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Johnny Rivers - 1964 - Sensational Johnny Rivers



It was as a composer that Rivers experienced his first taste of success off of the stage, when a chance meeting with guitarist James Burton led to one of his songs, "I'll Make Believe," finding its way to Ricky Nelson and ending up on the album More Songs by Ricky. By 1961, he was 18 years old and a veteran performer with six years' professional performing under his belt and relatively little to show for it except the experience; even a lot of the established figures in the business who'd tried to give him various breaks over the years, including Alan Freed and George Goldner, had fallen on hard times by then. He moved to Los Angeles and began aiming for a career as a songwriter and producer. 

 Fate played its hand in 1963, however, when a friend who ran a restaurant in Los Angeles appealed to Rivers for help when his house band, a jazz group, suddenly quit. He reluctantly agreed to perform for a few nights in a stripped-down version of his rock & roll act, with just his electric guitar and a drummer, Eddie Rubin. That was when lightning struck -- it turned out that audiences at the restaurant liked the way he sang and played, and soon the crowds were growing and his performing stint turned into an open-ended engagement. Bassist Joe Osborn was hired to join the combo and fill out the sound and suddenly seeing Johnny Rivers was becoming the thing to do. 

 It was at those gigs that Rivers hooked up with a songwriter and music producer named Lou Adler, a business associate of Herb Alpert who'd previously worked with Jan & Dean and who was planning to start his own record company. Rivers took on Adler as his manager and also got a contract, starting in mid-January of 1964, to play at a new club opening in Los Angeles called the Whisky a Go-Go. This was where Rivers' act and reputation exploded, resulting in turn-away crowds -- his act was so rousing and the chemistry between Rivers, his music, and the audience was so strong, that Adler decided to try and record him live at the club, and to do that, he and Rivers had to borrow the money to rent the necessary equipment.



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   1. (00:06:21) Johnny Rivers - You've lost that lovin' feelin'
   2. (00:03:36) Johnny Rivers - Poor side of town
   3. (00:02:35) Johnny Rivers - Memphis
   4. (00:03:09) Johnny Rivers - Baby i need your lovin
   5. (00:02:31) Johnny Rivers - Sunny
   6. (00:02:17) Johnny Rivers - rhythm of the rain
   7. (00:03:06) Johnny Rivers - Do you wanna dance
   8. (00:03:49) Johnny Rivers - It's too late
   9. (00:03:50) Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain
  10. (00:05:39) Johnny Rivers - A whiter shade of pale
  11. (00:02:34) Johnny Rivers - California Dreamin
  12. (00:02:58) Johnny Rivers - The tracks of my tears
  13. (00:02:36) Johnny Rivers - in the midnight hour
  14. (00:02:36) Johnny Rivers - oh, lonesome me
  15. (00:02:35) Johnny Rivers - if i were a carpenter
  16. (00:02:46) Johnny Rivers - oh, pretty woman
  17. (00:04:23) Johnny Rivers - hang on sloopy
  18. (00:03:02) Johnny Rivers - A hard day's night
  19. (00:02:32) Johnny Rivers - Cupid
  20. (00:02:48) Johnny Rivers - Multiplication
  21. (00:04:30) Johnny Rivers - Hey Joe
  22. (00:01:51) Johnny Rivers - Respect
  23. (00:02:48) Johnny Rivers - By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Playing Time.........: 01:14:51
Total Size...........: 171,32 MB



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