That Driving Beat

Midnight Hour Sound System
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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. 2D AGO

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. MAR 31

    Episode 402: Send Me Some Cornbread

    No nonsense, just 2 packed hours of classic rare 1960s vinyl soul and R&B dance tunes! -Originally broadcast March 29, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Ricky Allen / It's a Mess I Tell You Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long Jesse Gee / Don't Mess with My Money Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice The V.I.P.'s / Flashback Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread Jackie Paine / Go Go Train Johnny Thunder / Send Her To Me Barbra Carr / Shake Your Head Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way The Diplomats / There's Still a Tomorrow The Wooden Nickels / Should I Give My Love Tonight The Steinways / My Heart's Not in It Anymore (Babe, Babe, Babe) Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light Christine Cooper / S. O. S. (Heart In Distress) The Wildweeds / No Good to Cry The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera Patti Austin / Got to Check You Out J.J Barnes / Real Humdinger The Players / I Wanna Be Free The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park Ray Peterson / You Thrill Me Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon Irma Thomas / Some Things You Never Get Used To Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know Ike and Tina Turner / Poor Fool The Sensations / Get On Up Mama Etta James / Something's Got a Hold on Me Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders Rosco Gordon / Jessie James Faye Ross / Faith, Hope & Trust Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire Candy and the Kisses / Shakin' Time Otis Redding / Satisfaction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 60m

  8. MAR 24

    Episode 401: Good Gravy Baby

    Here's another 2 hour radio dance party full of incredible classic soul and rhythm & blues vinyl relics from the past that we're lucky enough to still have access to here in the future. Les McCann, Solomon Burke, the Four Tops, Varetta Dillard, Little Milton, James Brown & the Famous Flames, Gene Chandler, Jerry Williams, James & Bobby Purify, and so much more! We've got grits, mashed potatoes, and even some good gravy in this potluck! -Originally broadcast March 22, 2026- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Les McCann / What I Call Soul Solomon Burke / Save It Inez & Charlie Foxx / (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me The Traits / Some Day Some Way Cherry Stone / He Walks Softly Tommy Duncan / Dance, Dance, Dance Four Tops / The Key Otis & Carla / Knock On Wood The Malibus / Ten Times a Day Jeb Stuart / I Betcha Gonna Like It Chuck Jackson / Somebody New Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie Mickey Denton / Ain't Love Grand Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop Ruby Winters / Just Like a Yo Yo Lillian Offitt / The Man Won't Work Varetta Dillard / Good Gravy Baby Lloyd Price and His Orchestra / Cry On Pips / Room In Your Heart Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World) James Brown & The Famous Flames / Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins Ruby Andrews / You Made A Believer (Out Of Me) Gene Chandler / Tell Me What Can I Do Diana Ross and the Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To The Valentines / Breakaway Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough Moses & Joshua / Get Out Of My Heart Jerry Williams / Sock It To Yourself Wiley Terry / Follow The Leader Pt. 1 Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis / If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck Josie Taylor / Tra La La Ernie K-Doe / Real Man The Boogie Kings / I've Got Your Number Clarence Carter / Looking For a Fox James & Bobby Purify / Sixteen Tons The Miracles / Happy Landing The Van McCoy Strings / Sweet and Easy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 59m
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About

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
    175
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © James Inge
  • Show Website
    That Driving Beat

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