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Country musicians Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper had a top 5 country hit with their reworking of the song in 1959 as "Big Midnight Special". Only two versions of the song have reached the US Billboard Hot 100. Paul Evans recorded the highest-charting version of "Midnight Special," reaching number 16 in the winter of 1960. Five years later, Johnny ...
In addition, Rivers recorded the title song for the late night concert-influenced TV show The Midnight Special. [17] His career total is nine Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and 17 in the Top 40 from 1964 to 1977.
The album reached No. 5 and included the No. 14 pop chart single "Summer Rain", written by James Hendricks, a former member of the Mugwumps.The album reflected some of the psychedelic influences of the time, like the song "Hey Joe" with a two-minute introduction and also marked a change in Rivers' musical direction with more introspective songs such as "Look to Your Soul" and "Going Back to ...
Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk "Under Your Spell Again" b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk) 35 49 2 [20] — — Non-album track "Secret Agent Man" b/w "You Dig" 1966 3 4 4 [21] — 78 And I Know You Wanna Dance "(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water" b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track) 19 18 25 [22] — 59 Golden Hits "Poor Side of ...
Rewind is the fourth studio album by the American musician Johnny Rivers, released in 1967 by Imperial Records. The album includes cover versions of "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" and "The Tracks of My Tears". Produced by Lou Adler with arrangements by Jimmy Webb, who wrote seven of the songs.
Under the title "Slow Dancing", the song originally was a minor US hit in 1976 for the band Funky Kings (of which Tempchin was a member). The song became much better known as "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')" in a 1977 cover version by Johnny Rivers, which became a top ten US hit.
The Seventh Son" was included as the opening track on Rivers' 1965 release Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go. In an AllMusic album review, Bruce Eder noted, "[On] the opening track, 'Seventh Son' – Rivers takes an approach that manages to intersect with swamp rock, white soul, and garage punk, all neatly wrapped up in three minutes so ...
Changes is the third studio album by the American musician Johnny Rivers, released in 1966 by Imperial Records. The album includes " Poor Side of Town ", which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the RPM Canadian Chart in November 1966.