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"I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Christopher Columbus" will be among the 78 RPM records are heard on the 22th edition of Joe Be...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 56:27
- Purchases: 3
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to feature Fats Domino, one of the most influential and popular recording stars of both Rhythm & Blues and Rock n' ...
- Added: Apr 07, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to feature Fats Domino, one of the most influential and popular recording stars of both Rhythm & Blues and Rock n' ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 06:24
- Purchases: 2
"Cherokee", "One O'clock Jump" and "Kansas City Farewell" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 20th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 57:31
- Purchases: 3
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: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
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
When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KUOW
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 4
You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- 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 music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- 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 w...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Singer, songwriter, pianist, singer and vaudeville and minstrel performer Perry Bradford, forever changed the sound of American popular music by co...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 1
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
Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 28:23
- Purchases: 2
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
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
Isaac L. “Banjo Ikey” Robinson was a multi instrumentalist jazz musician who specialized on banjo. Even when most musicians had stuffed their banjo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 15, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 15:58
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
