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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.

Backbeat playlist for the week of July 6, 2025 for syndicated stations and on-line listeners. Hear a special Radiothon edition on CanoeFM from 9 AM to Noon Sunday

Artist - Title - Year - Comments/Links

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Fat Back & Corn Liquor - 1954   Switch from Decca to Alladin changed his sound

Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers

I've Got A Right To Cry - 1956  

Soul Stirrers

Come And Go To That Land - 1953   Sam Cooke, lead

Jaye P. Morgan

I Walk The Line - 1960   Mary Morgan got the nick name "Jaye P." in high school when she was class treasurer. Also had a long television career.

Merle Travis

Sixteen Tons - 1947   Travis was from the coal mining area Muhlenburg County, Kentucky (where he lived beside the Everly family).

Singing Stars

I'll Be Singing There - 1960  

Fats Waller

Write Myself A Letter - 1935   Song was revived in 1956 by Billy Williams

The Collins Kids

Beetle Bug Bop - 1955   Siblings Lawrencine and Lawrence (Lorrie & Larry) Collins with Larry on guitar.

The Prairie Ramblers

I'm Looking For The Bully Of The Town - 1936  

Pat Johnson

Chipmunk Rag - 2018   Web site: patjohnson.ca/

The Deep River Boys

It Had To Be You - 1952   Hampton University Quartet, one of many in black universities formed to raise money for the school. www.vocalgroupharmony.com/5ROWNEW/IWannaSleep.htm

Bo Diddley

Road Runner - 1959  

Hank Thompson

Long John - 1961  

Mr. Bear & his Bearcats

Mr. Bear Comes To Town - 1958   Teddy McRae and Champion Jack Dupree

Ella Logan with the Spirits Of Rhythm

From Monday On - 1941   Scottish-American singer was also stage and screen actor, FBI kept a file on her under suspicion of being a Russian agent, no evidence found.

Edmundo Ros

Mambo Jambo - 1950   Born in Trinidad, partially of Scottish decent, made his career in Britain

Dean Martin

Sway - 1964   Melody taken from the Mexican song ¿Quien sera?

The Mills Bros

Rockin' Chair Swing - 1937  

Bob(by) Lee (Trammel)

You Mostest Girl - 1958   A "wild man", he once staged a protest atop the tower of a radio station for not playing his records. Later became Arizona state representative.

Chick Webb & His Orchestra

Don't Be That Way - 1934  

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