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Program Information
Backbeat
Music
Lorne VanSinclair
 Lorne VanSinclair  Contact Contributor
Aug. 17, 2025, midnight
On Backbeat this week we delve a bit into the history of rockin' and rollin' - like to 1938, including a bluesy cover of Hound Dog, made by a country group long before Elvis tackled it. We'll have some bird music and an American-Arabic musician, Eddie Kojak and his band, give us their take the mambo
Artist - Title - Year
Marty Robbins - Mean Mama Blues - 1955
The Singing Echoes - Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - 1963
Smilin' Joe's Sextet - Feel Like A Million - 1956
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - Rockin' Roller's Jubilee - 1938
Reno & Smiley - Country Boy Rock 'N' Roll - 1956
Tommy Duncan and the Miller Brothers - Hound Dog - 1953
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Papa Wants a Cookie - 1931
Lightnin' Hopkins - Buck Dance Boogie - 1952
The Miller Sisters - Woody - 1954
Curley Fox - Listen to the Mockingbird - 1935
Eddy Arnold - Why Should I Cry - 1949
Eddie Kochak - Mambo Araby - 1957
Jimmy Nelson And His Orchestra - Big Eyed, Brown Eyed Girl Of Mine - 1952
The Silver Quintette - Father Don't Leave - 1956
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford - The Facts - 1958
Dee Clark - Fever - 1962
Jimmy & Johnny - Wait A Minute Baby -
Prince Partridge - Get Back - 1956
The Blenders - Daughter - 1963
Ron Holden - My Babe - 1959
Hank Ballard With The Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time - 1960
Jay McShann - Bad Tale Boogie - 1951

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