That Driving Beat

That Driving Beat has two more hours of mostly 1960s dance music on original 45 rpm vinyl. Soul, R&B, garage rock, Beat and more! -Originally broadcast June 15, 2025- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat Johnny Jones & The King Casuals / Soul Poppin' Otis Clay / Show Place Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm Tom Jones / Nothing But Fine The Spencer Da...

James is running the show solo today, and he's got a box full of mid-tempo steppers, floaters, beat ballads, finger snappers, mellow grooves, and soulful tearjerkers. The Beat may not be as Driving as usual, but you'll still want to get out on the dance floor. You'll hear tunes from Arthur Alexander, Dee Dee Warwick, Jimmy Hughes, Irma Thomas, Chris Clark, James Carr, Jimmy Radcliffe, Ba...

That Driving Beat this week brings you two similar-sounding midtempo Northern steppers about urban life in the ever-changing, anonymous concrete city. One is a sought-after valuable rarity in the scene, while the other hasn't found much love even with its more uplifting message. We love them both! We also spin some classics that the discerning rare soul scenesters might say they're sick...

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party. We've got soul, R&B, psych and garage rock, girl groups, funk, Motown, pop, 1960s covers of 1950s rock and roll classics, a soul murder ballad written by a top country songwriter, a couple of tunes that sat in the vaults for years before they got released, and more! They've all got That Driving Beat! -Originally broadcast May 25, 2025- Wil...

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...

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 Beat Skip Easterling / Keep The Fire Burning The Adorab...

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...

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 Beat Bob & Earl / Dancin' Everywhere Baby Washington / You Never Could Be Min...

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 M...

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...

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...

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 Beat Jimmy Rob...

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 Beat Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice Shirley Ellis / Soul Time Bobb...

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 Beat Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles...

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 Beat Jimmy Cliff / Give and Take The Five C's / Love Is A Tricky Thing Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time The Sensations / It's Good Enough For Me J.J. Barnes / D...

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 M...

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, a...

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 Drivin...

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 Drivin...

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 Beat The Oxfo...

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 Beat James Carr / Coming Back To Me Baby The Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night Bobby Byrd / I'm Lonely Buster Brown / Is...

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, Dea...

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 Januar...

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 fr...

James gets a show all to himself this week, and brings a box full of Northern soul, garage rock, rhythm & blues, and other 45 rpm singles with That Driving Beat! **THIS IS A HOLIDAY-MUSIC-FREE-ZONE!* -Originally broadcast December 22, 2024- Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat The Parliaments / (I Wanna) Testify Edwin Starr / Headline News The Platters / With This Ring Wales Wallace / Somebody...