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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

Ivory Joe Hunter

I Feel So Good - 1954   Mickey "Guitar" Baker

Clara Ward

At The Cross - 1953   Gotham recording

Williams' Jug Band And Lowland Singers

Shim Sham Shimmy Dance - 1933   Clarence Williams

Bill Clifton

Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - 1958   Song dates back to the 1920s, also recorded by John Fogerty and the Blue Ridge Mountain Rangers in 1973

Doc Happy and The Boys

New Jolie Blond - 1947  

Jimmy Wright & His Orchestra

Lily Maebelle Mambo - 1956   Session player for Rama & Gee labels - did the sax break on Frankie Lymon's Why Do Fools Fall In Love among many others - Gee 1006

Rosetta Perry

Worry, Worry, Worry. - 1950   Decca 48149

West Nkosi

Salanjalo -   Lgendary South African producer, arranger and manager for Ladysmith Black Mambazzo & The Mahotella Queens. This was probably recorded around 1967.

Della Reese

Headin' Home - 1956  

The Chosen Gospel Singers

Stay With Me Jesus - 1952   Robert Crutcher, lead

Reid Jamieson

Blue Jeans - 2026   30 year veteran on the Canadian music scene. Web site: reidjamieson.com/

Hibari Misora

Take the "A" Train - 1955  

Eddy Arnold

Each Minute Seems A Million Years - 1945   First of his 128 hit singles.

The Louvin Brothers

Southern Moon - 1960   Song by The Delmore Brothers

The Rams

Rock Bottom - 1955   Arthur Lee Maye (a star basebal player), Richard Berry, and Johnny Coleman

St. Louis Jimmy

Murder In The First Degree - 1956   Backed by Red Saunders Orch. Flip of goin' Down Slow.

Eddie Floyd

Got To Make A Comeback - 1966   Stax 194

Little Booker

Doin' the Hambone - 1954   Backed by Dave Bartholomew Orch, Earl Palmer, drums. Came out after the very similar recording by Red Saunders.

Art Baxter & His Rock 'N' Roll Sinners

Art's Theme - 1956   From The Phillips 10'' LP BBR 8107 "Rock You Sinners" 1956

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