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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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/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Here's another 2 hours packed tight with Northern Soul, R&B, garage rock, and more: all on 45 rpm vinyl, and all with That Driving Beat!
-Originally broadcast November 9, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Dells / There Is
Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
Wilson Pickett / Baby Call on Me
Gail Anderson / I Can't Stop It
The Diplomats / I Can Give You Love
Pearlean Gray with the Passengers / Don't Rush Me Baby
Bobby Bland / Call On Me
The Wanderers / Run-Run Seniorita
Billy Storm / A Million Miles from Nowhere
The Climates / Breaking Up Again
Obrey Wilson / If You Were There
Bobby Hebb / Love, Love, Love
Bruce / L'amour, L'amour, L'amour
The Precisions / If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)
Thelma Jones / Souvenirs of a Heartbreak
Baja Marimba Band / Along Comes Mary
Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight
Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes
The Shangri-Las / Wishing Well
Oscar Weathers / The Spoiler
The Revels with Sam Eddy / It's Party Time
The Trashmen / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
The World Column / Midnight Thoughts
The Rationals / Out In The Streets
Sir Douglas / Quarter to Three
The Swingin' Medallions / Don't Cry No More
Fountain of Youth / Livin' Too Fast
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / The Sun Goes Down
Everly Brothers / Somebody Help Me
Flanagan / Go My Way
The Muffets / Lost
Shadows of Knight / Light Bulb Blues
The Ovations / Qualifications
Mary Wells / The Doctor
Jan Bradley / I'm Over You
Larry Barnes / Rags is Rags
Deon Jackson / You Said You Loved Me
Willie Mitchell / 30-60-90
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James is in the 1960s That Driving Beat pocket this week, with Northern Soul floor fillers, R&B shakers, Mod rockers, and garage screamers. You'll hear upbeat dance tunes from Shirley Ellis, The Showmen, Mary Wells, Little Willie John, The O'Jays, The Broadways, Little Carl Carlton, two different classic Detroit movers named "Time", plus early Steve Marriott, a group from Birmingham, Alabama making great advances in psychedelic spelling, a 1967 punky cover of Simon and Garfunkel, and more!
-Originally broadcast November 2, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Shirley Ellis / I See It, I Like It, I Want It
Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King / Ready, Willing And Able
Willie Hightower / Nobody But You
Charles Mann / Hey, Little Girl
The Fascinations / I'm So Lucky (He Loves Me)
The Toys / May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone
Paul Smith / Ain't That Something
The Showmen / Take It Baby
Barbara Lynn / Take Your Love and Run
The Parliaments / Time
Edwin Starr / Time
Janit and the Jays / Hurting Over You, Boy
Mary Wells / Use Your Head
And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill
Otis Redding / Mr. Pitiful
The Pageants / She Is Your Girl
Little Willie John / Doll Face
Little Milton / Can't Hold Back The Tears
The Five Du-Tones / Shake a Tail Feather
Beau Dollar and the Coins / Soul Serenade
The Moments / Money, Money
The Mark V / Hey Conductor
Wild Vybrashons / One Track Mind
The Kinks / I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The U.S. Male / I Don't Want To Know
Lemon Pipers / Quiet Please
The Five Americans / Don't Blame Me
The Chicago Loop / Richard Corey
The Danleers / Baby You've Got It
The Jaynetts / Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
The O'Jays / Whip It On Me Baby
The Broadways / You Just Don't Know
Tenison Stephens / Where Would You Be
Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have
Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'
Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do
Detroit Emeralds / Shades Down
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James keeps it funky again in this episode, with funky numbers from the late 1960s and early 1970s from Clarence Reid, Johnny Thunder, Shirley Brown, Della Reese, Etta James, Andre Williams, Swamp Dogg, Candi Staton, and more, including one of the most sampled songs of all time, a funky interpretation of a Roger Miller country classic, a run of fine Memphis and Muscle Shoals productions, and more!
-Originally broadcast October 26, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Fabulous Counts / Get Down People
The South Side Movement / Have a Little Mercy
Oscar Toney, Jr. / Person To Person
Joe Tex / You Better Believe It Baby
Shirley Brown / Yes Sir Brother
Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired
Johnny Thunder / Power To The People
The People's Choice / Cause That's the Way I Know
Johnny Griffith, Inc. / Grand Central Shuttle
Kris Peterson / Mama's Little Baby Is a Big Girl Now
Lily Fields / A Boy In A Man's World
Clarence Reid / Fools Are Not Born (They Are Made)
Jackie Lee / The Chicken
Barbara & The Browns / You Don’t Love Me
Chuck Brooks / Baa Baa Black Sheep
Sam Hutchins / Dang Me
Boogaloo Joe Jones / Inside Job
The Winstons / Amen, Brother
The Free Movement / I Can't Convince My Heart
Lloyd Price / Love Music
Loleatta Holloway / H.E.L.P. M.E. M.Y. L.O.R.D.
Della Reese / Compared to What
Johnnie Taylor / Take Care of Your Homework
The Turnarounds / Somewhere In This World (A Telephone Is Ringing)
Etta James / Tighten Up Your Own Thing
Andre Williams / The Stroke
Swamp Dogg / These Are Not My People
Vin Cardinal / There'll Be No City on the Hill
The Sister and Brothers / Yeah, You Right
Ultra High Frequency / We're On the Right Track
Spencer Wiggins / Love Machine
Candi Staton / Evidence
Gladys Knight & the Pips / If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)
Marva Whitney / Things Got to Get Better
The South Street Soul Guitars / Poppin' Popcorn
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James shares some of the funky side of his collection of vintage 45 rpm records in the show today, with late 60s and early 70s Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, James Brown, Candi Staton, The Meters, a few things with Swamp Dogg's involvement, a couple of interesting covers, and some numbers of Funky Corners in the stack today.
-Originally broadcast October 19, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Lloyd Price / Bad Conditions
Ann Peebles / I Pity the Fool
Cleo Page / Goodie Train (Part 1)
Esther Phillips / Fever
Lyn Colins / Think (About It)
Bill Withers / Harlem
The Vanguards / The Thought of Losing Your Love
Robert, Ron & Eddie / Love Potion #9
Freddy-Henchi & The Soulsetters / Folsom Prison
The Honey Drippers / Impeach the President
Brother to Brother / In The Bottle
Tony Owens / Got'a Get My Baby Back Home
Rotary Connection / Love Me Now
Betty Lavette / Heart Of Gold
Candi Staton / Do It in the Name of Love
Betty Wright / If You Ain't Got It
Tommy Wills / (Funky) 4 Corners
Willie and the Mighty Magnificents / Funky (8) Corners Pt. 2
Swamp Dogg / Do You Believe
Little Charles and the Sidewinders / Shanty Town
Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E
Syl Johnson / Try Me
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul / (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt. 1
The Meters / Sophisticated Cissy
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose / Treat Her Like a Lady
Millie Jackson / In The Wash
James Brown and the Famous Flames / Just Plain Funk
Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue
Cold Blood / You Got Me Hummin’
John Edwards / Claim Jumpin'
The Best of Both Worlds / Moma Bakes Biscuits
Margie Alexander / Love Slave
Inez And Charlie Foxx And Their Mockin' Band / We Got A Chance To Be Free
The Emotions / Blind Alley
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James is back after a few weeks away, and his recent run of bad luck digging for vintage 45 rpm records with That Driving Beat is over! On the show today you'll hear a lot of great 1960s rhythm & blues shakers, northern soul floor fillers, some 1960s rockers, some more gentle popcorn sounds, and more!
-Originally broadcast October 12, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Christine Kittrell / It's Nobody's Fault
Nat Kendrick And The Swans / (Do the) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)
Felix Lark and the Jack Hart Trio / Little Tender Love
Jimmy Richards / Don't Forget Those Who Knew You When
Maurice & Mac / Why Don’t You Try Me
Howard Tate / Have You Ever Had the Blues
Ernie K-Doe / Come on Home
The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew
Ollie & The Nightingales / Girl, You Have My Heart Singing
James Rivers / Tighten Up
The Sham-Ettes / He'll Come Back
Bobby Bland / Poverty
Freddie Scott / Loving You is Killing Me
Freddy King / Hide Away
The Sapphires / I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours
Mike and The Jokers / There's Got to Be a Girl
The Esquires / I Don't Know
Guitar Gable / Guitar Rhumbo
King Curtis & the Kingpins / Games People Play
Little Jr. Parker / I'm Gonna Stop
J.J. Barnes & the Dell Fi's / Won't You Let Me Know
The Marcels / Give Me Back Your Love
Bobby Bland / Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes
Nat Kendrick And The Swans / Dish Rag Part - 1
Tiger Boys / I'm a Tiger
The Fyrebirds / Can't Get No Ride
Johnny Green & The Green Men / Something You Got
Mickey and Sylvia / Love is Strange
Mighty Sam / Georgia Pines
Lesley Miller / Walk With Me
Roy Orbison / Workin' For The Man
McKinley Mitchell / Tell It, Like It Is
The Olympics / We Go Together (Pretty Baby)
Arthur Alexander / Love's Where Life Begins
Jimmy McGriff / All Day Long
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James throws a little bit of full-on blues into the dance party this week, plus the usual Northern Soul and R&B dancers, one tune that veers into hokey lounge territory (but he thinks he likes it), funky angry Bobby Darin, plus one from an artist best known as an actor in things like 1977's Roots and the Deadpool movies!
-Originally broadcast September 21, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Jerry Butler / Just For You
Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You
Eloise Carter / I Need You
Leslie Uggams / A House Built On Sand
The Sensations / Too Shy
Chris Clark / Put Yourself In My Place
Curtis King / Bad Habits
Benny Gordon & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Turn You Loose
Mr. Bo & His Blues Boys / I Ain't Gonna Suffer
B. B. King / I Can't Lose
The Shells / Whiplash
The Steinways / My Heart's Not in It Anymore (Babe, Babe, Babe)
Massachusettes Assembly / Run Like The Devil
Frank Gari / Love That's Where It Is
Eskew Reeder / Never Again
James Carr / That's What I Want To Know
The Babies / The Hand Of Fate
Jackie Wilson / (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real
Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire
Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine
Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman
Bobby Darin / Long Line Rider
Jackie Shane / You Are My Sunshine
Lowell Fulsom / Tramp
Wee Willie Denson / In My Own Little Way
Billy Daniels / Woe, Woe, Woe
Eddie Giles / Losin' Boy
Mary Wells / Laughing Boy
Harold Burrage / Got to Find a Way
Carla Thomas / When Tomorrow Comes
Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man
Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie
Don Bryant / Coming On Strong
Syl Johnson / Take Me Back
Chuck Jackson / I've Got to Be Strong
The Valentines / Breakaway
The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible
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James has struck out lately on digging up fresh vintage vinyl finds, so he's been going through forgotten corners of his collection to jog his memory on what's in there! You'll hear 1960s movers and shakers from Jimmy Hughes, Joe Tex, Fontella Bass, Ketty Lester, the Detroit Emeralds, Brenda Holloway, Candi Staton, Ruby Winters and so much more!
-Originally broadcast September 14, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Gene Chandler / Everybody Let's Dance
Brenton Wood / Sweet Molly Malone
Bobby Powell / Question
Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action
Otis Redding / I'm Depending On You
Joe Tex / You're Gonna Thank Me Woman
Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue
Cathy Carlson / Hurt So Bad
Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)
Fontella Bass / I Surrender
The Tren-Dells / Moments Like This
Cosmo / Sweetheart Please Don't Go
Scotty McKay / Sittin' Down And Cryin'
Ketty Lester / Please Don't Cry Anymore
Tina Britt / Look
The Cineemas / A Crush On You
Marie Knight / To Be Loved By You
The Tams / The Truth Hurts
The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me
Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love
Detroit Emeralds / (I'm an Ordinary Man) Take Me the Way I Am
Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone
Blinky & Edwin Starr / Oh How Happy
Marvin Smith / Fading Memories
Candi Staton / Heart On a String
Joe Jeffrey / Hey, Hey Woman
The O'Jays / The Choice
John Steele and the Del-Mates / You're Gonna Miss Me
Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things
Anna Walker and the Crownettes / Ode to Billy Joe
The Jewels / Opportunity
The Jones Brothers / Without Your Love
The Depressions / House of Silver
O. V. Wright with the Keys / That's How Strong My Love Is
The Soul City / Everybody Dance Now
Lois Lane / Turn Me Loose
Kenny Ballard and the Fabulous Soul Brothers / I'm Losing You
The M-3's / When the Party's Over
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James has been going through some of the first soul 45s he bought back in the early days of collecting, and reacquainting himself with that part of his collection. There are some old favorites and good memories in this show, all 1960s and early 70s soul, Northern soul, rhythm & blues, and Mod dancers.
-Originally broadcast September 1, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Metros / Let's Groove
Aaron Neville / Why Worry
Etta James / Pay Back
Wilson Pickett / Don't Fight It
The Platters / Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island In the Sea)
Cannibal And The Headhunters / Land of 1000 Dances
The Continental 4 / What You Gave Up
Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long
The Montclairs / I Just Can't Get Away
The Landslides / Music Please Music
Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving
The Mystics / Mash Potatoes With Me
Lonnie Russ / My Wife Can't Cook
Jimmy McCracklin / Steppin' Up In Class
The Mirettes / In The Midnight Hour
Travis Wammack / Scratchy
Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot
Four Tops / Something About You
J.J. Jackson / I Dig Girls
The Fantastic Four / Ain't Love Wonderful
Frankie Valli / (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself
The Reflections / Comin' At You
Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
The Ad Libs / The Boy From New York City
Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories
2 of Clubs / Heart
Linda Martell & The Anglos / A Little Tear (Was Falling from My Eyes)
Jean DuShon / Feeling Good
Bob and Earl / The Sissy
Jackie Lee / Bring It Home
Oscar Mack / You Never Know How Much I Love You
Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy
Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor
Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop
Bob Wilson and The San Remo Quartet / All Turned On
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James has a few more recent finds to share, plus old favorites he hasn't heard in a while. You'll hear Les McCann, Brenton Wood, The Intrigues, Charlie Rich, The Dave Clark Five, J.J. Barnes, groups with names like the Baskerville Hounds, The Rag Dolls, and the Gum Drops, a song with a tie-in to a forgotten sitcom, and a small-town Oklahoma garage rocker in the mix today.
-Originally broadcast August 31, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Les McCann / What I Call Soul
Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You)
The Intrigues / I'm Gonna Love You
Johnny K. Wiley / Let The Good Thing Go
The Baskerville Hounds / Hold Me
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs / Ring Dang Doo
The Contrasts / What a Day
The Rag Dolls / Dusty
R. Dean Taylor / Gotta See Jane
The Allusions / You Better Think Twice
Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin'
Brenton Wood / Trouble
Tempo and the Jet Sets / Sweetest Thing to Me
Vick & John / Lonely Man
Richie's Room 222 Gang / Girls, Girls, Girls (That's All On My Mind)
Zookie and the Potentates / Bachelors Got It Made
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / It's Just a Little Bit Too Late
The Dave Clark Five / All Night Long
Lady Wray / Smiling
The Saucy Jacks / Blown Like a Kiss
The Loons / Unwind
The Village Sound / Sally’s Got a Good Thing
The Miracles / Come' Round Here - I'm The One You Need
The Four Jewels / Dapper Dan
Bobby Rush / Camel Walk
The Gum Drops / Natural Born Lover
Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train
Nancy Wilson / You've Got Your Troubles
Ernie Johnson / Cold, Cold Heart
Lenny Miles / In Between Tears
J.J. Barnes / Don't Bring Me Bad News
Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park
Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man
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James is back with more That Driving Beat! He got his founding co-host of the show moved down to Texas, and now it's a one-man radio dance party! If you know us, you know if we have to drive somewhere, we're going to find some records on the way, and that's exactly what we did! Everything you hear on this episode came from a Louisville to San Antonio road trip in a car already packed heavy with Uwe's treasured record collection. We hit up fertile record-digging pastures in Memphis, Little Rock, Austin, and San Antonio, and here's the harvest that went into James' record box! Will we every hear any of Uwe's finds on That Driving Beat, or will they just be shared at his upcoming DJ gigs in San Antonio? Who knows? You'll have to keep listening to That Driving Beat to see!
-Originally broadcast August 24, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul
Sandy Wynns / Love's Like Quicksand
Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow
Paul Lovelace / Tossin and Turnin
Zookie and the Potentates / Telephony
Spot Barnett / Sweetmeats
Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take)
The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby)
June Conquest / All I Need
The Young Holt Trio / Wack Wack
Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend
The Hootenaires / Bill Bailey (Come on Home)
Donnie Rohrs / Money
Ray Agee / Hard Working Man
The Miracles / Save Me
Jeanie Fortune / Angry Eyes
Johnny Wells / Lonely Moon
Nancy Adams / Lights Out
Lavern Baker / You're Teasing Me
Unknown Artist / The Frito Twist
The Volcanos / Help Wanted
Herbert Hunter / Dancin' Party
Ray Stevens / Devil May Care
The Magnificent Men / Much Much More Of Your Love
Otis Clay / Trying to Live My Life Without You
The Independents / Lucky Fellow
The Sweet Cherries / Don't Give It Away
Jackie Moore / It's Harder to Leave
Jimmy Norman / This I Beg of You
The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs
Bobby Darin / What'd I Say (Part 1)
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It's Uwe's last week as a Louisvillian, so this is the last episode of That Driving Beat with two hosts. We play some favorite tunes, and reminisce about some of our favorite memories of record digging, radio broadcasting, and other musical adventures. Auf wiedersehen, Uwe!
-Originally broadcast August 10, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come
The Metros / Since I Found My Baby
Dobie Gray / Out On the Floor
Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders
Christine Quaite / In The Middle Of The Floor
James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On
Betty Everett / Bye, Bye Baby
Durand Jones & The Indications / Smile
The Freeman Brothers / My Baby
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (And Let Me Cry)
Billy Stewart / Summertime
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me
Cops N’ Robbers / There's Got To Be A Reason
The Tren-Dells / Love
The Soul Twins / She's The One
Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie
Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes
Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart
Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing-Ame Caline)
Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon
Ben E. King / I Can't Break The News To Myself
Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You
Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You
Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty
The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow
Anna King / The Big Change
Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me
The Fabulettes / Screamin' and Shoutin'
The Valentinos / Sweeter Than The Day Before
The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You
Terry Callier / Look At Me Now
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry
Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More
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We're playing some of our favorite records that make us sentimental or nostalgic for earlier days in our record collecting lives, as we get closer to a big change at That Driving Beat as Uwe prepares to move to Texas. We've got treasured records from Sharon Jones, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Soul Inc., Henrietta And The Hairdooz, Marlena Shaw, Ray Pollard, Billy Stewart, Jackie Shane, Lou Johnson, Irma Thomas, Chuck Jackson, and more.
-Originally broadcast August 3, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Irene and the Scotts / I'm Stuck On My Baby
Jackie Wilson / I Get the Sweetest Feeling
Sharon Jones / I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In
Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (And Let Me Cry)
Susan Barrett / What's It Gonna Be
Gail Winters / You've Got The Power
Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever
Gene Pitney / She's a Heartbreaker
Henrietta And The Hairdooz / You Got a Lot to Learn
Soul Inc. / I Belong to Nobody
The Wildweeds / No Good To Cry
Soul Inc. / Midnight Hour
Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade In the Water
Ray Pollard / Wanderlust
R. Dean Taylor / There's a Ghost in My House
The Johnny Gibson Trio / Beachcomber
Billy Stewart / Secret Love
Jackie Shane / In My Tenement
Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories
Brice Coefield / Tempted
The Depressions / House of Silver
Ed Bruce / Don't Let It Happen
Bobby McClure / Peak Of Love
Dolly Parton / Busy Signal
Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry
Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied
Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You
Chuck Woods / Seven Days Too Long
Tammi Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away From You
The Vontastics / Day Tripper
Irma Thomas / Break-A-Way
The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On
Bobby Bland / Shoes
Chuck Jackson / Somebody New
Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone
Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop
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James and Uwe bring you two more hours of 1960s soul, R&B, and pop dancers on 45 rpm vinyl from the likes of Barbara Lewis, Tina Turner, Baby Washington, The Artistics, Alvin Cash, Gene Chandler, Otis Clay, and an rare pre-fame Tom Jones!
-Originally broadcast July 27, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling
The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know
Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Solomon
Bill Moss / Number One (Instr.)
Terri Sharp / A Love That Will Last
Sonny Fisher / I'm Going (All The Way)
The Starlets / Better Tell Him No
Ike & Tina Turner / You Weren't Ready (For My Love)
The Swingin' Medallions / She Drives Me Out Of My Mind
Lloyd Price / Oh, Lady Luck
Nancy Wilson / Don't Look Over Your Shoulder
Jane Morgan / Maybe
Mary Wells / Me And My Baby
Rosco Gordon / You Got My Bait
Baby Washington / Run My Heart
Joe Kennedy / Slick Trick
Spyder Turner / Stand By Me
Johnny Holiday / Tormented
Tina Turner / We Need An Understanding
Tom Jones / Chills & Fever
Temptations / Check Yourself
Levon and the Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)
Willie Gibson / Cheatin' on Me
Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"
Woody Guenther & "Cheaters" / Bang Dancin' Time
The Artistics / I'll Always Love You
The Tempests / Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love
Gloria Taylor / You Got To Pay The Price
Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle
Kim Weston / You Can Do It
The Orlons / Rules of Love
The Marvelows / I Do
Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time
Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired
Otis Clay / She's About a Mover
Mighty Sam / Good Humor Man
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There's big news in That Driving Beat world, as Uwe will soon be leaving Louisville for the next stage of his career, leaving the show down one host. Enjoy these last few episodes with both James and Uwe sharing their records for the radio dance party. Uwe has found some records he hasn't seen in a long time as he's sorting and moving his collection, and James has, or course, done a little record digging out in the wilds since last week and has some good stuff to share.
-Originally broadcast July 20, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Trudy Johnson / You're No Good
Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Baby Take Me
The Webs / Tomorrow
Chuck Jackson / (I'd Be A) Millionaire
Marv Johnson / Happy Days
Maxine Brown / One Step At A Time
Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday / I Still Care
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band / Que Sera Sera
The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul
The Cops 'N Robbers / There's Gotta Be a Reason
George Stone / Hole In the Wall
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters / Dance Till It Hurtcha
Jennell Hawkins / Moments
Joe Jeffrey / The Chance of Loving You
Inez Foxx / He's The One You Love
Chubby Checker / Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo
Billy Young / The Sloopy
Jerry Lee Lewis / Hit The Road Jack
Joe-L / (I'm Not Gonna Be) Worried
Gene Chandler / There Was A Time
Etta James / What I Say
Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby
Dottie and Ray / La La Lover
Eloise / You Should'a Treated Me Right
The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine
The High Numbers / Zoot Suit
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Last Night In Soho
The Trashmen / Surfin' Bird
Darrell Banks / Open the Door To Your Heart
Joe & Mack / Don't You Worry
Radiants / I Got A Girl
The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party
Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just A Shame
George Tindley / Ain't That Peculiar
The Sensational Epics / I've Been Hurt
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The guys are back with 2 more hours of prime classic soul, R&B, funk, rock, pop, and other mostly 1960s movers, shakers, and shuffles, all on original 45 rpm vinyl. Today's artists you might not expect to hear on That Driving Beat: Meat Loaf and Tennessee Ernie Ford!
-Originally broadcast July 13, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes
Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque
Lou Rawls / When Love Goes Wrong
Darleen Carr / Anybody's Girl
Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him
Duncan Brothers / Satisfaction Guaranteed
Obrey Wilson / If You Were There
The Astors / Candy
The Elgins / Heaven Must Have Sent You
The Supremes / Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
The Pack / Harlem Shuffle
Ike and Tina Turner / The Hunter
Bob Seger & The Last Heard / Heavy Music, Pt. 1
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations / You Beat Me to the Punch
The Spellbinders / A Little On the Blue Side
Stoney & Meatloaf / What You See Is What You Get
Della Reese / Compared to What
The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs
Jean Wells / Can't You Feel It
Veniece Stalks / What More Do you Want From Me
Major Lance / Too Hot To Hold
Lester Robertson / My Girl Across Town
Timi Yuro / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More
Etta James / Seven Day Fool
Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead
The Exciters / Do-Wah-Diddy
The T.S.U. Toronadoes / Got To Get Through To You
Robby Fortson / Are You For Real
Chuck Jackson / Two Feet From Happiness
Tina Britt / I Found A New Love
Tennessee Ernie Ford / Sixteen Tons
Betty Everett / I Got A Claim On You
Jackie Wilson / The Way I Am
The Orlons / Not Me
The 5th Dimension / Too Poor To Die
Little Richard / Dance What You Wanna
Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa Louisian'
The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman
Gloria Lynne / Watermelon Man
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James went and sweated in a barn full of stuff hoping to turn up some amazing rare record finds... and didn't have much luck! Oh well, there were a few worthwhile things there, and you'll never find the grails if you don't get out there and dig for them! You'll hear some rare R&B shakers, popcorn steppers, Northern-Soul-starter-kit staples, a comparison between two versions of "I Keep Forgettin", and a set of heavy, heavy psych and rock shakers, including an angry, righteous, blistering anti-war protest song from a source you might not expect.
-Originally broadcast June 29, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Inez Foxx / Broken Hearted Fool
Dobie Gray / Out on the Floor
Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins
The 4 Seasons / Beggin'
Abraham & his Sons / Your Mother Understood
The Dells / Wear It on Our Face
James & Bobby Purify / Help Yourself (To All of My Lovin)
The Tams / I've Been Hurt
Ben E. King / Not Now (I'll Tell You When)
Lou Johnson / Magic Potion
Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Sock It To 'em J.B., Pt. 1
Rufus Thomas / Walkin the Dog
Hank Marr / The Watusi Roll
Jackie Ross / Selfish One
Otis Redding / Respect
Chuck Jackson / I Keep Forgettin'
Myrna March / I Keep Forgettin'
Jimmy Beaumont / I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love
Freddie Houston / Soft Walkin'
Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have to Cry
The Furys / Never More
Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home
Eddie King / I Talk Too Much
The Sequins / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More
Hughes Blues / Stone Free
Bob Seger System / 2 + 2 = ?
The Chosen Few / It Just Don't Rhyme
Damnation of Adam Blessing / Cookbook
Laura Lee / Stop Giving Your Man Away
Barrett Strong / I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me)
Dolly Parton / Busy Signal
The Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)
Ann Sexton and the Soul Masters / You've Been Gone Too Long
Bobby Hebb / Love Love Love
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Uwe is back in the studio with James this week after a few weeks away, and he hit up a flea market as soon as he got back in town to dig up some fresh old vinyl sounds! You'll hear the original recorded version of R&B standard Got My Mojo Workin', some early Supremes, a cheap but perfect Chuck Jackson Northern Soul tune, a Nolan Porter favorite, and garage rockers by the Troggs, The Trolls, The Haunted, The Wild Ones, The Cherry Slush, The Spencer Davis group, and more!
-Originally broadcast June 22, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Mongo Santamaria / El Pussy Cat
Cosmo / Small Town Gossip
The Esquires / You Say
Jesse Gee / Don't Mess With My Money
Jerry Butler / It's Too Late
Ann Cole with the Suburbans / Got My Mojo Working
Detroit Emeralds / Show Time
The Supremes / Let Me Go the Right Way
Diana Ross and the Supremes / I'm Livin' in Shame
Troy Dodds / Trying To Find My Baby
Oscar Weathers / Just to Prove I Love You
Five Royales / I'm Standing In The Shadows
Otis Redding / Nobody's Fault But Mine
Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)
Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure
The Troggs / I Want You
The Orphans / Deserted
The Buckinghams / I Call Your Name
The Revengers / The Batman Theme
The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night
The Haunted / 1-2-5
The Wild Ones / Never Givin' Up (On Your Love)
The Gladiolas / Little Darlin'
The Lovejoys / Payin' (For The Wrong I've Done)
The Diamonds / Sneaky Alligator
Joe Moore / I Know You Like A Book
Jackie Shane / Comin' Down
Jackie Paine / No Puppy Love
The Raelettes / All I Need Is His Love
The Intensions / I Don't Care Anymore
Freddy Robinson / The Oogum Boogum Song
The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back
The Cherry Slush / Gotta Take It Easy
The Sheep / Hide & Seek
Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot
Rollee Mc Gill / You Can Keep It
Johnnie & Joe / Won't You Come Back To Me
Don Covay / Turn It On
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That Driving Beat has two more hours of mostly 1960s dance music on original 45 rpm vinyl. Soul, R&B, garage rock, Beat and more!
-Originally broadcast June 15, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Johnny Jones & The King Casuals / Soul Poppin'
Otis Clay / Show Place
Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You
Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm
Tom Jones / Nothing But Fine
The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back
The Danleers / Baby You've Got It
The Fantasies / Mickey's Monkey
Brenton Wood / The Oogum Boogum Song
Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes
Major Lance / It Ain't No Use
Janet & The Jays / Love What You're Doing to Me
Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You
The Babies / The Hand Of Fate
Travis Wammack / Scratchy
Mickey Dolenz / Don't Do It
The Rationals / Respect
The Mojo Men / Dance With Me
Mitty Collier / My Babe
James Brown / The Popcorn
Andre Williams & His New Group / Bacon Fat
Johnny Fuller / She's Too Much
The Sensations / Get On Up Mama
Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman
Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine
Dobie Gray / Look At Me
The Castaways / Goodbye Babe
Small Faces / Tin Soldier
The Surprise Package / Out of My Mind
The Velaires / Sticks and Stones
Timothy Carr / A Stop Along The Way
Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman
Timi Yuro / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More
The Spinners / I Cross My Heart
Aretha Franklin / Soulville
The Showmen / Take It Baby
The Casinos / That's The Way
Jackie Wilson / I've Lost You
The Jaynetts / Sally Go 'Round the Roses
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James is running the show solo today, and he's got a box full of mid-tempo steppers, floaters, beat ballads, finger snappers, mellow grooves, and soulful tearjerkers. The Beat may not be as Driving as usual, but you'll still want to get out on the dance floor. You'll hear tunes from Arthur Alexander, Dee Dee Warwick, Jimmy Hughes, Irma Thomas, Chris Clark, James Carr, Jimmy Radcliffe, Barbara Mason, and more!
-Originally broadcast June 8, 2025-
Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Junior Walker & The All Stars / Pucker Up Buttercup
The Dells / There Is
The High Keyes featuring Troy Keyes / One Horse Town
Arthur Alexander / You Better Move On
Marvin Smith / Fading Memories
Dee Dee Warwick / Gotta Get a Hold of Myself
The Extensions / I Want To Know
Carla Thomas / The Masquerade Is Over
The Dialtones / If You Don't Know, You Just Don't Know
Jimmy Hughes / Time Will Bring You Back
Irma Thomas / I Done Got Over It
Bobby Scott / It's Real
Ray Pettis / Joining the Crowd
The Drifters / I've Got Sand in My Shoes
Chris Clark / Do Right Baby Do Right
Mary Wells / Operator
Barbara McNair / Here I Am Baby
Baby Washington / I Know
The Mad Lads / No Strings Attached
Billy Joe Royal / If It Wasn't For a Woman
Betty Everett / You're No Good
Jimmy Radcliffe / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man
The Sensations / I Won't Be Hurt
Bobby Jones / You're A Devil
James Carr / Lover's Competition
The Superlatives / Lonely in a Crowd
Jimmy Gilford / Heartbreaker
Ketty Lester / Please Don't Cry Anymore
Bobby Foster / Where Do You Go
Esther Phillips / Don't Feel Rained On
Gary Brown / Would You Laugh At Me
Ruby Johnson / Come To Me My Darling
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces / Searching For My Love
George Jackson / Aretha, Sing One For Me
Barbara Mason / Keep Him
Ruby Andrews / Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)
Grady Chapman / Tell Me That You Care
Jan Bradley / The Brush Off
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