Backbeat RadioA radio show featuring Vintage Popular MusicThey don't play on the radio
Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list.
Ring-A-Ling A-Ling - 1955
Colorado Boogie - 1951 Colorado DJ and record store and roller rink owner in the 50s
Smoky Mountain Rag - 1949 Recorded at the Castle Studio (WSM) in Nashville.
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
One Kiss Led To Another - 1956 Their second release as The Coasters - Atco 6073
Sploghm - 1940
Concentratin' On You - 1931
Wabash Blues - 1945 Canadian-born steel guitar player based in London, England
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'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)
A Long Way to the Bottom - 2025 Web site: www.weepindave.com/
Girl - 2025 Calgary-based singer originally from Whitehorse, Yukon. Web site: katereidmusic.ca/bio-1
I'm Cuttin' Out - 1937 Session band, never performed live dates as a group, Joe McCoy vocal.
Heaven On Wheels - 1958 Backup group includes Jenelle Hawkins, who had a couple of chart hits in the 1960s
Wade In The Water - 1959 Produced by Sam Cooke, Paul Foster, lead vocal
This Side Up - 1947 Nat King Cole, piano; Oscar Moore, guitar, Wesley Prince, bass
I've Been Around - 1947 Recorded for Savoy Records, before he joined King
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)
Shake, Rattle and Roll - 1964 Originally a home recording, overdubbed and released posthumously in 1964
S. P. Blues - 1947
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