All Pieces for Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Jimmy Liggins may not have been as successful as his older brother Joe, but Jimmy's 1948 recording of "Cadillac Boogie" just might be the first roc...
- Added: Dec 08, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Today's popular culture has left so many musical pioneers behind and this week the "Juke In The Back" features Joe Liggins, one such pioneer who's ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
Etta James was one of the grittiest and most influential R&B singer of all-time. This week, Matt The Cat focuses on Etta's early records from 1954...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Johnny Otis was one of the most important figures in rhythm & blues and contributed greatly to the birth of rock n' roll. He wrote, played on and ...
- Added: Nov 17, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
The "Juke In The Back" is jumpin' this week as we take a look at the history and influence of the Champion Jack Dupree classic, "Junker's Blues." W...
- Added: Nov 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The West Coast is often ignored as a post World War II Rhythm & Blues hot spot, but some mighty fine R&B artists, groups and labels called LA home....
- Added: Nov 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Drop a nickel in the ol' Rockola Juke for an hour of pre-rock rhythm & blues. This week, we feature the very first recordings made by Jackie Wilson...
- Added: Oct 27, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
Matt The Cat celebrates Halloween with the scariest, spookiest and most sinister vintage rhythm & blues records ever made! It's the disembodied "so...
- Added: Oct 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
This week, "Juke In The Back" features The Griffin Brothers, one of the unsung Rhythm & Blues groups from the early 1950s. The Griffin Brothers we...
- Added: Oct 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The juke is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. Musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back"...
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
This week, "Juke In The Back" features another unsung hero of early Rhythm & Blues, Floyd Dixon. He's often overlooked or labeled as a Charles Brow...
- Added: Sep 29, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 5
The "Juke In The Back" is jumpin' this week with a salute to the lighter side of classic 1950s rhythm and blues. These “novelty” R&B tunes come fr...
- Added: Sep 22, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
Before Little Richard's atomic howl burst through radios in early 1956 with a feverish "Wop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bam-bom," he was just another Rhythm...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
"Juke In The Back" digs deep into New Orleans R&B this week for the highly underrated 1950s vocal group, Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers. Best known f...
- Added: Sep 08, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
This week's "Juke In The Back" features every record Bo Diddley recorded during his debut year of 1955. You'll hear where it all began with one of ...
- Added: Sep 01, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 4
Little Miss Cornshucks was an influential figure in post WWII Rhythm & Blues. Lavern Baker copied Cornshucks' country girl stage act down to the na...
- Added: Aug 25, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
On Part 2 of the "Juke In The Back"'s tribute to Sun Records' early R&B releases, Matt The Cat features Elvis' first, historic professional recordi...
- Added: Aug 18, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
This week's "Juke In The Back" spotlights the most influential and important record label of all-time, Sun Records. In part 1 of this 2 part series...
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- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 6
Elvis Presley's early music was a blend of Hillbilly, Country, Gospel and R&B. This week's "Juke In The Back" explored the enormous debt Elvis owed...
- Added: Aug 04, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 6
There are many great pianists in the history of boogie woogie that helped push its evolution, but it was Little Willie Littlefield who popularized ...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 7
