All Pieces for Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
The pre-Rock n' Roll era is full of unsung performers who's style directly impacted those who came after. This week's "Juke In The Back" spotlight ...
- Added: Mar 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The "Juke In The Back" features another highly underrated R&B vocal group from the 1950s: The Checkers. They never scored a national hit, but they'...
- Added: Mar 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Cobra Records left quite a bite, even thought this little West Side Chicago label was only in existence for three short years. They hit gold right ...
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
If you're "hep to the jive" and can "dig the scene," then you're in for a treat on this week's "Juke In The Back." Matt The Cat presents Cab Callow...
- Added: Feb 24, 2013
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 4
The "Juke In The Back" with Matt The Cat features Billy "The Kid" Emerson, a talented R&B singer and songwriter who never had a hit record, but his...
- Added: Feb 16, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This w...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This we...
- Added: Feb 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The Clovers were the most successful rhythm & blues vocal group from 1951 to 1955, racking up 16 top 10 R&B singles during that time-frame. This we...
- Added: Jan 27, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
This week's "Juke In The Back" is dedicated to one of the true unsung heroes of 1940s and '50s rhythm & blues, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. The gr...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 4
This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 60 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of the second half of 1953. ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 60 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of the first half of 1953. Y...
- Added: Jan 06, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
The "Juke In The Back" is loaded with records by the 1950s R&B vocal group, The Crickets. They only recorded from late 1952 to 1954, but man did th...
Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, KSRQ, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, and WOUB
- Added: Dec 30, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 5
Matt The Cat has dug up some more R&B Christmas treasures and added a few tunes about New Years for this week’s continuation of the “Juke In The Ba...
Bought by KPIP-LP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSRQ, and KPVL
- Added: Dec 22, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
The entire "Juke In The Back" is loaded with the greatest R&B Christmas records from the late 1940s and 1950s. It's the yuletide soul that came bef...
Bought by KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, KPVL, KSRQ, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Dec 16, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
The "Juke In The Back" takes a look at one of New York's greatest, but almost unheard of R&B vocal groups: The Diamonds. Matt The Cat also features...
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
The Cadillacs were one of the most versatile R&B vocal groups of the 1950s, handling uptempo gems like "Speedo" and classic doo wop ballads like "G...
- Added: Dec 01, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
The "Juke In The Back" honors one of the greatest, yet more underrated originators of electric blues guitar: Pee Wee Crayton. Matt The Cat presents...
Bought by KPVL and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Nov 25, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Richard Berry is truly one of the unsung heroes of early rhythm & blues and rock n' roll. That he wrote and recorded the original version of "Louie...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
The Penguins' "Earth Angel" was the first rhythm & blues song to crossover into the pop world in such a big way that it announced the beginning of ...
Bought by WRNC-LP and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Nov 11, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
It's part 2 of our 2 part series on Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, one of the greatest blues shouters of all time. Matt The Cat focuses on Harris' hit...
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3