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Summer Rains: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975
Johnny Rivers
Summer Rains: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975
Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock
 
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Combining every USA Top 50 hit from 1964 to 1975 Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975 is the best single disc collection of JOHNNY RIVERS on the market. The versatile Rivers moved with ease from the R&B and soul...  more »

     
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All Artists: Johnny Rivers
Title: Summer Rains: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: Raven [Australia]
Release Date: 11/6/2006
Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock
Styles: Oldies, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 612657024522

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Combining every USA Top 50 hit from 1964 to 1975 Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975 is the best single disc collection of JOHNNY RIVERS on the market. The versatile Rivers moved with ease from the R&B and soul covers of his early days as the star attraction at the famed Whisky a Go Go club, through the introspective singer/songwriter days of his late '60s albums and on to the pop hits of the early '70s. From the perfectly structured hip classic Secret Agent Man, the rip-roaring cover of Chuck Berry's Memphis, e evocative ballad Poor Side Of Town, the astonishing reading of Baby I Need Your Lovin', the seductive Summer Rain to the fiery version of Huey Smith's Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu. In between the hits, Rivers delivered unique and distinctive interpretations of the finest young songwriters of the day, including Jimmy Webb (Do What You Gotta Do), Bob Dylan (Positively 4th Street) and Gram Parsons (Brass Buttons). At 24 tracks and over 77 minutes of superb quality audio, Summer Rains: The Essential Rivers is the perfect snapshot of a remarkable career.
 

CD Reviews

Good collection of J Rivers
R. Overall | 08/14/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Saw Johnny in Biloxi, MS in 1965, during my ROTC Summer Camp, just a few days before Hurricane Betsy hit. Buddy and I met two beauties from Miss State, and thought we had it made until one stood up: she was several months pregnant. But I'm a Rivers fan, and hearing/seeing him in person made the whole evening a winner. Two songs may be "session tapes": they don't match what's on the 45 rpm recordings precisely, but they are quite good anyway. I recommend this CD."
Johnny Rivers
Patricia Yanke | Cudahy, Wisconsin USA | 03/24/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm very happy with the transaction that took place between the seller and myself. Very fast shipping and item came as described!!! Price better than other sites on Internet.



I'm a fan of Johnny Rivers and I found many of his songs on many music download sites, including Amazon. But my favorite song of his is Summer Rain. All I found was remakes of the song, not the original that is heard on the radio. The cd I purchased has the version I want along with many of the other songs I love of his.



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