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  • THE GUITAR!| FIRST TIME HEARING Johnny Rivers - Memphis Tennessee REACTION
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  • @jackempson3044
    @jackempson3044 9 місяців тому +118

    Johnny Rivers has many hits and great songs. "Secret agent man", "Baby I need Your Lovin" and" Summer Rain" are good songs too.

    • @LesterMoore
      @LesterMoore 9 місяців тому +3

      Secret Agent Man?" 🤔
      I thought it was "Secret Asian Man. 😲
      My bad.😐

    • @jodyjackson5475
      @jodyjackson5475 9 місяців тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

    • @user-ii4zf5iq3t
      @user-ii4zf5iq3t 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LesterMoore
      😅😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @kona883
      @kona883 9 місяців тому +4

      Tracks of My Tears and Baby I Need Your Loving are incredible!!!!!!

  • @8044868
    @8044868 9 місяців тому +186

    Johnny Rivers deserves a much larger audience and following. So many great songs.

    • @bella-xp7qd
      @bella-xp7qd 9 місяців тому +8

      Absolutely

    • @Jims_Camera_at_dawn
      @Jims_Camera_at_dawn 9 місяців тому +13

      They still have his best song to do, Secret Agent Man.

    • @billiewhyers2823
      @billiewhyers2823 9 місяців тому +5

      Absolutely!

    • @nancymartin5005
      @nancymartin5005 9 місяців тому +4

      I agree completely

    • @alleykeosheyan4779
      @alleykeosheyan4779 9 місяців тому +3

      Had the pleasure of seeing him live in concert at our local fairgrounds in Central CA -- very soft-spoken guy, but an incredible catalog of songs!

  • @paulwalker9421
    @paulwalker9421 9 місяців тому +135

    This was a rocker in it 's time and to me still is. Y'all should react to "Summer Rain" sung by Johnny Rivers.

    • @miguelserna793
      @miguelserna793 9 місяців тому +10

      This is my favorite Johnny Rivers song as well.

    • @57doodoo
      @57doodoo 9 місяців тому +6

      Agree ,Definitely must do "Summer Rain".

    • @phila3884
      @phila3884 9 місяців тому +4

      I forgot about Summer Rain. He gives a shout out to the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's" literally a month or two after that record came out. See my new comment. So many great songs, in every style.

    • @laurafoote214
      @laurafoote214 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes!

    • @paulwalker9421
      @paulwalker9421 9 місяців тому

      yes@@57doodoo

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 9 місяців тому +152

    Memphis Tennessee was written by Chuck Berry. Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, or Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers, that's what you need to react to next!

    • @jojokrako7818
      @jojokrako7818 9 місяців тому +9

      And Seventh Son!

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 9 місяців тому +3

      @@jojokrako7818 oh believe me, I can mention quite a few. I figured I'd narrow it down to two so they have a better chance.

    • @sanzoftatooine
      @sanzoftatooine 9 місяців тому +5

      "Slow Dancing"

    • @dionysiacosmos
      @dionysiacosmos 9 місяців тому +6

      Mountain of Love!!

    • @johnbruin5547
      @johnbruin5547 9 місяців тому +9

      Yes! Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

  • @stevenjohnson3883
    @stevenjohnson3883 9 місяців тому +138

    Also try his "Secret Agent Man" and "Summer Rain"

    • @laruencegiessman5593
      @laruencegiessman5593 9 місяців тому +11

      Add Mountain of Love tithe list please

    • @dianetaylor841
      @dianetaylor841 9 місяців тому +10

      LOVE Summer Rain!!

    • @michaellanning9396
      @michaellanning9396 9 місяців тому +4

      Love those, try Midnight Special

    • @stevenjohnson3883
      @stevenjohnson3883 9 місяців тому +4

      Also, "Slow Dancing "&"Seventh Son" & as others have mentioned, "Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" & "Tracks of my Tears" & "Midnight Special" and so Many Many more I could go on and on!!!!!

    • @BigEd773
      @BigEd773 Місяць тому +1

      Yes do secret agent man

  • @luckylady7542
    @luckylady7542 9 місяців тому +66

    Johnny Rivers is a treasure. "Secret Agent Man" and "Mountain of Love" are 2 of my very favorite songs. Thanks you two for keeping our music relevant. ❤

  • @rrailguitar2211
    @rrailguitar2211 9 місяців тому +157

    A great cover of the Chuck Berry classic. Johnny Rivers made a number of "Whiskey A-Go-Go" LPs with a lot of great cover tunes done live. Then he put out a bunch of studio hits in the later 60s.
    I'd go for "Secret Agent Man" next.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 9 місяців тому +9

      It's a shame nobody can make live albums anymore. Everyone records the shows with their phones so the artists don't bother.

    • @nathanwahl9224
      @nathanwahl9224 9 місяців тому +4

      Definitely Secret Agent Man. Our band is playing that tomorrow night!

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 9 місяців тому +4

      @@nathanwahl9224 my band played it 40-something years ago. Just an all-around fun song to play!

    • @donaldball3245
      @donaldball3245 9 місяців тому +3

      "Seventh Son" is another Whisky-a-Go-Go smash.

    • @donferoce5652
      @donferoce5652 9 місяців тому +2

      @@magneto7930 Trending downward but lots of artists still release live albums, 26 so far in 2023. 57 in 2022, (55 per year was the 60's average) 76 in 2021, 94 in 2020, 101 in 2019, 109 in 2018, 112 in 2017, 119 in 2016, 163 in 2015, 174 in 2014, 200 in 2013. Most live albums were released between 2000-2009, averaging 425 releases a year, peaking in 2006 at 507 live album releases. The biggest selling live albums were recorded between 1969 and 1999. (topped by "Eric Clapton, Unplugged" 1992, 26 million copies worldwide)
      Hundreds of thousands of Swifties recorded bits of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour these past months but that didn't keep her from making a movie of it.

  • @atuuschaaw
    @atuuschaaw 9 місяців тому +44

    Whisky a Go Go is an historic nightclub! It's even in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ♥

    • @kittywetzel92
      @kittywetzel92 2 місяці тому

      Yes, thank you for mentioning that! I was about to comment on it, "How have you younguns not heard of the Whisky A Go Go?"

  • @primurph
    @primurph 9 місяців тому +42

    “Secret Agent Man” is a great hit that he had with great guitar.

    • @gailjohnson5950
      @gailjohnson5950 9 місяців тому +7

      "They've givin' you a number and taken away your name"!! Great rockin' song

    • @gailjohnson5950
      @gailjohnson5950 9 місяців тому

      So did I! @sam-zm5zw

    • @SnowmanN49
      @SnowmanN49 9 місяців тому +2

      The sequel was "The Prisoner" in which he didn't have a name, just a number (#6). Same actor Patrick McGoohan. The show was a British production and over there it was called "Danger Man", it was called "Secret Agent" in the states.

  • @coffee-xg6my
    @coffee-xg6my 9 місяців тому +12

    Johnny Rivers - "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
    Jay will LOVE this one!!!..I guarantee it! 😉

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 9 місяців тому +115

    Jay & Amber, His "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" has great piano you will love!!!!
    edit- "Memphis,Tennessee" written by Chuck Berry!! Yes, about a 6-year old daughter.

    • @johnbruin5547
      @johnbruin5547 9 місяців тому +6

      Yes! "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" Love that piano!

    • @roncypert8255
      @roncypert8255 9 місяців тому +5

      Oh yeah! Rockin Pneumonia is a fun fun banger!

    • @musicgrl100
      @musicgrl100 9 місяців тому +2

      Oh, yes, that is a great one! These songs remind me of my dad. He loved this music!

  • @williamcarr7347
    @williamcarr7347 9 місяців тому +49

    A cool song that Jonny did with a riff you might like Jay, is Secret Agent Man. It came out abiut the time the James Bond movies started.

    • @bobbuethe1477
      @bobbuethe1477 9 місяців тому +9

      It was the theme song to the Patrick McGoohan TV show, "Secret Agent" (called "Danger Man" in the UK).

    • @TheOriginalRick
      @TheOriginalRick 9 місяців тому +2

      My half-Filipino kids always thought he was singing "Secret Asian Man". I never had the heart to correct them since they were so happy every time the song came on the radio.

  • @michelerogers8151
    @michelerogers8151 9 місяців тому +20

    Hi J and Amber. I grew up listening to Johnny Rivers because my grandparents had one of his albums and we're from the same area as he. The club that he mentioned is Whiskey a GoGo. It is affectionately known as the Whiskey and yes it is still open for business. Oh and Johnny Rivers is still touring and playing music at almost 81 years old.
    As for more Johnny Rivers' songs, Mountain of Love; Summer Rain; Secret Agent Man; Where Have All the Flowers Gone; The Seventh Son; and Huey "Piano" Smith's Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.

  • @db-gb5xi
    @db-gb5xi 9 місяців тому +76

    Another vote for his Secret Agent Man. I'd also check out another guitarist, Duane Eddy's version of the theme from Peter Gunn which he then did again on the band Art of Noise's version in the 80s. Some of his other instrumentals were Rebel-Rouser and Because They're Young.

    • @user-ef3tl8jk6m
      @user-ef3tl8jk6m 9 місяців тому

      Don't forget "40 miles of bad road"

    • @travis8981
      @travis8981 9 місяців тому +3

      Peter Gunn by Duane Eddy is an awesome tune

  • @oldmanghost219
    @oldmanghost219 9 місяців тому +5

    Johnny Rivers Summer Rain is my #1

  • @jeremyhammond6540
    @jeremyhammond6540 9 місяців тому +74

    Awesome artist! You should check out "Slow Dancing'", "Going Back To Big Sur", "Summer Rain", "The Tracks of My Tears", "You Better Move On", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'", and "Secret Agent Man".

    • @sallyphillips9175
      @sallyphillips9175 9 місяців тому +5

      i love Slow Dancing! Some call it Swayin' to the Music, but Slow Dancing (Swayin 'to the Music) is the correct title, I believe.

    • @thehunter5000
      @thehunter5000 9 місяців тому +5

      I second “Summer Rain”

    • @jeremyhammond6540
      @jeremyhammond6540 9 місяців тому +1

      @@sallyphillips9175 yeah, I was just saving time and space. Searching for either will bring up the same song. Lol

    • @phila3884
      @phila3884 9 місяців тому +3

      And "Seventh Son".

    • @carolfauchelle2250
      @carolfauchelle2250 9 місяців тому +3

      Yes Summer Rain

  • @johnathandavis3693
    @johnathandavis3693 9 місяців тому +4

    The Whiskey is LEGENDARY. I saw the B-52's and the Dead Kennedys there in '79-80...

  • @j7286
    @j7286 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers was a teenager when he started out, and my dad either saw him on TV or heard him on the radio in Florida and said that boy is going to be a star some day. Later on, in the 1960s, my dad got to play music with him in Bakersfield and was able to say 'I was right about you'.

  • @kathyrizzi8754
    @kathyrizzi8754 9 місяців тому +3

    This was in the 60’s before color TV. I always liked Johnny Rivers, still do.👍💜💜

  • @missrachelreads
    @missrachelreads 9 місяців тому +1

    Just looked up Johnny Rivers and he is still with us! 80 years old now, and looks great for his age - he must take care of himself. Have always loved this song, and the twist ending! Whiskey A Go-Go was the place - The Doors played a series of shows there when they first became known.

  • @user-gt2uf8cq9y
    @user-gt2uf8cq9y 9 місяців тому +23

    "Slow Dancing (Swaying to the Music)" and "Secret Agent Man" are his best, showcasing his slower and faster sides too.

    • @patrickborin9814
      @patrickborin9814 9 місяців тому +5

      Slow dancing, great hit, a favorite for all time.

    • @jodyjackson5475
      @jodyjackson5475 9 місяців тому +5

      Omg. Slow dancin…. ❤ so good.

  • @ckayuha2351
    @ckayuha2351 9 місяців тому +11

    So many great songs in so many different styles - Mountain of Love, Summer Rain, Seventh Son

  • @scottdebruyn7038
    @scottdebruyn7038 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers' cover of 'California Dreamin' is the best there is! His album 'Johnny Rivers Changes' was a move away from his 'Whiskey A-Go-Go' years to that softer side you find in 'Poor Side of Town', 'California Dreamin' among others wrapped in that unique voice of his. 😁

  • @joebwankenobi5194
    @joebwankenobi5194 9 місяців тому +3

    ROCKIN PNEUMONIA AND THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU!!! Omgosh I’ve been requesting this for a year now. THE PIANO!!!!!! Will blow your mind

  • @mikecaetano
    @mikecaetano 9 місяців тому +21

    The Whiskey a Go Go is a legendary venue. Check out their webpage. One story of lore -- The Doors enjoyed a residency at the Whiskey a Go Go for three months in 1966. But an over the top performance of "The End" got them fired three days after they were signed to a recording contract.

  • @joelilley6603
    @joelilley6603 9 місяців тому +5

    I don't think anyone could make a song his own like Johnny Rivers. I love Mountain of Love, Summer Rain, Secret Agent Man, Seventh Son, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and more. 👍👍

  • @Kuesel68
    @Kuesel68 9 місяців тому +2

    One of the earliest songs by Chuck Berry and covered many times (also by the Beatles early in their carreer - it was a staple song for them in Liverpool and Hamburg before they were famous in 1960-62 when they played a lot of Berry songs). The Johnny Rivers version was indeed very successful, even internationally.

  • @iamsria
    @iamsria 9 місяців тому +3

    Summer Rain is my favorite Johnny Rivers tune. You can feel it in your soul.

  • @ccm9167
    @ccm9167 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers was one of the first,his talent was amazing he should get more credit for his music he received a recording contract at a very young ages true talent

  • @Cookiesantos777
    @Cookiesantos777 9 місяців тому +5

    Summer rain is a hauntingly beautiful song by johnny.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan 9 місяців тому +5

    One of my favorites by Johnny was " Poor Side of Town. " He always seemed to have a summertime hit! I also liked how he referenced the Beatles' song in " Summer Rain. "

  • @SPAMDAGGER22
    @SPAMDAGGER22 9 місяців тому +10

    Johnny Rivers was my first concert in 1976 when I was 10 years old. My Mom was a big fan and took me along. As soon as the music kicked in and I could feel the bass and drums, I was hooked on live rock and roll. That concert instilled a love of music and started my musical journey. She passed a month ago and that memory is strong. Thanks for this.

  • @DOUGNIKKEL
    @DOUGNIKKEL 9 місяців тому +2

    Yeah, Johnny! "Poor Side of Town", "Summer Rain", "Mountain of Love". So many great songs!

  • @aarongoldstein7614
    @aarongoldstein7614 9 місяців тому +9

    I had the opportunity to see Johnny Rivers at an outdoor concert in Boston nearly 20 years ago and got to meet him briefly. It rained during the concert and I told him, "That was quite a summer rain." "Summer Rain" was an introspective psychedelic ballad which was one of his biggest hits. I think Amber would especially love it.

  • @eabcool
    @eabcool 9 місяців тому +12

    this was a Chuck Berry song originally. In January 1964 Elvis recorded and planned it for his next big release. He played it for Johnny Rivers. Before Elvis released it Rivers went and recorded it and released his version. Elvis was hurt and chose not to release his version. I never paid attention to the lyrics in all the time i heard Rivers version, it just sounded like a raccous party record. Then i heard Elvis' version and it's completely different , with more feeling, and i realized the song is about the singers daughter

    • @jennyjorgensen9935
      @jennyjorgensen9935 9 місяців тому +2

      I hated Johnny Rivers after he betrayed Elvis like that.🤮

    • @punkydoodle4774
      @punkydoodle4774 9 місяців тому

      That was a crappy thing to do. I heard Elvis never talked to him again. I hope losing his friendship was worth it.

  • @allengator1914
    @allengator1914 9 місяців тому +1

    Johnny Rivers was the opening act at a Guess Who concert I went to in to 70s. Johnny brought the place down that night and the crowd kept calling for encore after encore until they actually just abruptly killed the lights and sound in the middle of a song forcing him off the stage. The Guess Who came out and sounded terrible and everybody in the crowd started chanting for Johnny to come back. It was pretty wild and the Guess Who were none too pleased about it.

  • @tohism
    @tohism 9 місяців тому +6

    The Whisky a go go is still around. I haven’t been since before the pandemic. But drove by there a few weeks ago. It’s worth a visit along with the Troubadour and the Roxy. All legendary venues.

  • @scottromer8584
    @scottromer8584 9 місяців тому +6

    So many good songs from Johnny Rivers, Swaying to the Music, Secret Agent Man, Mountain of Love, Baby I Need Your Lovin, Midnight Special, Maybelline, Rockin Pneumonia, and more. Love it you went down that rabbit hole.

  • @joycesepulveda6624
    @joycesepulveda6624 9 місяців тому +1

    Johnny still playing & Rockin at 80 yrs young. Watching American Bandstand was a must. More Johnny 😊

  • @TheOriginalRick
    @TheOriginalRick 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers was very key in getting many other folk off the ground and into the charts. Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension, and others all owe him for what he did for their careers. He was well-respected in the industry as far more than just a singer/songwriter.

  • @aarongoldstein7614
    @aarongoldstein7614 9 місяців тому +4

    The Whisky A Go Go is still around. In fact, Fanny performed there back this past May. During their hey-day in the 1970's, Fanny was practically the Whisky's house band as they lived just down the road in a house they called Fanny Hill. Hope you get around to reacting Fanny again on Female Friday.

    • @surlechapeau
      @surlechapeau 9 місяців тому +2

      They will love Fanny's "A Place In The Country" Live 1971!!!!!

  • @jackwells8107
    @jackwells8107 9 місяців тому +16

    Johnny Rivers is one of those fantastic artists and you don't realize how much great stuff he did. If you've only heard this and Poor Side of Town, you have GOT to listen to Secret Agent Man.

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 9 місяців тому +2

      And Summer Rain. In fact, it is raining!

  • @katrinacash6393
    @katrinacash6393 9 місяців тому +10

    American Bandstand was on for decades. There are a lot of videos here on UA-cam with episodes including one from 1980 featuring Prince! The show started in 1957 but I started watching in the 60's until it ended in 1989. There's a lot of music and different artists that crossed that stage!

    • @bert_towle
      @bert_towle 9 місяців тому +2

      Originally, the Saturday Night Beechnut Show.

    • @Aurora-tp3dy
      @Aurora-tp3dy 2 місяці тому

      ​@@bert_towle 2 different shows. Bandstand first aired in 1952. Dick Clark joined it in 1956.
      The Beechnut show was Saturday evenings from NYC with performers on stage 1958-60.
      Bandstand was Monday to Friday afternoons from Philadelphia with teenagers dancing to records and occasionally a live guest, until it moved to LA. It had various time slots until it went off the air in 1989.
      Those and other Dick Clark shows had the singers lip sync to their records, that was the deal.

  • @gregkerr725
    @gregkerr725 9 місяців тому +3

    Amber has always listened to the lyrics and we know she loves a song that tells a story!

  • @spiderdog7599
    @spiderdog7599 9 місяців тому +4

    Secret Agent Man was my favorite Johnny Rivers song.

  • @richschuster1097
    @richschuster1097 9 місяців тому +15

    Way to go Amber; 6 yr old Marie is the twist at the end. 😃

  • @bradsullivan2495
    @bradsullivan2495 9 місяців тому +13

    Still need to do his most memorable song, "Secret Agent Man"

  • @jaynemorin747
    @jaynemorin747 9 місяців тому +11

    My very favorite song by Johnny Rivers. I've loved this song since I was young. It's still great!!!

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 9 місяців тому +1

      By Chuck Berry. Elvis had Johnny over to Graceland and he told the latter that he was planning to release that song as a single. Elvis was stabbed in the back by Johnny and he was barred from coming back to Graceland.

  • @bobbyd968
    @bobbyd968 9 місяців тому +3

    " Mountain of Love" was another big hit by Johnny.

  • @rodneytyus
    @rodneytyus 9 місяців тому +2

    "Slow Dancing" is my favorite Johnny Rivers song. Before my wife lost her hearing, I could put it on, and she would run from wherever she was in the house to dance with me.

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo5337 9 місяців тому +4

    The Whiskey is still around and running!

  • @JANETTE74576
    @JANETTE74576 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers had so many great songs. Secret Agent Man is a good fast one. Slow Dancing is a great slow song.

  • @RLG-
    @RLG- 9 місяців тому +2

    When my brother was four, in 1962, he called the operator and told her that he wanted to talk to his grandma. The local operator knew our grandma, and us, and connected them. This was one of the benefits of growing up in a small town.

  • @seanswinton6242
    @seanswinton6242 9 місяців тому +44

    Great song! You guys should react to his version of "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu."

    • @BrassEater
      @BrassEater 9 місяців тому +4

      "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Secret Agent Man" are my favorite Johnny Rivers Songs

    • @docj72
      @docj72 9 місяців тому +1

      My favorite song by him…incredible piano playing in it

  • @susanbezio6708
    @susanbezio6708 9 місяців тому +1

    This man is a treasure. Still touring abd still has that voice.

  • @johnv61
    @johnv61 9 місяців тому +3

    His “Secret Agent Man” is a must listen!

  • @mikefixx7177
    @mikefixx7177 9 місяців тому +3

    This is just sheer talent ! No one can make music like this anymore.

    • @PDC1987
      @PDC1987 7 місяців тому

      He did not write this song, Chuck Berry did.

  • @jvsmith7888
    @jvsmith7888 9 місяців тому +1

    Johnny Rivers was an enigma. The guy had a ton of hits, and almost all of them were covers. In many cases his cover version became a bigger hit than the original. I can't think of another artist that did this.

    • @joelhahn2501
      @joelhahn2501 9 місяців тому

      Three Dog Night was famous for taking other artists' songs that had done okay or hadn't done so well and turning them into monster hits.

  • @macdaddyns
    @macdaddyns 9 місяців тому +3

    I Used to DJ in the 90's and 2000's and this song would always pack the dance floor. Good music is ageless. thanks for doing this one, it was my late mothers' favourite and brought back some great memories!

  • @johnk.2508
    @johnk.2508 9 місяців тому +9

    A lot of the 80s rock and metal bands started out at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, it was a very successful club for a long time and is still open. You should Google the club and look at the list of bands who have played there, pretty much every member of the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame and then some.

  • @MrGuitardog22
    @MrGuitardog22 9 місяців тому +51

    Hi Amber. Yes , that was a nice twist in the story.. Written by the great Chuck Berry . And Jay , I could understand getting caught up in the guitar work. Did the same thing when I first heard it **years ago.You guys do a nice job in appreciating music. Keep up the nice work.

    • @JamesJohnson-zt2zv
      @JamesJohnson-zt2zv 9 місяців тому +3

      Music I grew up to my mother playing his albums
      8 year old me caught the groove too! I loved his guitar tone that seemed o match his vocals.Chiguy!

  • @ThomasRaymond47
    @ThomasRaymond47 9 місяців тому +1

    Yes J, not only have I been to the World Famous Whiskey-A-Go-Go, but as a young man I actually got to play there with a band that I was in, back 1985. It is now considered a Historical Landmark in Hollywood. Next Johnny Rivers should be "Secret Agent Man" or "Rockin' Pneumonia (and the Boogie Woogie Flu).

  • @wiggion
    @wiggion 9 місяців тому +1

    Johnny Rivers "Secret Agent Man" is a song that has it's own attitude.

  • @jamessullivan5860
    @jamessullivan5860 9 місяців тому +5

    Let’s not forget his cover of The Midnight Special.

  • @jimcrawford3221
    @jimcrawford3221 9 місяців тому +1

    Johnny Rivers, Ray Guy, Tab Benoit, and Jimmie Davis. My favorite Baton Rouge born performers. And Jimmie was even the governor going around singing You Are My Sunshine.

  • @stevenpowell7435
    @stevenpowell7435 9 місяців тому +11

    Dont forget Slow Dancing, his seventies comeback

  • @Gloren50
    @Gloren50 9 місяців тому +1

    Whiskey-A-Go-Go was an iconic music and dance venue in L.A. in the 1960s--actually in West Hollywood. It opened in Jan. 1964. Although a 'disco', Johnny Rivers opened as a live act and was supported by DJ Rhonda Lane. As far as I know, the Whiskey is still there doing it's thing. Although the very first Whiskey a Go Go was in France, the American version was probably the most iconic. The concept of 'go go dancing' originated at the Whiskey.

  • @dionysiacosmos
    @dionysiacosmos 9 місяців тому +3

    Mountain of Love has been one of my earworms since my older cousin came to live with us when I was nine ( 1968 I think )He had two greatest hits albums; Johnny Rivers and Sam the Sham and the Pharos . Never have complained when the music can back to haunt me. Great old stuff 🧓😎💖💖

    • @deeanna3335
      @deeanna3335 9 місяців тому

      Little Red Riding Hood!

  • @mikeeckel2807
    @mikeeckel2807 9 місяців тому +1

    Love Johnny Rivers!
    I was entranced by his version of Pete Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

  • @chetcarman3530
    @chetcarman3530 9 місяців тому +30

    The Whiskey was the home ; launch of The Doors. In the 70s, my office was just down sunset & my wife & I spent lots time there in the evenings. (Almost every act on American Bandstand - or any Dick Clark production -- was mimed to the record like this. One of my favorite trax! 🎉❤

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 9 місяців тому +2

      The Doors were fired for Morrison's lewd behavior.

  • @joanbusche7037
    @joanbusche7037 4 місяці тому +3

    He should have been inducted into rock and roll hall of fame!!

  • @ronaldlagasse2787
    @ronaldlagasse2787 9 місяців тому +2

    Johnny Rivers has always been a favorite of mine since I was a young child.
    The whiskey a go-go is still in business today.

  • @marywinning7430
    @marywinning7430 9 місяців тому +1

    Listen to his song "Six days on the road" . He is a truck driver and cannot wait to get back home. "Secret Agent" was an American TV series and the song was the signature tune - sung by Johnny.

  • @markfadness9204
    @markfadness9204 9 місяців тому +20

    Cover of the original Chuck Berry record from 1959 (the B-side of "Back in the USA."). Lonnie Mack had a hit with a cover in 1963 (#5). Berry's record was titled "Memphis, Tennessee" but the 1963 Mack & the 1964 Rivers covers were titled simply "Memphis." This was the 1st charted single by Rivers on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking @ #2 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Rivers followed it up with another Berry cover "Maybelline," which peaked @ #12 in 1964.

    • @bert_towle
      @bert_towle 9 місяців тому +1

      ...and the Lonnie Mack hit (an instrumental) is what Dick Clark was talking about. There's videos of Mack playing his other big hit, "Wham", with SRV live!

  • @annewoodard6803
    @annewoodard6803 9 місяців тому +1

    From the time I was in a bouncy chair, my mother put me in front of American Bandstand. It was a dance show we’re Dick Clark played new music, 45’s and the audience full of teens voted how much they liked it. The performers all lip sync’d because it was a studio with a dance floor, but it didn’t matter because we got to see them “live”. It was a staple in my life.

  • @mperezmcfinn2511
    @mperezmcfinn2511 9 місяців тому +1

    Back in the 90s, my band was in California on a mini tour when one of our gigs was canceled. The promoter felt bad and offered us a fill-in slot for an opening band that canceled on a show he was putting on the next day. In our desperation, we gladly accepted. So we asked him the name of the place? And he goes, "Oh, the Whiskey a Go Go," all casual. I guess playing there's not a big deal to LA bands, but to us... Being from Michigan and all. I'm not gonna lie, my awareness of "Oh my God, I'm onstage at the Whiskey!" Stayed with me through the whole set.

  • @db4982
    @db4982 9 місяців тому +5

    From Johnny Rivers you also might like 'Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.'

  • @deborahvernarelli6394
    @deborahvernarelli6394 9 місяців тому +8

    Johnny was a fantastic singer..another fantastic singer from that era was Gene Pitney . He has many songs any one of them you would love.. One is " Only Love Can Break A Heart". Another is "Town Without Pity".

    • @danmayberry1185
      @danmayberry1185 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes! I like Last Chance to Turn Around.

    • @godsmasterpiece1075
      @godsmasterpiece1075 9 місяців тому +3

      Absolutely! It Hurts to Be In Love was actually my most played song on Spotify last year!

    • @deborahvernarelli6394
      @deborahvernarelli6394 9 місяців тому +2

      Yes, he had so many great hits. I don't think there was any that I didn't like, including "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance "

    • @deborahvernarelli6394
      @deborahvernarelli6394 9 місяців тому +2

      We had the best music in that era. My kind of music.Pure Talent, no autotune. So many great songs. Nothing like today's music..69 here. An old.. umm..hippy lol

    • @danmayberry1185
      @danmayberry1185 9 місяців тому +2

      @@deborahvernarelli6394 You said it. Tunes so memorable, and different from one another. Like our cars 😄

  • @maureencollins5177
    @maureencollins5177 9 місяців тому +11

    This is a Chuck Berry song, covered by a number of people. The Whisky-A-Go-Go is still there in L.A. on the Sunset Strip. Some other great songs by Johnny Rivers are "Secret Agent Man", "Summer Rain", "Mountain of Love", "Swayin' to the Music".

  • @destination22ful
    @destination22ful 9 місяців тому +2

    Great reaction. The guitar riff was performed by Marty Paich who was the father of David Paich, a founding member of Toto. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. RIP Hal, Joe, and Marty.

  • @cynthiaschultheis1660
    @cynthiaschultheis1660 9 місяців тому

    "BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN'" IS ANOTHER GEAT HIT!🎸🎶🎸🎵🎤🎶🎸❤❤❤👍👍👍👍🎵🎶🎤🎸

  • @silverstar4289
    @silverstar4289 25 днів тому

    Rivers was visiting Elvis at his Los Angeles home. Elvis just recovered this song. Rivers asked to hear the demo several times. He promptly went into a studio and recorded it and released it before Elvis. Using very nuance that was is Elvis’ cut.
    He was never invited back, needless to say.

  • @jessecalvillo1555
    @jessecalvillo1555 5 місяців тому +1

    The whisky a go go is still open to this day and it's a strong well known los angeles landmark. A place launching the careers of band like the doors, Van Halen, motley Crue and so many more. Very cool place to see a live show.

  • @leisastalnaker3790
    @leisastalnaker3790 9 місяців тому +1

    I’m old enough to remember American Bandstand. I would rush home from school to watch Dick Clark and the new music. ❤love it

  • @umbluegray1
    @umbluegray1 9 місяців тому

    From Memphis... this song is one of our anthems. So many great songs about Memphis.

  • @jeffmartin1026
    @jeffmartin1026 9 місяців тому

    Back in the early-mid 60s my grandparents were the first in the family to have a color TV. On Saturday mornings my sister would go over there to help grandma clean the house, have lunch and then be able to watch American Bandstand in color. Years later I found out that my grandma was still watching it every week. I asked her why and she said she liked to keep up on the music and to see what the kids were wearing/dancing.

  • @TZ61
    @TZ61 9 місяців тому +2

    This Chuck Berry classic has been covered by MANY artists, but one of the most unique and interesting ones is by John Cale, formerly of The Velvet Underground. One of the more bizarre covers comes from Jerry Lawler, yes that Jerry Lawler, taken from "It Came from Memphis" Vol. 2, a bunch of rag tag songs from regional artists. 'Frank, this is it' is a must hear for non-mainstream music lovers.

  • @T-ShirtMagic
    @T-ShirtMagic 9 місяців тому +2

    *"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"* gots my vote!
    "Secret Agent Man" is pretty Kwel Too!

  • @Friend_Of_The_Muse
    @Friend_Of_The_Muse 9 місяців тому +3

    My older brother had this Whiskey album. He was a bit older than I. For me hearing it was just another reason to play guitar and sing. Classic riffs. First riff I learned was "Secret Agent Man" by JR. Another great guitar song. "Poor Side of Town" is a pretty ballad. Johnny's voice and lots of orchestra!

  • @fan123casual8
    @fan123casual8 9 місяців тому +2

    Try his song “Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu” written by a New Orleans guy. I dare you not to smile and have fun when that’s playing!

  • @louiegomez3466
    @louiegomez3466 9 місяців тому

    Now we're talking!! Johnny Rivers has some great songs!!

  • @richardkint6531
    @richardkint6531 9 місяців тому +4

    Glad you got back to some Johnny Rivers! Jay, you like that guitar riff then you will love his riff on "Secret Agent Man". The Memphis song Dick Clark was mentioned done a year earlier from Lonnie Mack was an instrumental. Other Johhny River great tunes to check out include "Summer Rain", Swayin' To The Music" and Rockin' Pneuomonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu.

  • @linwoodkent1246
    @linwoodkent1246 4 місяці тому

    "Last time I saw Marie she was waving me goodbye with hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes"
    I remember when this song came out even tho I'm 78yrs old Thanks for doing this friends.

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur4854 9 місяців тому

    My favorite part of this is "hurry-home drops on her cheeks." The song was written by the great Chuck Berry. It was part of the Beatles' set list as late as July of 1963, when they recorded it for broadcast at the BBC.

  • @beeseewill2407
    @beeseewill2407 9 місяців тому

    Johnny Rivers was originally from New York.His family moved to Baton Rouge La.when he was around 13.
    He really captured the La.accent in his Country Rock sound.
    When I was a child HIS music was always on the radio.
    Check out Mountain of Love",and "Slow Dancing".

  • @rayfaircloth8253
    @rayfaircloth8253 9 місяців тому

    "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu", and "Swayin' To the Music" are really good too!

  • @suzieredfoxfur6982
    @suzieredfoxfur6982 9 місяців тому

    Johnny is one of my all time favorite artists

  • @jerrysharpnack4010
    @jerrysharpnack4010 9 місяців тому +3

    Mountain of love

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia 9 місяців тому

    Iconic Classic. Johnny many great songs.

  • @darrellwaller6205
    @darrellwaller6205 9 місяців тому +1

    Secret Agent Man and High on a Mountain of Love are some of the first songs I ever remember hearing in my life and still give me goosebumps now, almost 60 years later. Please do those two songs!!!!!!