Johnny Rivers discography

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Johnny Rivers discography
Johnny Rivers 1975.JPG
Rivers in 1975
Studio albums31
Live albums5
Compilation albums16
Singles49
#1 Singles3

This page is the comprehensive discography of American rock and roll musician Johnny Rivers.

Contents

Studio albums

1960s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
CAN
In Action
  • Release date: March 1965
  • Label: Imperial Records
42
Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk
  • Release date: September 1965
  • Label: Imperial Records
91
Changes
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Imperial Records
3324 [2]
Rewind
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Imperial Records
1418 [3]
Realization
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Imperial Records
522 [4]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US
[1]
AUS
[5]
Slim Slo Slider
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Imperial Records
100
Home Grown
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: United Artists Records
148
L.A. Reggae
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: United Artists Records
78
Blue Suede Shoes
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: United Artists Records
212
Road
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Atlantic
87
Rockin' Rivers
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: United Artists Records
Help Me, Rhonda (UK title of New Lovers and Old Friends)
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Epic
New Lovers and Old Friends
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Epic
147
Wild Night
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: United Artists Records
Outside Help
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Soul City
142
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
Borrowed Time
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: RSO
Not a Through Street
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: CBS Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
The Memphis Sun Recordings
  • Release date: Jan 27, 1998
  • Label: Soul City
Last Train to Memphis
  • Release date: Feb 24, 1998
  • Label: Soul City
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
Reinvention Highway
  • Release date: May 25, 2004
  • Label: Collectors' Choice Music
Shadows on the Moon
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Soul City
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[5]
At the Whisky à Go Go 12
Here We à Go Go Again!
  • Release date: April 1964
  • Label: Imperial Records
38
Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go
  • Release date: June 1965
  • Label: Imperial Records
21
...And I Know You Wanna Dance
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Imperial Records
52
Whisky A Go-Go Revisited
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Sunset
"Live" At The Whisky A Go Go [Germany]
Last Boogie in Paris
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Varese
70
Johnny Rivers
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Live from Gilley's
Back at the Whisky
  • Release date: Jan 30, 2001
  • Label: Soul City
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
CAN
GER
Go Johnny, Go!
The Sensational Johnny Rivers
  • Release date: August 1964
  • Label: Capitol
The Great Johnny Rivers
  • Release date: November 1965
  • Label: Unart
Golden Hits
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Imperial Records
29
A Touch of Gold
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: United Artists
2622 [9]
Johnny Rivers Superpak
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: United Artists
Rockin' Rivers
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: United Artists
The Very Best of Johnny Rivers
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Liberty Records
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: MCA
Good Rockin
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Pair
Anthology, 1964-1977
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: Rhino
All Time Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2001 (updates 1980 Greatest Hits)
  • Label: Soul City Records, Inc.
Secret Agent Man: The Ultimate Johnny Rivers Anthology
  • Released: Sep 12, 2006
  • Label: Shout Factory!
Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers (1964-1975)
  • Released: Oct 30, 2006
  • Label: Raven
Greatest Hits and More
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Soul City
This Could Be The One - The Early Sides 1958-1962
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Jasmine
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1950s singles

SingleYearAlbum
"Little Girl"
b/w "Two By Two"
1957Non-album singles
"Baby Come Back"
b/w "Long, Long Walk"
1958
"You're the One"
b/w "A Hole in the Ground"
"Your First and Last Love"
b/w "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
1959
"Everyday"
b/w "Darling Talk To Me"

1960s singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[1]
CAN
GER
AUS
[5]
"The Customary Thing"
b/w "Answer Me, My Love"
1960Non-album tracks
"Knock Three Times"
b/w "I Get So Doggone Lonesome"
1961Go, Johnny, Go!
"Blue Skies"
b/w "That Someone Should Be Me"
"Long Black Veil"
b/w "This Could Be the One"
1962The Sensational Johnny Rivers
"If You Want It, I've Got It"
b/w "My Heart Is in Your Hands"
1963
"Dream Doll"
b/w "To Be Loved"
1964Go, Johnny, Go!
"Memphis"
b/w "It Wouldn't Happen with Me"
21 [10] 1 [11] 47At the Whisky à Go Go
"Oh What a Kiss"
b/w "Knock Three Times"
120Go, Johnny, Go!
"That's My Babe"
b/w "Your First and Last Love" (from Go, Johnny, Go!)
Non-album track
"Maybellene"
b/w "Walk Myself On Home"
129 [12] 33Here We à Go Go Again!
"Mountain of Love"
b/w "Moody River"
94 [13] 19In Action
"Midnight Special" /19652036 [14] 86Here We à Go Go Again!
"Cupid"7686In Action
"Seventh Son"
b/w "Un-Square Dance"
71 [15] 62Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
b/w "Love Me While You Can" (Non-LP track)
269 [16] 58Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk
"Under Your Spell Again"
b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk)
352 [17] Non-album track
"Secret Agent Man"
b/w "You Dig"
196634 [18] 78And I Know You Wanna Dance
"(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water"
b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track)
1925 [19] 59Golden Hits
"Poor Side of Town"
b/w "A Man Can Cry" (Non-LP track)
11 [20] Changes
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
b/w "Gettin' Ready for Tomorrow" (from Changes)
1967344Rewind
"The Tracks of My Tears"
b/w "Rewind Medley"
1038
"Summer Rain"
b/w "Memory of the Coming Good" (Non-LP track)
1410 [21] 14Realization
"Look to Your Soul"
b/w "Something Strange"
19684914 [22]
"Right Relations"
b/w "A Better Life" (from A Touch of Gold)
6128 [23] Non-album tracks
"These Are Not My People"
b/w "Going Back to Big Sur" (from Realization)
19695538 [24] 38
"Muddy River"
b/w "Resurrection"
4133 [25] 90Slim Slo Slider
"One Woman"
b/w "Ode to John Lee" (from A Touch of Gold)
8967 [26] Non-album track
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[1]
US AC
[1]
US Country
[1]
CAN
CAN AC
NZ
AUS
[5]
"Fire and Rain"
b/w "Apple Tree" (from Slim Slo Slider)
197094Home Grown
"Into the Mystic"
b/w "Jesus Is a Soul Man"
5138 [27] 64Slim Slo Slider
"Sea Cruise"
b/w "Our Lady of the Well" (from Home Grown)
1971843875 [28] Last Boogie in Paris
"Think His Name"
b/w "Permanent Change"
6564 [29] 64Home Grown
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
b/w "Come Home America"
197263 [30] 38L.A. Reggae
"Blue Suede Shoes"
b/w "Stories to a Child" (from L.A. Reggae)
19733842 [31] 88Blue Suede Shoes
"Searchin'/So Fine"
b/w "New York City Dues" (from L.A. Reggae)
11390 [32] 73 [33]
"Six Days on the Road"
b/w "Artists and Poets"
197410658Road
"Help Me, Rhonda"
b/w "New Lovers and Old Friends"
1975223833 [34] 37 [35] 34 [36] 52New Lovers and Old Friends
"Ashes and Sand"
b/w "Outside Help"
197796Outside Help
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')"
b/w "Outside Help"
1083 [37] 7 [38] 36
"Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)"
b/w "Ashes and Sand"
197841433 [39] 5 [40]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s singles

SingleYearAlbum
"China / The Price"1980Borrowed Time
"Romance / Don't Need No Other Now"Non Album Song
"Heartbreak Love"1984
"Tearing the Drive-In Down"1985

2000s singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearAlbum
"The American Dream"2009Shadows on the Moon

2010s singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearAlbum
"New Home"2010Greatest Hits and More

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  2. Albums/CDs - Volume 6, No. 25, February 18 1967
  3. Albums/CDs - Volume 7, No. 26, August 26 1967
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  13. Singles - Volume 2, No. 17, December 21 1964
  14. Singles - Volume 3, No. 1, March 01 1965
  15. Singles - Volume 3, No. 21, July 19 1965
  16. qpcmqn9eqpupr7ao955|Top Singles - Volume 4, No. 12, November 15 1965
  17. Singles - Volume 4, No. 25, February 14 1966
  18. Singles - Volume 5, No. 10, May 02 1966
  19. Singles - Volume 5, No. 23, August 01 1966
  20. Singles - Volume 6, No. 13, November 21 1966
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  23. Singles - Volume 10, No. 15, December 09 1968
  24. Singles - Volume 11, No. 4, March 24 1969
  25. Singles - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969
  26. Singles - Volume 12, No. 11, November 01 1969
  27. Singles - Volume 13, No. 18, June 20 1970
  28. Singles - Volume 15, No. 18, June 19 1971|
  29. Singles - Volume 16, No. 8, October 09 1971
  30. Singles - Volume 18, No. 23, January 20 1973
  31. Singles - Volume 19, No. 13, May 12 1973
  32. Singles - Volume 19, No. 26, August 11 1973
  33. Contemporary - Volume 20, No. 2, August 25 1973
  34. Singles - Volume 23, No. 26, August 23 1975
  35. Contemporary Volume 24, No. 1, August 30 1975
  36. RIVERS - HELP ME RHONDA (SONG)
  37. Singles - Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977
  38. Contemporary Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977
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  40. Contemporary - Volume 28, No. 26, March 25 1978