Jimmy Beasley has been played on NTS shows including Diddy Wah, with Johnny's Houseparty first played on 16 May 2016.

Jimmy Beasley was an R&B/Rock N Roll pianist from Kansas City. His popularity peaked in New Orleans in the mid-to-late 1950s. He's nobody's idea of a household name, but mention Jimmy Beasley to most 50s R&B and rock'n'roll collectors and you'll immediately meet with a warm smile of recognition, and a surge of admiration for the man's recordings of the mid-to-late 1950s. Cherished completely by New Orleans collectors for his fine Fats Domino-influenced sides (some actually recorded in New Orleans with Fats' band, others recorded with…