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Funky16Corners Radio Show

Larry Grogan·10 episodes

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This is the archive of the Funky16Corners Radio Show, a weekly look into the sounds and stories of vintage funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl.

Why listen

Funky16Corners Radio Show is Larry Grogan's weekly vinyl dive into vintage funk, soul, jazz, organ grooves, breakbeats, and deep dancefloor cuts. Each episode feels like a knowledgeable collector pulling records from the crates, with tracklists that mix familiar names like James Brown and Herbie Hancock with obscure regional singles and rare groove finds. It is ideal for listeners who want discovery-first music programming with a strong archival feel.

Episodes

Jun 2, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #799 – Airdate 06/01/26

Show #799 Originally broadcast 06/01/26 Laura Lee – Crumbs Off the Table (Hot Wax) Laura Lee – Hang It Up (Chess) Laura Lee – I Need It Just as Bad as You (Invictus) Gladys Knight and the Pips – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Soul) Gladys Knight and the Pips – You Need Love Like I Do (Soul) Gladys Knight and the Pips – Nitty Gritty (Soul) Wildare Express- A Rivers Invitation (Brunswick) Wildare Express – Cruising (Brunswick) Wildare Express – Why Am I Treated So Bad (Brunswick) Reuben Wilson – Cisco Kid (Groove Merchant) Reuben Wilson – Superfly (Groove Merchant) Average White Band – Cut the Cake (Atlantic) Average White Band – Person to Person (Atlantic) Average White Band – TLC (MCA)

May 26, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #798 – Airdate 05/25/26

Show #798 Originally broadcast 05/25/26 Billy Ward and the Dominoes – Stardust (Liberty) Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You (End) Jive Five – What Time Is It (Beltone) Little Buster – I’m So Lonely (Jubilee) OV Wright – Please Forgive Me (Back Beat) Ordells – Sipping a Cup of Coffee (Dionn) Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind (Cadet) Mary Wells – A Woman In Love (Jubilee) Nancy Wilson – (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am (Capitol) Brenda Lee – The Crying Game (Decca) Irma Thomas – Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Imperial) Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together (Glades) Bobby Bland – Do What You Set Out To Do (Duke) Willie West – Keep You Mine (Deesu) Detroit Emeralds – I’ll Never Sail the Sea Again (Westbound) Mel Brown – Ode to Billie Joe (Impulse) Jackie Lee – I Love You (Uni)

May 19, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #797 – Airdate 05/18/26

Show #797 Originally broadcast 05/18/26 Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roach Clip (Sussex) Crusaders – Journey From Within (Blue Thumb) Cal Tjader – Alonzo (Skye) Dizzy Gillespie – Stomped and Wasted (GWP) Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Strung Out (Tamla) Overton Berry Trio – Guacomolean Shuffle (Jaro) Lena Horne – Mother Time (Buddah) Peddlers – We’re Working (Philips) Ramsey Lewis Trio – Them Changes (Cadet) Herbie Hancock – Fat Albert Rotunda (WB)

May 12, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #796 – Airdate 05/11/26

Show #796 Originally broadcast 05/11/26 Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin’ Stone (Crackerjack) Mr Wiggles – Fat Back Pt 1(Parkway) Shells – Whiplash (Conlo) Sir Lattimore Brown – Shake and Vibrate (SS7) Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mash Potatoes Pt1 (Atlantic) Buena Vistas – Soul Ranger (Marquee) Charlie Earland Erector Set – Yes Suh! (Eldorado) Mighty Hannibal – Jerkin’ the Dog (Shurfine) Floyd Smith – Soul Strut (Dakar) Jr Walker and the All Stars – Shake and Fingerpop (Soul) Rufus Thomas – Sophisticated Sissy (Stax) Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette) Chambers Brothers – Funky (Columbia) Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral) David Rockingham Trio – Soulful Chant (Josie) Shadows of Knight – Shake (Team) Bob Seger and the Last Heard – Heavy Music Pt2 (Parkway) Fred Lowery Big Bo and the Arrows – Ride the Iron Horse (Cotillion) Vibrations – Soul a Go Go (Okeh) Soul Machine – Twitchie Feet (Pzazz) Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax) Tony Alvon and the Belairs – Boom Boom Boom (Atlantic)

May 5, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #795 – Airdate 05/04/26

Show #795 Originally broadcast 05/04/26 Albert Collins – Sno Cone Pt2 (TCF/Hall) Lonnie Mack – Chickn’ Pickn’ (Fraternity) Ricky Allen – Cut You a Loose (Age) Titus Turner – People Sure Act Funny (Enjoy) Tommy Tucker – Long Tall Shorty (Checker) Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA) Tommy Strand – Am I Grooving You (Fame) Junior Wells – Girl You Litr My Fire (Blue Rock) Bobby Hollaway – Cornbread Hog Maws and Chitterlins (Smash) Joe Haywood – Play a Cornbread Song (Kent) Leon Haywood – Cornbread and Buttermilk (Decca) Russell Evans and the Nite Hawks – Send Me Some Cornbread (Atco) Al Thomas Ork – Cornbread and Molasses (Virtue) Slim Harpo – Tip On In Pts 1&2 (Excello) Frank Frost – My Back Scratcher (Jewel) Albert Collins – Defrost (Hall-Way) Junior Wells – You’re Tuff Enough (Blue Rock) Magic Sam – I’ll Pay You Back (Bright Star) Sam Cooke – It’s Got the Whole World Shakin’ (RCA) Tommy Tucker – I’m Shorty (Checker)

Apr 28, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #794 – Airdate 04/27/26

Show #794 Originally broadcast 04/27/26 Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here (World Pacific) Jay Jackson and the Heads of Our Time – Listen Here (Mr G) Soulful Strings – Listen Here (Cadet) Young Holt Unlimited – Listen Here (Brunswick) Chubby Checker – Karate Monkey (Parkway) Travis Wammack – Karate Time (Atlantic) Emperors – Karate (Bell) Jerry O – Karate Boogaloo (Boo Ga Loo) Tijuana Brats – Karate Chop (RCA) Emperors – Karate Boogaloo (Brunswick) Curtis Mayfield – Kung Fu (Curtom) Ninchuks – Bruce Lee’s Return of The Dragon (Bryan) Earth Wind and Fire – Bad Tune (WB) Brothers of Hope – Nickol Nickol (Gamble) E Rodney Jones, Larry and the Hippies Band – Right On Right On (Sex Machine) (Double Soul) Fugi – Mary Don’t Take Me On No Bad Trip (Cadet) Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You (Westbound)

Apr 21, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #793 – Airdate 04/20/26

Show #793 Originally broadcast 04/20/26 Chris Harris – Dr Funky (Dial)Chris Harris – Tell’em Who I Am (Dial)Funky Granny and the Gang – Wear It Out Pt 2 (Erica)Smokey Johnson – Dirty Red (Nola)Toddlin’ Town Sounds – It’s Your Thing (Toddlin Town)Sandpebbles – Love Power (Calla)Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA) Strangeloves – I Gotta Dance (Bang)Sam Butera – Love Bandit (Coliseum)Ace Cannon – Drunk (HI)Peggy Lee – Everyday People (Capitol)Wayne Logiudice – Ow Boogaloo! (Philips)Wayne Cochran – Can’t Turn You Loose (King)Outsiders – Respectable (Capitol) Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)Magnificent Men – Just Walk In My Shoes (Capitol)Len Barry – I Struck It Rich (Decca)Jackie Lee – Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y (Mirwood)Martha and the Vandellas – You’ve Been In Love Too Long (Gordy)

Apr 14, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #792 – Airdate 04/13/26

Show #792 Originally broadcast 04/13/26 Johnny Hammond Smith – Shifting Gears (Milestone) Johnny Hammond Smith -Breakout (Kudu) Johnny Hammond Smith – Higher Ground (Kudu) Brother Jack McDuff – Hunk of Funk (LP Edit) (Blue Note) Brother Jack McDuff – Soul Yodel (Cadet) Brother Jack McDuff w/ David Newman – But It’s Alright (Atlantic) Hank Marr – The Out Crowd (Wingate) Jimmy Smith – Sag Shoots His Arrow (Verve) Jimmy Smith – Chain of Fools Pt1 (Verve) Jimmy Smith – Serpentine Fire (Mercury) Bill Doggett – 25 Miles (King)

Mar 31, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #791 – Airdate 03/30/26

Show #791 Originally broadcast 03/30/26 Edwin Starr – S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) (Ric Tic) Len Barry – I Struck It Rich (Decca) Robert Parker – In the Midnight Hour (Nola) Mirettes – He’s Alright With Me (Mirwood) Shirelles – Look Away (Scepter) Tams – Shelter (ABC) Tony Clarke – Landslide (Chess) Dobie Gray – Out On the Floor (Charger) Contours – Just a Little Misunderstanding (Gordy) Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Sock It To Em JB (Like) Sam and Dave – Said I Wasn’t Gonna Hurt Nobody (Stax) Wayne Cochran – Going Back to Miami (Mercury) Luther Ingram – Exus Trek (Hib) Marvelle and the Blue Mats – Dance Called the Motion (Dynamic Sound) Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness (Volt) Lee Rogers – Go Go Girl (D Town) Irma Thomas – It’s a Man’s Woman’s World (Imperial) Ray Charles – Let’s Go Get Stoned (ABC) Cooperettes – Everything’s Wrong (Brunswick) Lorraine Ellison – Call Me Anytime You Need Some Loving (Mercury)

Mar 24, 2026
Funky16Corners Radio Show Episode #790 – Airdate 03/23/26

Show #790 Originally broadcast 03/23/26 Otis Redding – Satisfaction (Volt) Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally (Atlantic) Bob and Earl – Baby Your Time Is My Time (Mirwood) Donald Height – Talk of the Grapevine (Shout) Flamingos – Boogaloo Party (Philips) Ike and Tina Turner – Dust My Broom (TRC) Perry and the Harmonics – Do the Monkey With James (Mercury) Alvin Cash – Philly Freeze (Mar V Lus) Andre Williams – Loose Juice (Wingate) Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep) Earl Cosby – Oooh Honey Baby (Mira) Frank Frost – My Back Scratcher (Jewel) Joe Cuba Sextet – El Pito (Tico) Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh) Capitols – We Got a Thing That’s In the Groove (Karen) Jackie Lee – The Shotgun and the Duck (Mirwood) Luther Ingram – If It’s All the Same To You (Hib) Martha and the Vandellas – My Baby Loves Me (Gordy) Metros – Time Changes Things (RCA) Pat Lewis – Look at What I Almost Missed (Golden World)

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Background-friendly
Best for: housework, commutes, workouts, long drives
Tone: curated, knowledgeable, nostalgic, crate-digging

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