So

Gene McDaniels / The Puzzle

Ike & Tina Turner / Worried and Hurtin' Inside

Ty Hunter / Lonely Baby

Jean DuShon / All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings

Barbara Lewis / Hello Stranger

Jackie Ross / New Lover

Clyde McPhatter / Before I Fall In Love Again

Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore

The Broadways / You Just Don't Know

Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow

Willie Mitchell / Wade In The Water

Cory Wells and The Enemys / Sinner Man

Rusty Draper / Folsom Prison Blues

Wanda Jackson / Cool Love

Bonnie Lou / Twenty Four Hours of Loneliness

The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs

Stevie Wonder / Ain't That Asking for Trouble

Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You)

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Don Gardner / I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do

Etta James and "The Peaches" / The Wallflower

The Cadillacs with Jesse Powell Orch. / Sugar - Sugar

Roy Lee Johnson / Black Pepper Will Make You Sneeze

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers / Emulsified

The Revlons / Dry Your Eyes

Mark Murphy / Why Don't You Do Right?

Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead

Jimmy Smith / Chain of Fools (Part 1)

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James has some recent finds for his collection from a rural Kentucky barn and an auction where they let some great dusty 45s go unnoticed while they concentrated on signed(?) Beatles stuff and other collectables. We get into some things from King Records empire, and several Motown spins from a big hit to a weird miss with a few in between. Plus, hear some stories about obsessively scrolling Facebook Marketplace for boxes of unloved, ignored 45s, and how that sometimes results in a few diamonds in the dirt.

-Originally broadcast May 04, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Duncan / I Got it Made (In The Shade)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Carry Your Own Load

Dan Brantley / Get It Right, Or Leave It Alone

Lou Courtney / Professional Lover

Bobby Charles / Worrying Over You

Johnny Thunder / Groovy Two Shoes

Rosa Lee / My Heart

The Drew-Vels / I've Known

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Pat Lucky / You Sure Can Lie

The Mirettes / In the Midnight Hour

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Nancy Wilson / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

The Sweet Delights / Baby Be Mine

Gene Chandler / Such a Pretty Thing

Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin / Will I Find Love

The Dynamics / Misery

Linda Jones / I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby

Ruth Brown with the Milestone Singers / Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)

Ace Saint Claire / Let There Be Just You

Paul Anka / Uh Huh

Little Sylvia / Little Boy

Buster Brown / My Blue Heaven

The Brothers Two / Boogaloo (Soul) Party

Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold

Mary Wells / My Guy

Marvin Gaye / You're a Wonderful One

Holland-Dozier / What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Wilbert Harrison / Cheating Baby

Danny Overbea / I'm Tired of Being Tossed Around

The Metallics / Itchy Twitchy Too

Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me

Hank Ballard and The Midnighters / The Continental Walk

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