That Driving Beat

Art FM, the home of That Driving Beat, went from online-only to broadcasting as WXOX on the FM dial in Louisville on February 14th, 2016, so we're celebrating 10 years on the FM dial and 8 years of That Driving Beat! James put together a That Driving Beat Instant Record Collection for entry into the silent auction at WXOX's Decade On The Dial variety show extravaganza! In this episode, you'll hear a selection from this collection of some of the foundational sounds of the show.

-Originally broadcast February 8, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
The Dells / There Is
Major Lance / Rhythm
The Platters / Don’t Hear, Speak, See No Evil
Detroit Emeralds / Show Time
The 4 Seasons / Beggin'
Robert Parker / Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)
Slim Harpo / Baby Scratch My Back
Charlie Rich / Mohair Sam
Lee Dorsey / Working in the Coal Mine
Edwin Starr / Twenty-Five Miles
Four Tops / Bernadette
The Supremes / The Happening
The Contours / Do You Love Me
Z. Z. Hill / Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)
Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight (Everything's Alright)
The Ikettes / Peaches "N" Cream
Billy Stewart / Summertime
Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone
Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor
Mel Tormé / Comin' Home Baby
? And The Mysterians / 96 Tears
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Sock It To Me - Baby!
Bob Seger System / Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Sir Douglas Quintet / She's About a Mover
The O'Jays / Deeper (In Love With You)
The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours
James & Bobby Purify / I'm Your Puppet
J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright
Arthur Alexander / A Shot of Rhythm & Blues
Etta James / Miss Pitiful
Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'
Archie Bell & The Drells / I Can't Stop Dancing
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"Invite me to DJ at your Mod or soul night, and I'll play you my favorite Neil Young record." -James, in this episode. James has a few new finds and old favorites to share, including some rare 1960s small-town Kentucky rockers, northern soul and rhythm & blues classics, garage rock and psych shakers, funky interludes, and a few oddball spins, all on original vinyl 45s.

-Originally broadcast February 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Dian James / Welcome Stranger
Billy Lee Riley / Show Me Your Soul
Nancy Wilson / The End of Our Love
Aretha Franklin / Soulville
The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog
Rufus Thomas / Walking the Dog
"Blackie" Sorrello and J.D.B. Trio / Rosalie
Jim Decker and the Avrons / Choice of a Fool
The Raves / Mister Man
The Lemonade Charade / The Straight Life
Uncredited Artist / Devil With a Blue Dress On
The Rave-Ons / The Line
The Surf Suns / I Can't Stop it Now
The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul
Bill Moss / Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother
Charlie Hodges / The Day He Made You
100 Proof (Aged In Soul) / Everything Good Is Bad
Earl Foster / Jodine's Walk
Jackie Lee / Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y
Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room
The 4 Seasons / I've Got You Under My Skin
Nancy Ryan / The Trouble
Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Laugh It Up Baby
Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues
The Nite Owls / Act Your Age
The Alphabetical Order / All Over The World (La La)
The Emporers / Karate
Eddie Floyd / Knock on Wood
Ray Pollard / Wanderlust
The Young Rascals / I've Been Lonely Too Long
Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby
Jimmy Elledge / Your Funny Way Of Loving Me
Marion Black / Who Knows
Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do
Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Ain't That The Truth
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It's an episode heavy on Louisville & Lexington, Kentucky records today, because James just found the box he keeps a lot of that stuff in. We've got soul, R&B, and rockers from the likes of The Berkshire Seven, Mary Ann Fisher, Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers, The Mercy Men, Cosmo and the Counts, The Magnificent 7, and The Oxfords, plus tunes from farther afield by Carl Carlton, Richard Berry & The Pharaohs, Little Milton, and more!

-Originally broadcast January 25, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Paul Smith / Ain't That Something
Deanna Brewer and The Titans / I've Gotta Know
The Berkshire Seven / Crazy Kind Of Feeling
The Sultans / I Feel Your Love Growing Cold
Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More
Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers / I'm Not Going to Work Today
The Rhythmatics / Drag
Jimmy Coe / Cold Jam for Breakfast
Charlie Ross and The Crossfires / Lord Have Mercy
The Henry Watterson Expressway / You Better Take Me Home
Carl Carlton / Hold On a Little Longer
Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle
Wilson Pickett / Toe Hold
Jamie Lyons / Soul Struttin'
Al "TNT" Braggs / You're Something Else
Al Henderson and Orchestra / All Star Boy
Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Louie Louie
James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You
Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder
Cosmo and the Counts / You Gotta Dance
Kelli & The Kittens / What Mama Don't Know
The Magnificent 7 / Never Will I (Make My Baby Cry)
The Sultans / I Know It's True
The Oxfords / Time And Place
The Rugbys / You, I
Daniel / Exit Door 1
Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love
And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill
Eddie & Ernie / That's The Way It Is
Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man
Freddie Scott / Run Joe
The Right Kind / I've Been Changed
Little Milton / Just A Little Bit
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James has another action-packed radio dance party full of 1960s tunes by Ray Charles, Bob and Earl, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby Byrd, Alvin Cash, The Steinways, Maxine Brown, Betty Everett, and more! We'll get Loaded, Broke and Lonely, Work Together, Donkey Walk, and Do the Ali Shuffle. Today's unexpected artist with That Driving Beat: The Osmonds?!

-Originally broadcast January 18, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Ruby Johnson / Keep on Keeping On
Four Pennies / Shake A Hand
The Knight Bros. / Love (Can't You Hear Me)
Ray Charles & The Ray Charles Orchestra / Something Inside Me
Bob and Earl / The Sissy
The Drifters / We Gotta Sing
Johnny Flamingo and the Cleartones / I Got Loaded
Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely
Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons
Bobby Byrd / I'm Lonely
LeRoy Horne / Don't Come Back (Take Me Through the Changes)
Sugar Pie DeSanto / Soulful Dress
Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk
Tony Borders / What Kind Of Spell
Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle
Roscoe Robinson / What You're Doin' to Me
Joe Simon / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin'
The Box Tops / Fields Of Clover
Thee Midnighters / I've Come Alive
Wilbert Harrison One Man Band / Let's Work Together (Pt. 1)
Lena Horne / Love Bug
Lucy Campo / Evil Eye
The Rays / Mediterranean Moon
Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home
The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On
Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me
The Osmonds / Yo-Yo
Jay & The Techniques / Help Yourself To All My Lovin'
James Duncan & the Duncan Trio / I'll Be Gone
George Jackson / So Good To Me
Bobby James & Vicki Adams / Love is Such a Sweet Thing
Johnny Adams / Life Is Just a Struggle
Maxine Brown / One in a Million
Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded
Tammy Montgomery / If I Would Marry You
Brooks & Jerry / I Got What It Takes Part 1
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Uwe is in the studio for one last show before leaving town again, and he's got one more show worth of classic and rare soul and R&B records new to his collection to share with us on today's radio dance party. We analyze the ownership history left behind on a record, look at a group called the Supremes that wasn't THAT Supremes but used the name first, and listen to a song that really wants you to FEEL IT!

-Originally broadcast January 11, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat
Garnett Mimms / Prove It To Me
The Impalas / Whip It On Me
Little Jerry Williams / I'm the Lover Man
Billy Preston / The Night
Maurice & The Radiants / Baby You've Got It
Jean Wells / Can't You Feel It
The Intruders / I'm Girl Scoutin'
Clarence Murray / The Book Of Love
The Masqueraders / I Got It
The Supremes / You And Me
B.B. King / I'm Gonna Sit in Till You Give In
Sugar Pie DeSanto / Can't Let You Go
The Falcons / Swim
Fontella Bass / My Good Loving
Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way
Jimmy Robins / I Can't Please You
Tommy Wills / Night Train
The Brothers Cain / Anyway You Like It
Carl Henderson / Please Stop Laughing At Me
The Rising Sun / Feel It
Felix Lark and the Jack Hart Trio / Little Tender Love
Little Bob / Nobody But You
Damita Jo / I'll Save The Last Dance For You
The Valentines / Baby, Lots Of Luck
Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden
The Parliaments / Don't Be Sore At Me
Johnny Nash / (What A) Groovy Feeling
Chubby Checker / Karate Monkey
Wilson Pickett / Night Owl
Ann King / Ooba Dooba Doo
Little Anthony and The Imperials / Better Use Your Head
Dee Irwin / The Wrong Direction
The Marvelettes / Playboy
Clarence Carter / Tell Daddy
"Little Esther" Phillips & "Big Al" Downing / You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)
Guys & Dolls / Looking For A Lover
Little Carl Carlton / Why Don't They Leave Us Alone
The Jets / Every Thing I Do
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