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Night Train
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 AM – 5:00 AM
Music
One of two funk and soul shows on WKCR, Night Train offers a wide variety in its programming, including everything from classic soul and soul jazz to seventies funk and Afrobeat. The main emphasis is on the groove and whether it's a familiar classic or an extreme rarity, we try to track it down and play it for you.

1:04 AM |
![]() | Pinetop Perkins Little Angel Child Chatmon Piano Blues Licks Alligator Records - X5 Music Group 2015
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1:10 AM |
![]() | Big Mama Thornton Unlucky Girl Ball And Chain WMG - Arhoolie Records 1989
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1:13 AM |
| John Lee Hooker Crawlin' Kingsnake Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker Saga All Stars: Boom Boom / Selected Singles 1955-1962 MERLIN - Saga 2014
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1:15 AM |
![]() | Johnny Shines Give My Heart A Break Johnny Shines UMG - HighTone Records 2011
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1:18 AM |
![]() | Sunnyland Slim Tired Of You Clowning Albert Luandrew Slim's Shout (Remastered) UMG - Fantasy Records 2016
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1:22 AM |
![]() | Lightnin' Hopkins Lonesome Dog Blues Lightnin Hopkins Blues Kingpins UMG - Capitol Records 2020
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1:25 AM |
| John Lee Hooker Lonely Boy Boogie (a/ka/ New Boogie) John Lee Hooker The Complete '50s Chess Recordings BELIEVE - Pearls of the Past 2021
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1:28 AM |
![]() | Shuggie Otis Shuggie's Old Time Dee-Di-Lee-Di-Leet-Deet Slide Boogie Shuggie Otis, Al Kooper Shuggie's Boogie: Shuggie Otis Plays The Blues SME - Columbia/Legacy 2017
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1:32 AM |
![]() | Nate Evans Main Squeeze Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation Numero Group 2007
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1:36 AM |
![]() | Young Fathers Only God Knows Only God Knows MERLIN - Big Dada 2017
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1:40 AM |
![]() | Ray Camacho Movin' On Gilles Peterson Digs America Vol.2 Luv N'Haight 2007
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1:43 AM |
![]() | Donna Summer Hot Stuff Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey Just Dance Video Game Hits, Vol. 1 SME - Now! Music 2016
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1:48 AM |
![]() | Prince When You Were Mine Prince 4Ever Rhino/Warner Bros. 2007 Rock
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1:49 AM |
![]() | Pan-Pot Sleepless - Stephan Bodzin Remix The Other Remixes Second State Audio 2015
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1:52 AM |
![]() | Solange Some Things Never Seem to Fucking Work Dev Hynes True Terrible Records PD 2013
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1:57 AM |
![]() | Promise I'm Not Ready for Love Eccentric Soul: AÂ Red Black & Green Production MERLIN - Numero Group 2012
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2:00 AM |
![]() | Ann Peebles I Can't Stand the Rain Bernard Miller, Don Bryant, Ann Peebles I Can't Stand the Rain Crimson 2014
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2:03 AM |
![]() | Jesus Wayne The Chicago Party Theme Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party Numero Group 2015
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2:06 AM |
![]() | Bill Spoon Love Is On The Way Local Customs: Burned At Boddie MERLIN - Numero Group 2011
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2:11 AM |
![]() | Wee Try Me (45 Version) You Can Fly On My Aeroplane Numero Group 2008
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2:14 AM |
![]() | Clarence Murray Don't Talk Like That (2018 Remaster) Tukes Club Classics: 50 Years of Northern Soul (Remastered) Charly | Club Soul 2018
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2:16 AM |
![]() | Syl Johnson Try My Love Complete Mythology Numero Group 2010
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2:19 AM |
![]() | Chloe x Halle Ungodly Hour Chloe Bailey, Guy Lawrence, Halle Bailey, Howard Lawrence Ungodly Hour SME - Columbia 2020
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2:23 AM |
![]() | Jon Batiste TELL THE TRUTH Jon Batiste WE ARE UMG - Verve 2021
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2:28 AM |
![]() | Darondo Didn't I Let My People Go Luv N'Haight 2005
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2:32 AM |
![]() | Wilfred Luckie My Thing My Thing Numero Group 1978
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2:36 AM |
![]() | Four Tracks You Mean Everything to Me Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels MERLIN - Numero Group 2008
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2:41 AM |
![]() | Brittany Howard Baby Jaime UMG - ATO Records 2019
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2:43 AM |
![]() | Dee Edwards Why Can't There Be Love Hermon Weems Gilles Peterson Digs America Vol.2 Luv N'Haight 2007
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2:49 AM |
![]() | Penny & The Quarters You And Me Penny & the Quarters EP Numero Group 2011
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2:52 AM |
![]() | Cheryl Lynn Got to Be Real Cheryl Lynn, David Paich, David Foster Cheryl Lynn Legacy Recordings 1978
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2:57 AM |
![]() | Howie B. Who's Got The Bacon? Howie B. The Ultimate Chilled Beats Vol.1 Universal Music 2019
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3:01 AM |
![]() | Arnie Love & the Lovettes Stop and Make Up Your Mind Recording Tap Recording Tap 2008
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3:07 AM |
![]() | Black Pumas Colors Adrian Quesada, Eric Burton Colors ATO Records / Fontana North 2019
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3:11 AM |
![]() | Tina Turner Private Dancer Mark Knopfler Stress Melt: 80's Pop WMG - PLG UK Catalog 2021
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3:19 AM |
![]() | Steve Lacy Bad Habit Steve Lacy, Matthew Castellanos, Diana Gordon, Britanny Foushee, John Carroll Kirby Bad Habit L-M Records/RCA Records 2022
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3:22 AM |
| The Diddys Intergalactic Love Song Gilles Peterson Digs America, Vol. 2 Luv N'Haight 2007
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3:28 AM |
![]() | Aretha Franklin Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted And Black Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 1972
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3:32 AM |
![]() | Brittany Howard Stay High Stay High Columbia 2019
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3:35 AM |
![]() | The Dramatics Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Single Version Tony Hester Funk It Universal Music 2019
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3:39 AM |
![]() | Kelly Finnigan I Don’t Wanna Wait Kelly Finnigan I Don’t Wanna Wait MERLIN - Nova Records 2019
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3:43 AM |
![]() | sensations Get On Up Mama Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label Bonus LP Numero Group 2014
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3:45 AM |
![]() | Eula Cooper Standing by Love Extra Added Soul: Crossover, Modern, and Funky Soul Numero Group 2016
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3:48 AM |
![]() | The Creation Making Time Kenny Pickett, Eddie Phillips Action Painting Rhino 2017
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3:51 AM |
![]() | Beyoncé VIRGO'S GROOVE Beyoncé, Leven Kali, Solomon Fagenson Cole, Daniel Memmi, Dustin Bowie, Darius Dixson, Jocelyn Donald, Jesse Wilson, Denisia "@Blu June" Andrews, Brittany "@Chi_Coney" Coney RENAISSANCE SME - Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia 2022
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3:57 AM |
![]() | Helene Smith Sure Thing True Love Don't Grow On Trees b/w Sure Thing Numero Group 1967
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3:59 AM |
![]() | Brittany Howard Georgia Brittany Howard Jaime SME - Columbia 2019
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4:02 AM |
![]() | Donnie & Joe Emerson Baby Donnie Emerson Dreamin' Wild ORCHARD - Light In The Attic Records 1979 Rock
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4:06 AM |
![]() | Helene Smith I Am Controlled By Your Love Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label Numero Group 2006
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4:09 AM |
![]() | The Paragons Florence Hits of the 50's & 60's Replay Records - X5 Music Group 2009
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4:12 AM |
![]() | Chuck Wilder The Clown Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Numero Group 2008
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4:15 AM |
![]() | Marva Josie He Does It Better He Does It Better Tramp Records 2020
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4:18 AM |
![]() | J.R. Bailey Just Me'N You Just Me'N You WMG - Chrysalis Copyrights 2009
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4:24 AM |
![]() | Beyoncé Hold Up Beyoncé, Thomas Pentz, Jr., Ezra Koenig, Emile Haynie, Joshua Tillman, Uzoechi Emenike, Sean Rhoden, Doc Pomus, Mort Schuman, DeAndre Way, Antonio Randolph, Kelvin Mcconnell, Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek, Nick Zinner Lemonade Parkwood Entertainment 2019
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4:28 AM |
| Linda Martelland The Anglos The Things I Do For You Linda Martelland The Anglos These Great Stars Are On Fire & Fury MERLIN - GCM/Prime 1960
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4:31 AM |
![]() | Mickey & The Soul Generation Give Everybody Some The Complete Mickey & the Soul Generation Cali-Tex Records 2013
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4:38 AM |
![]() | Erykah Badu Appletree - 2B3 Summer Vibes Mix Erykah Badu, Robert Ervin Bradford Baduizm - Special Edition UMG - Polystar 1997
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4:43 AM |
![]() | Linda Jones You Hit Me Like T.N.T. (2019 Remaster) Linda Jones Club Classics: 50 Years of Northern Soul (Remastered) Charly 2018
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4:45 AM |
![]() | Bartees Strange Boomer Live Forever Memory Music 2020
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4:48 AM |
![]() | Elvin Spencer Lift This Hurt Extra Added Soul: Crossover, Modern, and Funky Soul Numero Group 2016
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4:51 AM |
![]() | El Anthony That's What My Lady Says Extra Added Soul: Crossover, Modern, and Funky Soul Numero Group 2016
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4:54 AM |
![]() | El Anthony I Want To Be Together With You I Want To Be Together With You MERLIN - Numero Group 2023
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4:57 AM |
![]() | Elvin Spencer You're Being Unfair Lift This Hurt b/w You're Being Unfair MERLIN - Numero Group 2022
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