That Driving Beat

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That Driving Beat is a radio show from Louisville Kentucky, where two vinyl DJs spin 45rpm soul, R&B, garage rock, Mod, and more.  For older episodes go to https://www.mixcloud.com/MHSS/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1D AGO

    Episode 410: Thread the Needle

    James is Back with another 2 hours of upbeat soul, R&B, popcorn, and funk movers and shakers. We give a nod to Clarence Carter, spin a soul group from way up in the Appalachian Mountains, a double shot of Dusty, a rare Louisville Gospel jumper, two Popcorn R&B work songs new to the collection, and so much more! -Originally broadcast May 24, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Clarence Carter / Thread the Needle Etta James / Tell Mama Garnet Mimms / A Little Bit of Soap Tyrone Davis / All the Waiting Is Not in Vain Occasions / There's No You The Magnificent 7 / She's Called a Woman Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill Chuck Jackson / These Chains of Love (Are Breaking Me Down) The Blue Chords / The Mini Movement Timothy Carr / Love My Love Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman Shirley Wahls / Half A Man Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me Dusty Springfield / What's It Gonna Be Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot Billy "The Kid" Emerson / The Whip (Part 1) K. C. (Country Boy) Douglas / The Little Green House Eugene Church / Jack of All Trades Inez Foxx / Hi Diddle Diddle The Vibrations / Canadian Sunset Cliff-Mayo-Holton / People Will Talk Deane Hawley / Bossman Val Martinez / Pay Day Uniques / Dog Tracks Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes The Precisions / Why Girl Detroit Emeralds / Show Time George Kerr Orchestra / Back Lash London Fog with the Continentals / Trippin The Landslides / Music Please Music Luther Ingram / Puttin' Game Down Syl Johnson / Let Them Hang High William Bell / Eloise (Hang On In There) James & Bobby Purify / Wish You Didn't Have to Go Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You The Raindrops / One More Tear Pic & Bill / It's Not You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  2. MAY 19

    Episode 409: The Hunch

    This week we start with some Northern Soul stompers, dip into some popcorn and midtempo steppers, head to the garage, then finish big with some greasy R&B movers. You'll hear Sam the Sham's girl group backup singers out at the front of the stage, a couple of Willie Dixon compositions, a favorite train song, a group called The Virginia Wolves with a fine double-sider including some delicious Rhythm and Blues Food Nonsense, some wild men on the Hunch label, and more! -Originally broadcast May 17, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat The Dells / Wear It On Our Face Howard Tate / Have You Ever Had the Blues The Magictones / Happy Days The Olympics / The Bounce The Sham-Ettes / He'll Come Back Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden Billy Stewart / Secret Love Johnny Rivers / Seventh Son Etta James / Fire Arthur K. Adams / Gimme Some of Your Lovin' The Paradons / So Fine, So Fine, So Fine Alice Rozier / George, BB and Roy Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train The Virginia Wolves / Stay The Traits / Too Good To Be True Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love Mary Wells / Ain't It the Truth The O'Jays / I'll Never Let You Go The Chosen Few / Stop, In The Name Of Love Blues Magoos / I Wanna Be There Mad Mike & The Maniacs / The Hunch The Night Raiders / Hidi Hidi Hidi Swingin' Medallions / Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) The McCoys / I Wonder if She Remembers Me Johnny Winter / Rollin' and Tumblin' The Standells / Dirty Water The Virginia Wolves / B.L.T. Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming Bobby Hendricks / Cast Your Vote Gerald Sims & The Daylighters / Cool Breeze The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters / Make Love To Me Major Harris / Loving You More Don Covay and the Goodtimers / Snake In The Grass Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  3. MAY 12

    Episode 408: Sinner Man

    Another 2 hours of vintage (antique?) vinyl dancers, including some recent finds. The scores from a rural Kentucky barn and collectables auction provide a few more nice rare soul finds from the Solars (aka the new Famous Flames), The Romeos, Don Gardner, and Detroit's own Edward Hamilton. You'll also hear a Sunset Strip scene take on "Sinner Man", some beautiful Big City orchestral arrangement Northern Soul and popcorn, and so much more! -Originally broadcast May 10, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take) The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby) Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On Joe Anderson / So Glad The Solars / Here's My Heart The Romeos / Two of the Chosen Few Edward Hamilton & The Arabians / I Love You So Gene McDaniels / The Puzzle Ike & Tina Turner / Worried and Hurtin' Inside Ty Hunter / Lonely Baby Jean DuShon / All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings Barbara Lewis / Hello Stranger Jackie Ross / New Lover Clyde McPhatter / Before I Fall In Love Again Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore The Broadways / You Just Don't Know Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow Willie Mitchell / Wade In The Water Cory Wells and The Enemys / Sinner Man Rusty Draper / Folsom Prison Blues Wanda Jackson / Cool Love Bonnie Lou / Twenty Four Hours of Loneliness The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs Stevie Wonder / Ain't That Asking for Trouble Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You) The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me Don Gardner / I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do Etta James and "The Peaches" / The Wallflower The Cadillacs with Jesse Powell Orch. / Sugar - Sugar Roy Lee Johnson / Black Pepper Will Make You Sneeze Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers / Emulsified The Revlons / Dry Your Eyes Mark Murphy / Why Don't You Do Right? Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead Jimmy Smith / Chain of Fools (Part 1) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  4. MAY 5

    Episode 407: I Got It Made (In The Shade)

    James has some recent finds for his collection from a rural Kentucky barn and an auction where they let some great dusty 45s go unnoticed while they concentrated on signed(?) Beatles stuff and other collectables. We get into some things from King Records empire, and several Motown spins from a big hit to a weird miss with a few in between. Plus, hear some stories about obsessively scrolling Facebook Marketplace for boxes of unloved, ignored 45s, and how that sometimes results in a few diamonds in the dirt. -Originally broadcast May 04, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat James Duncan / I Got it Made (In The Shade) Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Carry Your Own Load Dan Brantley / Get It Right, Or Leave It Alone Lou Courtney / Professional Lover Bobby Charles / Worrying Over You Johnny Thunder / Groovy Two Shoes Rosa Lee / My Heart The Drew-Vels / I've Known Big Maybelle / Same Old Story Pat Lucky / You Sure Can Lie The Mirettes / In the Midnight Hour Billy Young / The Sloopy Nancy Wilson / Uptight (Everything's Alright) Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Sweet Delights / Baby Be Mine Gene Chandler / Such a Pretty Thing Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin / Will I Find Love The Dynamics / Misery Linda Jones / I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby Ruth Brown with the Milestone Singers / Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) Ace Saint Claire / Let There Be Just You Paul Anka / Uh Huh Little Sylvia / Little Boy Buster Brown / My Blue Heaven The Brothers Two / Boogaloo (Soul) Party Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold Mary Wells / My Guy Marvin Gaye / You're a Wonderful One Holland-Dozier / What Goes Up, Must Come Down Wilbert Harrison / Cheating Baby Danny Overbea / I'm Tired of Being Tossed Around The Metallics / Itchy Twitchy Too Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me Hank Ballard and The Midnighters / The Continental Walk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 59m

  5. APR 28

    Episode 406: Let's Do Some Good Timing

    Another packed show full of vinyl survivors from the 1960s and 70s. James talks about some recent bulk buys of dusty records from barns and auctions, and asks his listeners to hassle him to get finished sorting, cleaning, and cataloging them so y'all can hear them on the show! In the meantime, this show has a bunch of stuff from deeper in the collection, including R&B shakers, classic Northern Soul floorfillers, some funky stuff, and more! -Originally broadcast April 26, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Singin' Sammy Ward / Big Joe Moe Eddie Floyd / Big Bird Alvin Cash & The Registers / Let's Do Some Good Timing The Four Sonics / It Takes Two Johnny Moore / A Dollar Ninety Eight Patti Austin / Got to Check You Out Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way Earl-Jean / I'm Into Somethin' Good The Shangri-Las / Bull Dog Barbara Mason / Bobby, Is My Baby Jimmy Thomas / Hurry And Come Home Doris Troy / Bossa Nova Blues Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames / Yeh, Yeh Jerry Butler / It's Too Late Darrell Banks / Open The Door To Your Heart Tony Newman / Let the Good Times Roll Faye Ross / Faith, Hope & Trust LeRoy Horne / Don't Come Back (Take Me Through the Changes) The Marvelettes / I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can The Dells / On The Dock of the Bay Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa, Louisian' Charles Whitehead / Between The Lines Marvin Gaye / The End of Our Road The Raeletts featuring Vernita Moss / Leave My Man Alone Sight Unseen / One More Thing MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees / TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) Robert, Ron & Eddie / Love Potion #9 James Rivers / Bird Brain Vernon Harrell / If This Ain't Love (Ain't No Cows In Texas) Junior Parker / These Kind of Blues (Pt. 1) Jean DuShon / Feeling Good Four Tops / If I Were a Carpenter The Players / I Wanna Be Free Johnny Adams / Don't Wait Too Long Jimmy Radcliff / Long After Tonight Is Over Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  6. APR 21

    Episode 405: I'm Shakin'

    It was Vinylthon at WXOX, which means there were DJs in the studio for over 100 hours straight of 24-hours-per-day all vinyl radio! That's nothing new for That Driving Beat, you weekly vinyl 1960s soul, R&B dance party! James finally has a copy of a long-time want by Little Willie John and a friend stops by to share a 45 containing a Nashville take on Motown that almost never got heard outside the recording studio! -Originally broadcast April 19, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Titus Turner / Taking Care of Business The Top Notes / Say Yes Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere Otis Clay / Show Place Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot Brenton Wood / The Oogum Boogum Song Googie Rene / Rebecca Jill Harris / His Kiss Dee Dee Sharp / There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do for You Patty Labelle & The Bluebells / You Forgot How To Love Edwin Starr / Headline News Little Willie John / I'm Shakin' The Falcons / Country Shack The Miracles / You're So Fine and Sweet Prince La La / Gettin' Married Soon Gary Stewart / Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday Boyd Bennett & His Rockets / Big Jay Shuffle Jeanette (Baby) Washington / Money's Funny The Megatons / Detroit Sound Barbara & The Browns / You Don't Love Me John Edwards / Claim Jumpin' Ted Taylor / Something Strange Is Going On In My House Jerry Butler / Hey, Western Union Man King Curtis / Games People Play Marie Knight / To Be Loved by You Lenny Welch / Boogie Cha Cha Della Rae / Hurry Up Summer Ruby Johnson / Callin' All Boys Booker T. & The MG's / Red Beans and Rice Jackie Wilson and Linda Hopkins / Say I Do Little Milton / Can't Hold Back The Tears Grady Chapman / Tell Me That You Care Wade Flemons / Half a Love Papa Joe's Music Box / Road House The Intrigues / In a Moment The Intrigues / Let's Dance The Ikettes / (Never More) Lonely for You The Kingston Trio / Parchment Farm The Trensations / Saucy The Originals / Anna Donnie Elbert / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  7. APR 14

    Episode 404: I've Got The Feeling

    James has some hot 1950s, 60s, and 70s dance tunes from Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, Louisville, Houston, and more! There's no theme, no plan, just letting the playbox full of 45 rpm soul, funk, rhythm & blues, rock, pop, and more pull us in the direction it wants. -Originally broadcast April 12, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Soul Ambassadors / I've Got The Feeling The Drifters / Baby What I Mean Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One The Artistics / Love Song Little Milton / Driftin' Drifter Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore Big Boy Myles / New Orleans Little Willie John / Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) Jimmy Bell / Going Down To The River Charlie-O / Love Me, Love My Dog Robert Parker / Everybody's Hip Huggin The Webs / This Thing Called Love Jimmy Holiday / Love Me One More Time Bobby Byrd / I Know You Got Soul Wilson Pickett / Mama Told Me Not to Come Millie Jackson / I Got to Try It One Time The Sheppards / Steal Away Otis Brown & Band / Will You Wait The Tams / Love, Love, Love The Royal Kings / Take Some Time Gloria Taylor / You Got to Pay the Price The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It B.J. Thomas / I Don't Have a Mind of My Own Jimmy Beaumont / I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love The C and C Boys / It's All Over Now Rufus Thomas / Greasy Spoon Odessa Harris / You're What I Need Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Chain Gang Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold Otis Redding / I'm Coming Home Len Wade / The Night The Angels Cried The Tempests / Would You Believe Barbara Lynn / Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') The Rev-Lons / Give Me One More Chance Bobby Bland / These Hands (Small But Mighty) The Casinos / Soul Serenade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 hr

  8. APR 7

    Episode 403: Run, Run, Run

    Almost every song in this episode is by a band with the word "The" in their name! Two different songs are called "Run, Run, Run"! It's an all 1960s rock episode of That Driving Beat this week, with garage rock, proto-punk, psych, British Beat, Mod rock, pop-rock, and more with The Kinks, The Seeds, The Pretty Things, The Mojo Men, The Guilloteens, Them, and The Shadows of Knight, plus a jangly, lonely cover of Dylan's Baby Blue that probably isn't one of the ones you've already heard, two things on that cartoon record label, and a bunch of other obscurities. -Originally broadcast April 5, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat The Pretty Things / Big City The Masque / Black is Black The Seeds / Pushin' Too Hard Unrelated Segments / Story Of My Life The Leaves / Hey Joe Love / My Little Red Book The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night The Kinks / Never Met a Girl Like You Before The Third Rail / Run, Run, Run The Togas / Baby, I'm In The Mood For You The Gestures / Run, Run, Run The Castaways / Liar, Liar The Beckett Quintet / (It's All Over Now) Baby Blue The Troggs / I Can't Control Myself The Checkmates / All The Time Now The Mojo Men / Dance With Me Tony Mason with the Starfires / Woe Is Me The Noblemen / Satisfied The Zephyrs / She's Lost You The Flying Machine / Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long The Rolling Stones / Gotta Get Away The Nashville Teens / Find My Way Back Home Len and Glen / Write Me Baby, Please! The American Breed / Green Light The Orphans / Deserted The Grass Roots / Midnight Confessions The Guilloteens / For My Own Them / Richard Cory The Messengers / Midnight Hour The Knickerbockers / One Track Mind The Bloos Magoos / So I'm Wrong And You Are Right The Beeds / Run to Her The Nerve / Piece By Piece The Jet Stream / Crazy Me The Jades / NASA Special The McCoys / Come On Let's Go The K-otics / Charlena The Blue Angels / Lets Shout and Shimmy The Shadows of Knight / Gospel Zone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m
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That Driving Beat is a radio show from Louisville Kentucky, where two vinyl DJs spin 45rpm soul, R&B, garage rock, Mod, and more.  For older episodes go to https://www.mixcloud.com/MHSS/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Midnight Hour Sound System
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    177
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © James Inge
  • Show Website
    That Driving Beat