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Johnny Rivers is an American retired musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his 1960s output, having popularized the mid-1960s discotheque scene through his live rock and roll recordings at the Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go, and later shifting to a more orchestral, soul-oriented sound during the latter half of the decade. These developments were reflected by his most notable string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, many of them covers. They include "Memphis", "Mountain of Love", "The Seventh Son", "Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town", "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", and "Summer Rain". Rivers had a total of nine top-ten hits and 17 top-forty hits on the US charts from 1964 to 1977.
Top Tracks
- 1
The Poor Side Of Town
Greatest Hits
- 2
Memphis (Live At Whiskey A Go Go / 1964 / Remastered 1995)
Totally Live At The Whisky A Go Go (Live)
- 3
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
Greatest Hits
- 4
Secret Agent Man (From "Secret Agent" CBS TV Show)
Bowfinger (Music From The Motion Picture)
- 5
Baby, I Need Your Lovin'
The Best Of Johnny Rivers
- 6
The Tracks Of My Tears
Greatest Hits
- 7
Whiter Shade Of Pale
Realization
- 8
Secret Agent Man (Live At Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA / 1966)
...And I Know You Wanna Dance (Live)
- 9
California Dreamin'
Changes
- 10
Midnight Special (Live/Remastered)
Greatest Hits
