Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat

Series produced by Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri

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Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat 

Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n' roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

If you wanted to hear rhythm & blues during the 1950s, you couldn't get it from the juke box in the front. No, no! In order to hear that glorious, down and dirty R&B, you had to go to the low-lit, spit-shined "Juke In The Back." These songs are the building blocks of rock n' roll. These are the records that inspired Elvis and single-handedly led to the rock n' roll explosion of the mid-1950s. Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Wynonie Harris, LaVern Baker, Roy Brown, Joe Liggins, Professor Longhair and many more take center stage on The Juke In The Back. Matt The Cat hosted a similar program on XM Satellite Radio called "Harlem" and now he brings this great music and information to PRX.


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This week, the "Juke In The Back" celebrates show #600 with a unique program designed to put the listener in a front row seat for a live rhythm rev...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week, the ol' Rockola Jukebox is haunted by a strange spirit of rhythm & ghouls. Dig on some of your old favorites by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, L...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on ...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Much has been said about Ike Turner's personal life, but not enough has been said about his musical legacy. This week's "Juke In The Back" looks at...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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The Moonglows were one of the most innovative and important vocal groups to come out of the 1950s. This week, Matt The Cat presents part 2 of a 2 p...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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The Moonglows were one of the few groups to come out of the post World War II, pre-Elvis era, who were extremely talented and had the sales figures...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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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...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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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 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Arthur Lee Maye did something that few had ever done. He concurrently had a career as a R&B singer, leading the LA-based group Arthur Lee Maye & Th...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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On July 27 th, we lost the amazing, soaring tenor of The Harptones’ Willie Winfield. The Harptones never had a national hit record, yet they are ar...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
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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...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
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The "Juke In The Back" presents the final part of a 3 part feature on Chuck Berry's early career. This week, Matt The Cat focuses on Berry's record...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week, the "Juke In The Back" presents part 2 of 3 as we examine the early recordings of Chuck Berry, the "Father Of Rock n' Roll." In part 2, ...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week, Matt The Cat looks at Chuck Berry's very first year of recording, featuring everything he recorded between May, 1955 and April, 1956. Yo...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Eddie Rich, the original lead tenor of The Swallows, one of the greatest and most underrated R&B vocal groups of the 1950s joins Matt The Cat for a...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8