Episode #795 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 2 – 1949-50
Air Week: July 28-August 3, 2025
Episode #794 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49
RAS2025-07-20T15:56:18+00:00Air Week: July 21-27, 2025
Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock n’...July 20, 2025RASUncategorized1940s, 1950s, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, blues, instrumentals, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Uncategorized, Women0 Comments
Episode #792 – Tiny Bradshaw
RAS2025-07-06T15:51:20+00:00Air Week: July 7-13, 2025
Tiny Bradshaw
Tiny Bradshaw put in his time, spending 16 years of making music with various big bands, including his own, without ever scoring a national hit. But when things turned around for the drummer, pianist, composer and bandleader, his star began to rise. He scored a #2 R&B smash with “Well Of Well” in 1950, just as he was beginning his 9 year association with Cincinnati’s King Records. This would be...July 6, 2025RASUncategorized1950s, instrumentals, Jump Blues, King Records, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Uncategorized0 Comments
Episode #791 – 4th of July: Summertime, Travel, Food & Baseball!
RAS2025-06-29T16:40:50+00:00Air Week: June 30-July 6, 2025
4th of July: Summertime, Travel, Food & Baseball!
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We’re diggin’ the 4th in song with tunes about summertime and the foods enjoyed in summer by Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, The Basin Street Boys, Chris Powell (hot dog) and John Brim (ice cream). We’ll also focus on America’s pastime with R&B songs about Baseball, honoring...June 29, 2025RASUncategorized1940s, 1950s, 4th of July, Baseball, blues, Doo Wop, Food, Independence Day, instrumentals, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, summertime, travel, Uncategorized, Vocal Groups0 Comments
