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That Driving Beat

Midnight Hour Sound System

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.

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1:54:39

Episode 361: Pin the Tail On the Donkey

That Driving Beat ·

2025/05/20

James pulled a lot of 1960s garage rock, beat, and other rockers in recent digging, and Uwe has dug into his collection for some forgotten favorites.You'll hear a one of many great records on a cartoon record label, Jackie Wilson singing about the New Breed, a rarity from Columbus, Ohio's Capsoul label, a Mardi Gras staple, and a record we considered one of our first "rare" soul finds before years of collecting redefined what rare and valuable meant. -Originally broadcast May 18, 2025- Willie

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1:55:00

Episode 360: Keep The Fire Burning

That Driving Beat ·

2025/05/13

James spins a few records he dug on a quick trip to New Orleans this week, and Uwe has dug through his collection for some forgotten treasures.You'll hear Northern Soul, R&B, Louisiana artists, some Latin dancers, garage rockers, and other 1960s movers & shakers! -Originally broadcast May 11, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatSkip Easterling / Keep The Fire BurningThe Adorables / BeJohnny Adams / Who's Gonna Love YouVeniece Stalks / What More Do you Want From MeBeau Dollar and the

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1:54:34

Episode 359: Talk of the Grapevine

That Driving Beat ·

2025/05/06

That Driving Beat is back with an action-packed show full of 1960s dance floor movers.We've got soul, rhythm & blues, pop, rock and more by Donald Height, Carl Carlton, Betty Wright, Gene Chandler, Swamp Dogg, Irma Thomas, and even one of the few tunes by Paul Anka that we've determined meets the requirements of That Driving Beat. -Originally broadcast May 4, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatThe O'Jay's / The ChoiceChis Bartley / The Sweetest Thing This Side Of HeavenThe Fasinations

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1:54:36

Episode 358: Dancin' Everywhere

That Driving Beat ·

2025/04/29

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party, with tunes from Bob & Earl, Chuck Jackson, Betty Everett, Baby Washington, Eddie Holland, a big score from the Valentinos, a funky cover of a Johnny Cash signature tune, and more, all on 45 rpm vinyl! -Originally broadcast April 27, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatBob & Earl / Dancin' EverywhereBaby Washington / You Never Could Be MineEtta James / Tighten Up Your Own ThingEddie Holman / You Know That I WillChuck Jackson / These

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1:55:24

Episode 357: Turn on Your Love Light

That Driving Beat ·

2025/04/22

James ran this show solo, and played from the big stack of records he dug up on a 4-state midwestern road trip.We've got tunes from Nancy Wilson, Bobby Rush, Bobby Bland, Barbara Lynn, some mid-1950s King Records R&B, two versions of Turn on Your Love Light that sound nothing alike, and many more vintage soul, R&B, funk, and jazz movers! -Originally broadcast April 20, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatLuther Ingram / You Got to Give Love to Get LoveThe Impressions / You've Been

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2:02:24

That Driving Beat - Episode 356

That Driving Beat ·

2025/04/15

It's a crossover episode with another WXOX Art FM Louisville show today: Joey Mudd, the host of The Deep End, is with us to celebrate vinyl records, Vinylthon, and local records with That Driving Beat!You'll hear Louisville area and Kentucky artists doing Northern Soul, R&B, garage rock, a little bit of country go-go, and more!This was our special episode during WXOX's celebration of Vinylthon, an international celebration of vinyl on the airwaves.More info at vinylthon.com. -Originally

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1:55:09

That Driving Beat - Episode 355

That Driving Beat ·

2025/04/08

The guys drove straight from Chicago to the studio in Louisville for this episode, and got there just minutes before going live on WXOX.They're exhausted but happy after a whirlwind Midwestern soul weekend as guest DJs at the Queen City Soul Club in Cincinnati, then attendees at the Heart of Chicago Soul Club at the famous Hideout in Chicago.They got a lot of record digging and trading in too, but you'll have to wait until next week to hear most of those finds, as this show was put together out of

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1:54:47

That Driving Beat - Episode 354

That Driving Beat ·

2025/04/01

We've got some new finds rescued from a dusty forgotten bin of mistreated 45s, plus some old favorites from our DJ boxes.We've got tunes from the Raelets, Barbara Lynn, Fontella Bass, The Mighty Hannibal, Ann Sexton, Arthur Alexander, Etta James, and even an unusually 1960s Mod sound from the Everly Brothers! -Originally broadcast March 30, 2025- Willie Mitchell - That Driving BeatJimmy Robins - I Can't Please YouCookie Jackson - Uptown JerkJackie Day - Before It's Too LateRuby Johnson - Why Do

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1:54:59

That Driving Beat - Episode 353

That Driving Beat ·

2025/03/25

The guys are getting ready to hit the road soon, and thinking about what to play at the Queen City Soul Club.They audition a few for the dance floor on this episode, with plenty of R&B, popcorn, northern soul, and garage rock tunes for shaking your stuff!-Originally broadcast March 23, 2025-Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatJimmy Hughes / I Want JusticeShirley Ellis / Soul TimeBobby Harris / Ain't That LoveRay Peterson / FeverBaby Washington / I've Got a FeelingVan McCoy / Baby Don't Tease

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1:56:30

That Driving Beat - Episode 352

That Driving Beat ·

2025/03/18

We've got Dr. Horse, The Cow, a Concrete Jungle, and a Boss with the Hot Sauce on the show today, plus the only song by a particular famous folk/pop group you're ever likely to hear on That Driving Beat.Tune in for your weekly all-vinyl 45 rpm 1960s soul, R&B, Mod radio dance party! -Originally broadcast March 16, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatRonnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from NowhereDee Dee Sharp / (Heart & Soul) Baby I Love YouRobert Parker / Everybody's Hip HugginBill

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1:56:00

That Driving Beat - Episode 351

That Driving Beat ·

2025/03/11

Here's the cure for what ails you this week: another 2 hour That Driving Beat radio dance party!You can't fight the feeling, you just gotta move your feet! Originally broadcast March 9, 2025-Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatJimmy Cliff / Give and TakeThe Five C's / Love Is A Tricky ThingCurtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next TimeThe Sensations / It's Good Enough For MeJ.J. Barnes / Deeper in LoveBettye Swann / Fall in Love with MeBobby Powell / Do Something for YourselfMary Wells / Coming

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1:55:59

That Driving Beat - Episode 350

That Driving Beat ·

2025/03/04

We got to get out digging 45s again, and turned up some northern soul by Dee Dee Warwick, wild rhythm & blues from Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, funk from Etta James and Fontella Bass, one from Kentucky's own Magnificent 7, a motorcycle tune for the Rockers, and much more soul, popcorn, garage rock, and more!Don't clean your records with Windex! -Originally broadcast March 2, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatOtis Redding / I Can't Turn You LooseThe Manhattans / Manhattan StompDee

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1:55:57

That Driving Beat - Episode 349

That Driving Beat ·

2025/02/25

The guys hit up a local record show and added some more vintage soul, R&B, and garage rock 45s to our collections from dealer friends old and new.We've got early Tammi Terrell tune from before she became Tammi Terrell, Irene and the Scotts with a Northern Soul floor filler, big sounds from two schoolteacher sisters at Motown, some garage rock from Birmingham, Alabama, a Boogie Cha Cha, and a trippy tune from 1968 that had a comeback in the 1990s. -Originally broadcast February 23, 2025-

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1:54:29

That Driving Beat - Episode 348

That Driving Beat ·

2025/02/18

Here's another 2 hour radio dance party of northern soul movers, rhythm & blues shakers, popcorn steppers, and more tunes with That Driving beat!We've got an obscure smokin' R&B cover of the Everly Brothers, an early one by the Blue Notes, Lulu in Muscle Shoals, plus, as usual, a few new finds for our collections. -Originally broadcast February 16, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatThe Diplomats / There's Still A TomorrowThe Toys / Sealed With A KissToni LaMarr / I'd Do

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1:56:06

That Driving Beat - Episode 347

That Driving Beat ·

2025/02/11

We've been out digging up more vinyl treasures with That Driving Beat.We went to Cincinnati to check out the Queen City Soul Club's monthly all-vinyl dance party and made a little time for some local record sources.Check out our new northern soul, rhythm & blues, popcorn, psych rock, funk, and other scores! -Originally broadcast February 9, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatElmore Morris / Before I Turned My Back on YouThe Untouchables / PapaFour Pennies / Shake A HandGloria Lynne /

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1:55:20

That Driving Beat - Episode 346

That Driving Beat ·

2025/02/04

James gets another chance to run things solo this week as Uwe is off, and he fills the 2 hours with 1960s rockers.We've got legitimate amateur garage rock, big names like Mitch Ryder and Tommy James, sneering 1960s punk, West Texas jet-setters, and small-town kids from garages in Indiana, Michigan, and more. -Originally broadcast February 2, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatThe Oxfords / Time And PlaceMitch Ryder / You Get Your KicksThe Loved Ones / Country Club LifeThe Lemonade Charade

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1:57:31

That Driving Beat - Episode 345

That Driving Beat ·

2025/01/28

Here's 2 more hours of music from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s with That Driving Beat.Turn up the volume! -Originally broadcast January 26, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatJames Carr / Coming Back To Me BabyThe Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping OnFrankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The NightBobby Byrd / I'm LonelyBuster Brown / Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My BabyFreddie Carpenter / Money, Money, MoneyHank Ballard &The Midnighters / Excuse

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1:55:09

That Driving Beat - Episode 344

That Driving Beat ·

2025/01/21

We've got two packed hours of 1960s party music for your 45 rpm vinyl radio dance party!You'll hear soul belters, R&B shakers, popcorn beat, jazzy movers, and more by The Broadways, Major Lance, Kim Tolliver, Shirley Ellis, lesser-known dancers from famous names like Wilson Pickett, Fats Domino, and Chubby Checker, and some fantastic steppers and shuffles from the Tams, Gene Allison, Dean Parrish, and more.Plus, we're still working on our new segment featuring stuff we dig, tentatively called

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1:55:37

That Driving Beat - Episode 343

That Driving Beat ·

2025/01/14

The guys are excited to be back at full strength for this show after a few weeks missing one or two of us, and we've got boxes packed with 1960s and 70s party music.Expect the kind of soul, R&B, mod, garage rock, pop, psych, and upbeat dance tunes that you expect from That Driving Beat, plus an unearthed Stax demo recently pressed to vinyl for the first time! -Originally broadcast December 12, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatRicky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell YouThe Tabs / Take My

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1:56:06

That Driving Beat - Episode 342

That Driving Beat ·

2024/12/31

James gets another whole episode to do his own things while Uwe is out of town this week, and his thing involves spinning 45 rpm singles packed full of rhythm & blues, garage rock, northern soul, funk, and more 1960s and 70s dancers!You'll hear a couple of rare tunes from the Lexington, Kentucky LEMCO label, some British Beat, a few Northern Soul floor fillers, and a funky, angry tune from...Bobby Darin? -Originally broadcast December 29, 2024- Willie Mitchell / That Driving BeatBobby Bland

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