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"Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. [4] The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man, which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent from 1964 to 1966. [4]
It was Rivers' last Top 40 hit in the United States, and became his second Gold record. In 1979, Johnny Duncan covered the song under its original title "Slow Dancing", and had a top ten hit on the country charts with it in both the US and Canada.
Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) [1] 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. [ 2 ]
Secret Agent Man may refer to: . Secret Agent Man, an American TV series that aired in 2000 "Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers song), a song written by Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan used as the opening theme for American broadcast of the TV series Danger Man
"Summer Rain" is a song written by James Hendricks and performed by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally. [2] It reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 6 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968. [3]
The song was a hit by Johnny Rivers in 1966, [5] reaching number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [6] In 1966, The Spencer Davis Group recorded the song for The Second Album. Siluete recorded a Serbo-Croatian version entitled "Moj srećan dom" ("My Happy Home") for the EP Dona (1967). [7]
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Johnny Rivers named his 1970 album, Slim Slo Slider and included two versions of the song. [4] Tom McShane performed a live version of the song. [5] It was among the acoustic covers recorded by Peter Laughner in his bedroom on the night he died, which were later collectively released as The Last Recordings.