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Mon, Feb 20
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Episode #094 – 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review Pt. 2
Air Week; February 20 – 26, 2012 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review Pt. 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 1952. You’ll hear a lot more than just the big #1 R&B hits this [...]
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Mon, Feb 13
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Episode #093 – 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review Pt. 1
Air Week: February 13 – 19, 2012 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review Pt. 1 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 1952. You’ll hear a lot more than just the big #1 R&B hits this [...]
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Mon, Feb 6
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Episode #092 – T-Bone Walker
Air Week: February 6 – 12, 2012 T-Bone Walker Drop a nickel in the ol’ Rockola Juke to hear one of the best selling and most influential bluesmen and guitarists of all-time, T-Bone Walker. This week’s show looks at how T-Bone’s immense guitar talent developed from his first recordings in the early 1940s to his [...]
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Mon, Jan 30
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Episode #091 – Etta James
Air Week: January 30 – February 5, 2012 Etta James Producer Jerry Wexler called Etta James, “The greatest of all modern blues singers.” That’s great praise coming from a guy who worked with the greatest of the greats for 50 years. Etta James, who passed away at the age of 73 on January 20, 2012 [...]
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Mon, Jan 23
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Episode #090 – Johnny Otis
Air Week: January 23 – 29, 2012 Johnny Otis This week, the “Juke In The Back” is proud to honor the late, great Johnny Otis, who passed away at the age of 90 on January 17, 2012. Johnny Otis was a true renaissance man. He was a singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader, talent scout, record label [...]
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Mon, Jan 16
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Episode #089 – Hadda Brooks
Air Week: January 16 – 22, 2012 Hadda Brooks Hadda Brooks is one of the most talented boogie woogie musicians of all-time, yet her name doesn’t come up nearly as often as Pete Johnson, Champion Jack Dupree or Professor Longhair. That’s a shame! This week, the “Juke In The Back” sets the record straight with [...]
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Mon, Jan 9
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Episode #088 – Duke / Peacock Records Story
Air Week: January 9 – 15 The Duke / Peacock Records Story This week, the entire “Juke In The Back” is loaded with records from the catalog of Duke/Peacock Records. Don Robey started Peacock in 1949 in order to record Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, whom he also managed. In 1953, Robey took over Duke Records (which [...]
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Mon, Jan 2
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#087 – Early Solomon Burke
Air Week: January 2 – 8, 2012 Solomon Burke: His First Recordings (1955-1960) This week we solute Solomon Burke, the “King of Rock n’ Soul” and the “Juke In The Back” is loaded with his very first recordings from 1955 to 1960. As a teenager in Philadelphia, Burke was recording for Apollo Records in NYC, [...]
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Wed, Dec 28
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#086 – Christmas Leftovers & New Year’s Resolutions
Air Week: December 26, 2011 – January 1, 2012 Christmas Leftovers & New Year’s Resolutions 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 Back” R&B Christmas Special. The holiday juke is jumpin’ with cool tunes [...]
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Mon, Dec 19 2011
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Episode #085 – A Rhythm & Blues Christmas
Air Week: December 19 – 25, 2011 Rhythm & Blues Christmas 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 before rock n’ roll. From the all-time classics by Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters and The Orioles to [...]
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Mon, Dec 12 2011
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Episode #084 – Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers
Air Week: December 12 – 18, 2011 Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers The “Juke In The Back” digs deep into New Orleans Rhythm & Blues this week to focus on Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers, one of the few vocal groups to come out of a city best known for its blues, jazz and cajun [...]
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Mon, Dec 5 2011
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Episode #083 – Bo Diddley: 1955
Air Week: December 5 – 11, 2011 Bo Diddley: 1955 This week’s “Juke In The Back” takes a look at the breakthrough year of one of rock n’ roll’s true architects and innovators, Bo Diddley. His first recording session was held at Chess Records in Chicago on March 2nd and 3rd, 1955, where he laid [...]
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Mon, Nov 28 2011
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Episode #082 – Titus Turner
Air Week: November 28 – December 4, 2011 Titus Turner & Buddy Lucas The “Juke In The Back” spotlights two extremely underrated R&B pioneers this week: Titus Turner and saxophonist Buddy Lucas. Turner recorded some amazing R&B sides for Regal, Okeh, Wing, King and many other top labels, but he just couldn’t score a sizable [...]
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Mon, Nov 21 2011
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Episode #081 – Early Billy Stewart
Air Week: November 21 – 27, 2011 Early Billy Stewart & Songs About Prison Many 1960s soul legends had their start in 1950s R&B and this week, the “JukeIn The Back” takes a listen to Billy Stewart’s early records for the Chess and Okeh labels. You can really hear Stewart’s distinctive singing style develop on [...]
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Mon, Nov 14 2011
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Juke In The Back Episode #080
CURRENT EPISODE Air Week: November 14 – 20, 2011 Sun Records R&B Story: Pt. 2 On Part 2 of “Juke In The Back”‘s 2 part series on Sun Records’ early R&B releases, Matt The Cat spotlights 1954 and ’55. This was the most important year and a half in Sun’s history. In July, 1954, a [...]
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Tue, Nov 8 2011
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Current Episode
Sun Records R&B Story: Pt. 1 This week, the “Juke In The Back” salutes the most influential and important record label of all-time, Sun Records. Sam Phillips started the legendary label in Memphis, TN in March, 1952 after successfully recording the debut sides from B.B. King, Ike Turner, Phineas Newborn and Howlin’ Wolf and selling [...]
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Mon, May 17 2010
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Demo The Show!
Click below to hear a demo episode of “Juke In The Back.”
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