Johnny Corsair's Podcast

It's all you expect and love! Soul, Blues, Reggae & a stormin' slice of Rockabilly and we introduce you to a new monthly contributor - Barry Quinell. 1. Hattie Malatti / Lee Diamond & The Upsetters 2. Write Me A Letter / Little Willie John 3. Shake 'em Up Rock / Benny Cliff 4. Illinois Central / Sunnyland Slim 5. Get These Blues Out Of Me / D.K. Harrell 6. Dust Got In Daddy Eyes / Bobby Bl...

It's what it says on the tin: blues old & very old, soul old & new, R'n'B, gospel, and doo wop. The familiar and the completely new. 1. Ain't Nothing You Can Do / Bobby 'Blue' Bland 2. No Need For Your Crying  / King Kolax with Rudy Green 3. I Can Tell / Bo Diddley 4. Steal Away / The Gospel Clefs 5. Nite Owl / Tony Allen & The Champs 6. When The Levee Breaks / Candice Ivory 7. See Tha...

It's our 3rd birthday party shared with Diana Ross, Chaka Khan & Laura Lee. We take some pills, go to school & miss a train. Why not stop on by? 1. Bop Pills / Macy Skipper 2. Three Cool Cats / The Coasters 3. Cool School / Chuck & Dobby 4. Don't Leave Me Here To Cry / Sister Rosetta Tharpe 5. Mud Island Blues / The Fieldstones 6. You Can't Rule Me / Candice Ivory 7. How Long Has This...

We're coming & going, doing the Monkey & the Popeye & there's more women and more Motown than ever before.   1. Come Go With Me / The Del Vikings 2. Runnin' & Foolin' / Joe & Ann 3. Have Fun / Ann Cole 4. Goin' Back To Texas / Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie 5. Me & My Chauffeur / Candice Ivory 6. Why Can't You Miss Me Too? / Rachel Maxann 7. Cry On / Irma Thomas 8. S...

We kick off the new year with the same but different, everything & nothing, a walk round the themed city and such a much. 1. You Ain't Such a Much / Blanche Thomas 2. Walking Up A One Way Street / Willie Tee 3. Tired Of Walking / Little Joe Hinton 4. Cold As Hell / Jimmie Dawkins 5. Broken Heart / Nora Jean Bruso 6. Slip Away / Clarence Carter 7. I Cry / Konyikeh 8. Old Friends / Cleo Sol 9. N...

Extra songs, extra picks, a 'live' song for the first time and the 'Album Of The Year' award. 1.  Let The Good Things Start / Pearl Woods 2.  Barbwire / Nora Dean 3.  Peace Begins Within / Bobby Powell 4.  Wish I Didn't Miss You / Angie Stone 5.  Nothing Left To Do But Cry / Merry Clayton 6.  Watch Out Love / Betty Wright 7.  Carmen / Olivia Dean 8.  You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond / Buffa...

An extended 'Heartache special edition show' packing in: Maddie's Music, the Pilkington Pick, two birthday tributes, our usual three themes and Martin Grover drops by with four records to spin plus another Candi Staton CD to giveaway!     1. Do Lord / Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins 2. Boogie Chillen/Walking With Frankie / John Fred & The Playboys 3. Jerkin' Time / Bob Kuban & His Band 4...

It's a house warming party with some Motown, some old soul, some new soul, some crazy records, 5 birthday wishes, and a fantastic re-issue CD from Ace Records to win. 1. Rock Love / Lula Reed 2. Cry Like A Baby / Dorothy Moore 3. Make Me Yours / Bettye Swann 4. Say It (feat Bettye Lavette) Steve Cropper 5. Soothe Me / Sam & Dave 6. For Your Love / Sam & Bill 7. You'll Never Leave Him / The...

It's our leaving party. While I pack up boxes I have 5 guests picking a song or three. See you on the other side. 1. Messin' Up /The "5" Royales 2. Wang Dang Doodle / Koko Taylor 3. Mean Man / Betty Harris 4. Water, Water / Effie Smith 5. The Tattooed Lady / Skeets Macdonald 6. Don't Make Me Cry / Freddie North 7. Teenage Dreams / Konyikeh 8. Lost / Jalen N'Gonda 9. Falling Or Flying / Jorja Smith...

29th show, 29 ways, 13 songs, 2 songs /same title, 3 themes, 2 songs chosen by Tia Gordon. 1. 29 Ways / Willie Dixon 2. Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Big Joe Turner 3. Be My Kid Blues / Elizabeth Johnson 4. Perfect Day /Al Green 5. Girls Have Feelings Too / Barbra Mason 6. Drown In My Own Tears / Mitty Collier 7. Poor Side Of Town / Carroll Lloyd 8 Cold Showers / Tia Gordon 9 either side /Loony 10...

Get on that horse and ride down Rye Lane & cry, laugh & get your enjoys on another show where it's the same but different. 1. Race Horse / Tiny Davis And Her Orchestra 2. Get Your Enjoys / Eunice Davis 3. This May Be The Last Time / The Consolers 4. I See It / The Staple Singers 5. I Just Can't Keep From Crying / Marie Knight 6. Laugh, Laugh, Laugh / Big Mama Thornton 7. Kingston Town / Lo...

The greatest R'n'B group -nobody knows, songs from the phone book & the marvellous 'theme' music provided by Montana's Maddy Burke. 1. Last Call For Alcohol / Julia Lee 2. Baby Don't Do It / The '5' Royales 3. V8 Ford / George Henry Bussey 4. The Truth / Precious Bryant 5. Cry To Me / Betty Harris (chosen by Maddy Burke) 6. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, / Aretha Franklin (chosen by Maddy Burke...

A slightly more soulful show this month, we celebrate two Motown legends birthday's & we have artist Martin Grover in the studio spinning 3 records 1. Mish Mash / Carrie Grant 2. 5-10-15 Hours / Ruth Brown 3. Chi Chi Chi Chicago / Nellie Lutcher 4. Do You Love Me Just A Little Honey? / Gladys Knight & The Pips 5. Little Things / Jorja Smith 6. The Hardest Part / Olivia Dean 7. Girl, I Got...

Say Hi to two soul singers as we celebrate their birthdays this month, win a fantastic new release from Ace Records, and then if you want more ... meet me down at Soulsville. 1.  I May Be Wrong / Little Johnny Jones 2. Move Baby Move / Billy 'The Kid' Emerson 3. A Love Reputation / Denise LaSalle 4. My Beat Is 125th Street / Eunice Davis 5. Back Up Train / Al Green & The Soul Mates 6. Before T...

Wanna boogie, have a boat ride and play funky football? Step right on up. This month we also celebrate 3 Soul singer's birthdays. 1. Easter Bunny Boogie / Willie Brown 2. Mr Low Love / Terry Timmons 3. Goin' Down To Tia Juana / Andre Williams 4, Steamboat / Arthur Grant & The Red Shoes 5. From Four Until Late /  Robert Johnson 6. Help Me To Understand / Harlem Gospel Travelers 7. Too Hurt To C...

We tip our hat to three great singers who left us this month, there's a return of an 'answer' record a fantastic soul compilation to be won, and you can go to a 'Go Go' with two new releases. 1. The Same Old Story / Sonny Thompson & The Champions 2. Miami / Eugene Church 3. Come On Back Jack / Nina Simone 4, Over To My House / Elvie Thomas 5. How Long / Sister Ola Mae Terrell 6. Do The Very Be...

Let's jump, shake & move to another mix of the familiar and the never heard before. The 'A' & 'B' sides of the twists & turns in a life of heartache, regret & redemption. 1. Jump Shake & Move / Nolan Strong & The Diablos 2. 'Til The Well Runs Dry / Wynona Carr 3. Market Place / Etta James 4. Can I / Jenell Hawkins 5, Last Kind Words Blues / Geeshie Wiley 6. Handouts In The...

Stax, tracks & comebacks. The best 'B' side ever, the album of the year and we close with our Christmas party - come on in. 1. 3 x 7 = 21 / Jewel King 2. Moments / Jennell Hawkins 3. I Will Meet You At The Station / Brother Williams & The Memphis Sanctified Singers 4. That's Why I Cry / Varetta Willard 5. Mr Bus Driver / The Teen Queens  6, Just Across The Street / The Del-Rios 7, Got To M...

Love, Truth & the Flu : Songs for no reason, every reason & for dancers any age, 1. Tell The Truth / The 5 Royales 2. No Time / The Titans 3, Memphis Flu / Elder Curry 4. This Love / Joy Tones 5. Ask The Lonely / The Four Tops 6. Saying Goodbye (Demo) / Ondara 7,  Know That You Are Loved / Cleo Sol 8. If Only You Knew / Gabriels 9. Save Your Tears For Someone Knew/ Lee Fields 10, Downright...

Sleep Drink & then Play your next Bright Lights Big City episode right now featuring artists I know little about and some even less. 1. Every Which a Kinda Way / Earl Connelly King 2. Sleep Drink & Play / Earl Burton 3. The Back Room Romp / Rex Stewart & the 52nd Street Stompers 4, Cairo Blues / Henry Spaulding 5. Call Me / Emitt Long 6. Operator / Brenda Holloway 7. Cheerleader / Omi...

It's late September let's shim sham shimmy with some old soul, new soul, old blues, RnB, gospel and reggae. The usual stuff. 1. Shim, Sham, Shimmy / Champion Jack Dupree 2. Don't Start Crying Now / Slim Harpo 3. Crying In The Chapel / The Staple Singers 4. Your Good Thing / Mable John 5, Denomination Blues Pt 2 78rpm version / Washington Phillips 6. Beale Street On A Saturday Night / Scatman Croth...

There's a thrill upon the hill so let's go and spend a happy hour from Biloxi to Bridlington. 1. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go / Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 2. Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean) / Scatman Crothers 3. Heaven Bound Train / Jackson Gospel Singers 4. Poor And Clean / Gregory Isaacs 5. Fortune Teller / Lamont Dozier 6. It's Too Late / The Meters 7. That's The Way I Feel A...

If we don't have a meeting we're gonna have some kinda fight because Bright Lights Big City is breaking up the house with killer tunes, a new theme of 'crying' songs and a fantastic CD to giveaway 1. Breaking Up The House / Tiny Bradshaw 2. My Name Ain't Annie / Linda Hayes 3. Little Annie / Anna Belle Caesar 4. Smokey Places / The Corsairs 5. K.C. Loving / Little Willie Littlefield 6. Cry, Cry, C...

Back from his hols, there's work to be done for our Johnny. If you're on a Debbie Downer tune in and your day should get brighter. 1. Work To Be Done / Paul Perryman 2. Screaming Please / Buddy Ace 3. Calendar Hanging On The Wall / Morris Bailey & The Thomas Boys 4. I'm Going To Cincinatti / Walter Coleman 5. Yes I Know / Linda Hayes 6. I'm Not The One / Kenny Carter 7. Surprise, Surprise (Aco...

The start of a 'revolution? Koffee with that Sugar Pie? A knighthood in the offing? All this and a birthday request - the new Simon Bates. 1. Do Unto Others / Pee Wee Crayton 2. Soon You'll Be Gone / Blues Busters 3. Slip-In Mules / Sugar Pie DeSanto 4. You Must Be Born Again / The Sacred Four 5. Santa Fe / Baby Boy Warren 6. I Get Lifted / George McCrae 7. Ordinary Lives / Lee Fields 8. The Real...