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The "Juke In The Back" is jumpin' with a whole program dedicated to the short-lived 1950s record label started by songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike S...
- Added: Jul 24, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
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: Jul 17, 2011
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 3
The "Juke In The Back" jumps and grooves this week as Matt The Cat features both sides of all six single releases for The Flamingos on Chance Recor...
- Added: Jul 11, 2011
- Length: 59:28
- 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: Jul 03, 2011
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 2
What's more American than celebrating America's birthday with some good ol' red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMXT, WJAB, KPIP-LP, WVAS and more
- Added: Jun 26, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 9
This week, we continue our salute to the great blues shouter, Big Joe Turner with part 2 of 2. The show opens in 1951, with Turner's first recordin...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Jun 20, 2011
- Length: 59:40
- Purchases: 1
This week, the "Juke In The Back" is loaded with nothing but the great recordings of Big Joe Turner, the "Boss Of The Blues." The show also feature...
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 59:29
- Purchases: 2
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 t...
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 59:32
- Purchases: 2
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 feature...
- Added: May 29, 2011
- Length: 58:54
- 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 present...
- Added: May 22, 2011
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 5
Matt The Cat focuses on one of the most influential and important West Coast Doo Wop groups: The Flairs.
- Added: May 15, 2011
- Length: 59:26
- Purchases: 2
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: May 10, 2011
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 2
This week, we take a look at two of the most famous "characters" from 1940s and '50s R&B: Deacon Jones and Fanny Brown. Sometimes these two were re...
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
This week, "The Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, Lavern Baker, got her start. Matt The Cat collects ALL of Baker's earl...
- Added: Apr 23, 2011
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 3
This week, The "Juke In The Back" features the songs of one of R&B's greatest songwriters: Rudy Toombs. This underrated cat wrote some of the most...
- Added: Apr 17, 2011
- Length: 59:12
- 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' hi...
- Added: Apr 10, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The "Juke In The Back" is overflowin' with records by one of R&B's greatest blues shouters and entertainers: Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris. Part 1 of...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 59:31
- 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 second half of 1951. ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2011
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
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 1951. ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2011
- Length: 59:16
- Purchases: 3
This week's "Juke In The Back" digs deep into a group that is usually only remembered for one, incredibly influential tune, "Sh-Boom." The Chords ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2011
- Length: 59:05
- Purchases: 2
Matt The Cat presents another highly underrated vocal group from the 1950s: The Du-Droppers as part of a full hour of 1940s and '50s rhythm & blues...
- Added: Feb 26, 2011
- Length: 59:17
- Purchases: 3
This week, the "Juke In The Back" features a rhythm & blues vocal group from Winston-Salem, NC that not only influenced James Brown, but quite poss...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Feb 20, 2011
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 1
This week, the "Juke In The Back" honors one of the greatest blues shouters of all-time, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. Matt The Cat covers Vinson's ea...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Feb 13, 2011
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The "Juke In The Back" is loaded this week with records by one of R&B's greatest and most underrated bandleaders, Lucky Millinder. He worked with ...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Feb 06, 2011
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 1
This is the third and final part of "Juke In The Back"'s tribute to Specialty Records. This week, host Matt The Cat looks at Specialty's hit-makin...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Jan 30, 2011
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
