Johnny Corsair's Podcast

Wake up everybody to the latest 50+ minutes of what's shaking on the hill of a thousand grooves.   1. Alarm Clock Boogie / Odelle Turner 2. Champagne Mind / Effie Smith 3. (On The Streets of) New York City / Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds 4. The Dirty Dozen / Speckled Red 5. You Ought To Move Out Of Town / Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band 6. Midnight Hour / Clarence 'Gatemouth'...

We've come back as you wished we would. We're pledging, crying, rolling, & walking through the usual mix of musics. 1. I Wish You Would / Billy Boy Arnold 2. Meet Me In The City / Junior Kimbrough 3. I Got Loaded / Lil' Bob & the Lollipops 4. Take Out The Squeal (If You Want A Meal) / Earl Jackson & The Johnny Otis Band 5. I'm Going Away Blues / Frank Stokes 6. That's No Way To Get Alo...

"The old folks started it, the young folks get it, everyone is dancing to Bright Lights Big City" A couple of records from 1956, two more from 1929, and a few more from right about now.   1. I'm Tore Up / Ike Turners Rhythm Rockers 2. Big Legged Woman / Jimmy Williams 3. Cupid's Boogie / Little Esther 4. Ain't Got The Money To Pay for This Drink / George Zimmerman 5. The Old Folks Started It / Min...

This month we have a Baby, a Junior, a Stomp, a Hambone, a king & a Michael - all will become clear once you press PLAY.   1. Damp Rag / Stomp Gordon 2. Flesh, Blood & Bones /Little Esther Phillips 3. Going To California Blues / King Perry 4. Daddy, Please Don't Cry / Eddie Kirkland 5. Bye, Bye Policeman / Jim Jackson 6. Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) Hambone Willie Newbern 7. Ho...

An extended show - over an hour of the usual mix plus a guest in the studio - we spoil you! 1. Who's That Knocking? / The Genies 2. Reet,Petite and Gone / Louis Jordan 3. Jesus On The Mainline / McAuley & Demick 4. Twelve Pound Daddy / Pearl Dickson 5. Labor Blues / Jim Dickson 6. Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah / Sam Cooke 7. A Victim Of A Man / Katie Love 8. You Were Made For Me / Luther...

'Let's Flip', 'Cry, Cry, Cry', 'My Kinda Town', 'Memphis In The Meantime' and 'Bright Lights Bar & Grill' all these themes and so much more... 1. I Gotta Go Now / Elmore James 2. Johnny Has Gone / The Five Wings 3. The Spinach Song / Julia lee 4. I'm Gonna Move to Louisiana / Jim Jackson 5. I Got Mine / Frank Stokes 6. My Sweet Baby / Pacific Gas & Electric 7. Darling Come Back Home / The...

The Blues from Memphis & Soul from Indonesia. Where else can you find such stuff? 1. Off To Work Again / Wilbert Harrison 2. Satisfied With Jesus / The Original Blind Boys Of Alabama 3. Moose On The Loose / Bullmoose Jackson 4. Biscuit Making Mama / Big Ed & His Combo 5. Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All / Blind Mamie Forehand 6. What Makes A Bow-Legged Woman Crazy 'Bout a Knock -Kneed...

It's our 5th birthday! A new record design by Pete Jones, a new section and the rest is the usual musical treasures and trinkets from way back & right now.   1. You Can't Stop Here (Step It Up & Go)  / Pearl Reaves & The Concords 2. Chop Suey Louie / Jimmy Preston 3. Yellow Dog Blues / W.C. Handy 4. Rock Away / Sadie McKinney 5. Somewhere Crying / Irma Thomas 6. Stars Fell On Alabama /...

Another show, another 53 minutes of the old & the new of the best in Soul, R'n'B, Blues, Doo Wop, Gospel, Reggae, & Ska. 1. Do-Re-Me / Lee Dorsey 2. Sally Green / The Jesters 3. I Sat & Cried / Jimmy Nelson 4. Saturday Night Fish Fry / Eddie Williams & his Brown Buddies 5. So Cold In China / Kid Prince Moore 6. I Didn't Want To Do It But I Did / Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore 7. Been...

We pick nine songs & our guest, Martin Grover, picks another four = the baker's dozen of soul & r'n'b to kick off 2026. 1. Wipe Your Tears /Jimmy Nolen 2. Give Me One More Drink / The Big Heat 3. Baby, Scratch My Back / Slim Harpo 4. Three Rooms / Audrey Freeman 5. Shelter From The Storm / Cassandra Wilson 6. There Must Be Something / Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7. There's No End / Latim...

The Bright Lights Big City Christmas Boogie...   1. I Wanna Be Your Radio / Mamie Galore 2. Blue Christmas / The Meditation Singers 3. Midnight Bells Are Ringing / T. Bone Walker 4. Just a Sad Xmas / The Soul Duo 5. Christmas In Jail / The Youngsters 6. Save Me A Boogie / Marvin Johnson 7. Christmas Date Boogie / Big Joe Turner 8. Why Must I Cry / Priscilla Bowman 9. Jelly Bread / Booker T & T...

Whether it's 3.15pm or 21 minutes to 9 it's time for another 50+ minutes of 15 songs on show 55. 1. Air Travel / Ray & Bob 2. Drop My Stuff / Three Fifteen & His Squares 3. 21 Minutes To 9 / Willie Love 4. Hole In The Ground / Freddie Kohlman & His Orchestra 5. Ham 'N' Eggs / Skip Manning 6. Trouble In Mind / Dinah Washington & Ben Webster 7. Shouldn't I Know / The Cardinals 8. You...

Trains, Religion & Pies and a lot more - all aboard! 1. All Aboard / Muddy Waters 2. Number Nine Train / Tarheel Slim 3. First, You've Got To Recognise God / The Burnadettes 4. Petootie Pie / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan 5. The Frim Fram Sauce / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Nina Simone 7. Uptown / Little Eva 8. Too Much / Amber Mark 9. What It...

It's September so artists get their new records in the shops & those modern type things like streaming for the Christmas market. We have songs from two of those albums, two new singles and a bunch of old but gold stuff as always.   1. Too Much Competition / Allen Bunn 2. Shopping For Clothes / The Coasters 3. My Stove's In Good Condition / Lil Johnson 4. Highway 61 / Sunnyland Slim 5. The Jone...

You wait for one instrumental & two come along and 12 other crackin' tunes.  1. Fools Are Getting Scarcer / Roy Milton 2. Creepin' / The Starlighters 3. Why'd You Do It? / Ralph Willis 4. Dirty Water / Billy Larkin & The Delegates 5. A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues / Arthur Alexander 6. Nights In New York City / Jan Bradley 7. Beautiful Strangers / Mavis Staples 8. Love So Divine / Emilia Sis...

Pencils, Bananas & Trains just some of the subjects on this month's show. 1. Shout & Rock / Elmore Nixon  2. That's What They Put Erasers On Pencils For / The Gems 3. Serve Another Round / The Five Keys 4. Banana in Your Fruit Basket / Bo Carter 5. I Cry And Cry Every Night / Jimmy Smith & The Lockettes 6.  Let The Good Times Roll / Shirley & Lee 7. Wanted / Lila Ike  8. Drowning I...

Another mix of old soul & new. And of course blues from the 1920's. We return to six artists you would have heard here before - some many times -all with new songs just out!    1. Not So Much Talk / Jimmy Breedlove 2. Broadway On Fire / Buster Brown 3. I Got Love If You Want It / Slim Harpo 4. Ice Cream Baby / The Pearls 5. Coffee Grindin' Blues / Lucille Bogan 6. On With The Show / Celeste 7....

The grand opening of the BLBC Bar & Grill where we serve songs about food, drink & eating & drinking each month alongside our usual Soul, RnB, Gospel, Blues, and JA music mix. And as we've reached show 50  there's a  brand new 7' inch record sleeve design courtesy , as always, by Pete Jones.   1. Switchen In The Kitchen / Pretty Boy 2. W.P.L.J. / Lord Luther & The Four Deuces 3. Sa...

Heavy on the soulful side this month... because we can. It looks good, sounds good & by golly it does you good.   1. Hear Me Now / Billy Lamont 2. Gimme Some / The Harptones 3. Hi-Fi Apartment / Mad Man Jones 4. You Got Me Crying / Clarence Garlow 5. Here I Go Again / Ruby Johnson 6. I Can't Make It Anymore / Richie Havens 7. Been So Long / Durand Jones & The Indications 8. This Woman's Wo...

And now we are four. The 48th show. Over 700 different songs since we started but all a little bit like these...   1. Oh Johnny / Baby Jean 2. Real Good Feeling / Eddie Boyd 3. Heart Trouble / Billy Lewis 4. Two In The Morning / Spooner's Crowd 5. Some Other Guy / Richie Barrett 6. Right Around the Corner / Jimmy Nelson 7. It's Too Late To Cry / Lonnie Johnson 8. For Your Precious Love / Jerry But...

She's right when she says: 'Boy! it's Solid Groovy.' No laggin or draggin please, tune into another 'soulful' mix.   1. Come Into My Bedroom / Delores Ealy 2. Boy! It's Soild Groovy / Nora Lee King 3. Heartbreak Road / Bill Withers 4. I Dig You Baby / Jerry Butler 5. Restless Soul / Nia Smith 6. Revolutionary Soul / The Mighty Tiny & The Many Few 7. jordan / Joy Oladokun 8. Wrong (feat Debora...

Happy New Year to you all! Those bells of joy are ringing out in a sensational way.   1. Don't Push, Don't Pull, Don't Shove / The Willows 2. Real Small Town / King Kolax 3. Later For The Gator / Willis Jackson & His Orchestra 4. Well Well No No / The Bells Of Joy 5. Why Do You Wait? / The Sensational Bells Of Joy 6. You're Gonna Need Me / Barbara Lynn 7. Not Too Cool To Cry / Renaldo Domino 8...

It's the end of the year show ( or the start of the year show probably by the time you listen in) either way we announce our Album Of The Year, a our re-issue Album Of The Year & begin our dip into the delights of Maddy Burke's musical treasure chest. 1. Come On, Come On, Come On. / Tiny Topsy 2. Someday Pretty Baby / Singin' Sammy Ward 3. You Got Your Finger In My Eye / Willie Parker 4. He's...

Two Bears called Jack, one suitcase, and the soul & swagger you come to expect each month.   1. Somebody Work On My Baby's Mind / The Du Droppers 2. I Need You I Want You / Jack 'The Bear' Parker 3. Jack The Bear / Duke Ellington 4. I Can Tell / Bo Diddley 5. I'll Take Good Care Of You / Garnett Mimms 6. Undying Love / Ernest Wilson 7. suitcase of memories/ tia gordon 8. Tell a lil lie / Necta...

Hello & Halloween. A double helping of voodoo'ism opens this month's show. As well as the usual heady mix we have a three song tribute to Cissy Houston & the first of three compilation CDs as prizes of 'Black America sings Lennon & McCartney and Harrison.   1. The Voodoo Man / The Del Vikings 2. Voodoo Voodoo / LaVern Baker 3. Meet Me / Clarence Samuels & The Blazers 4. Drunk / Jim...