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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