Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella, 7 November 1942, in New York) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was versatile enough to do folk songs, blues, covers of old-time rock 'n' roll songs, and some original material, all of them in his own unique style. Rivers's greatest success came in the mid and late 1960s with a string of hit songs (including "Seventh Son," "Poor Side of Town" and "Secret Agent Man"), but he has continued to record and perform to the present.
Singles
Chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100:
"Memphis" #2 (1964)
"Maybellene" #12 (1964)
"Mountain of Love" #9 (1964)
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1964)
"Midnight Special" #20 (1965)
"Cupid" #76 (1965)
"Seventh Son" #7 (1965)
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone" #26 (1965)
"Under Your Spell Again" #35 (1965)
"Secret Agent Man" #3 (1966)
"(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water" #19 (1966)
"Poor Side Of Town" #1 (1966)
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'" #3 (1967)
"The Tracks Of My Tears" #10 (1967)
"Summer Rain" #14 (1967)
"Look To Your Soul" #49 (1968)
"Right Relations" #61 (1968)
"These Are Not My People" #55 (1969)
"Muddy River" #41 (1969)
"One Woman" #89 (1969)
"Into The Mystic" #51 (1970)
"Fire And Rain" # 94 (1970)
"Sea Cruise" #84 (1971)
"Think His Name" #65 (1971)
"Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu" #6 (1972)
"Blue Suede Shoes" #38 (1973)
"Help Me Rhonda" #22 (1975)
"Ashes And Sand" #96 (1977)
"Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')" #10 (1977)
"Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)" #41 (1977)
In all, Rivers had nine Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and 17 in the Top 40 from 1964 to 1977. In total, he has sold well over 30 million records.
Rivers is one of a small number of performers such as Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd (from 1975's Wish You Were Here onward), Queen, Genesis (though under the members' individual names and/or the pseudonym Gelring Limited) and Neil Diamond who have their name as the copyright owner on their recordings. (Most records have the recording company as the named owner of the recording.)
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