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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

The Midnighters

Ring-A-Ling A-Ling - 1955  

Rocky Rauch & His Western Serenaders

Colorado Boogie - 1951   Colorado DJ and record store and roller rink owner in the 50s

Roy Acuff

Smoky Mountain Rag - 1949   Recorded at the Castle Studio (WSM) in Nashville.

The Harmonizing Four

I Found The Lord - 1955   Tommy Ellison, lead. Unissued at the time. Link to Opal Louis Nations extensive liner notes: opalnations.com/files/Harmonizing_Four_1950-1955_Heritage_CD_29_1995_.pdf

The Coasters

One Kiss Led To Another - 1956   Their second release as The Coasters - Atco 6073

Slim Gaillard

Sploghm - 1940  

Blanche Calloway

Concentratin' On You - 1931  

Roland Peachey with his Royal Hawaiins

Wabash Blues - 1945   Canadian-born steel guitar player based in London, England

Big Joe Williams

Baby Please Don't Go - 1935   True classic, an example of country-fied blues. See Allen Lowe's take: www.backbeatradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125

Jessie Mae Robinson With Monte Easter Orchestra

Jessie Mae's Blues - 1952   Very successful songwriter, one of the few black songwriters to break the colour barrier, wrote hits for Dinah Washington, Amos Milburn, Patti Page, Hank Snow and Elvis (Let's Have A Party)

Weepin' Dave and the Diamond Boys

A Long Way to the Bottom - 2025   Web site: www.weepindave.com/

Kate Reid

Girl - 2025   Calgary-based singer originally from Whitehorse, Yukon. Web site: katereidmusic.ca/bio-1

The Harlem Hamfats

I'm Cuttin' Out - 1937   Session band, never performed live dates as a group, Joe McCoy vocal.

Richard Berry & The Lockettes

Heaven On Wheels - 1958   Backup group includes Jenelle Hawkins, who had a couple of chart hits in the 1960s

The Soul Stirrers

Wade In The Water - 1959   Produced by Sam Cooke, Paul Foster, lead vocal

King Cole Trio

This Side Up - 1947   Nat King Cole, piano; Oscar Moore, guitar, Wesley Prince, bass

Tiny Bradshaw And His Orchestra

I've Been Around - 1947   Recorded for Savoy Records, before he joined King

Tommy Raye (Tommy Tucker)

You Don't Love Me - 1961   Real name Tommy Tucker, changed it to avoid confusion with the Hi-Heel Sneakers guy (whose real name was Robert Higginbotham)

Buddy Holly

Shake, Rattle and Roll - 1964   Originally a home recording, overdubbed and released posthumously in 1964

Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings

S. P. Blues - 1947  

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