Johnny Rivers discography

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Johnny Rivers discography
Johnny Rivers 1975.JPG
Rivers in 1975
Studio albums31
Live albums9
Compilation albums17
Singles52
#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 42—
Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk
  • Release date: September 1965
  • Label: Imperial Records
91—
Changes
  • Release date: November 1966
  • Label: Imperial Records
3324 [2]
Rewind
  • Release date: May 1967
  • Label: Imperial Records
1418 [3]
Realization
  • Release date: May 1968
  • Label: Imperial Records; Soul City
522 [4]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US
[1] 		AUS
[5]
Slim Slo Slider
  • Release date: July 1970
  • Label: Imperial Records
100—
Home Grown148—
L.A. Reggae
  • Release date: August 1972
  • Label: United Artists Records
78—
Blue Suede Shoes
  • Release date: April 1973
  • Label: United Artists Records
——
Road—87
Rockin' Rivers
  • Release date: September 1974
  • Label: United Artists Records
——
New Lovers and Old Friends147—
Help Me Rhonda[UK title of New Lovers and Old Friends]
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Epic Records
——
Wild Night
  • Release date: February 1976
  • Label: United Artists Records
——
Outside Help142—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s albums

TitleAlbum details
Borrowed Time
Not a Through Street
  • Release date: March 1983
  • Label: Priority Records; Epic Records

1990s albums

TitleAlbum details
The Memphis Sun Recordings
  • Release date: January 27, 1998
  • Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice Music
Last Train to Memphis
  • Release date: February 24, 1998
  • Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice Music

2000s albums

TitleAlbum details
Reinvention Highway
  • Release date: May 25, 2004
  • Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice Music
Shadows on the Moon
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Soul City
Land of Dreams
  • Release date: 2020
  • Label: Soul City
California Rain
  • Release date: 2021
  • Label: Soul City
I'm Just Johnnie
  • Release date: August 29, 2025
  • Label: Missouri Morning Records, appears courtesy of Soul City Records
  • Guest artist on posthumous release of music with Johnnie Johnson, recorded 2003
  • Authored the songs Lo Down and Johnnie Johnson Blues [6]

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: October 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: April 1966
  • Label: Imperial Records
52—
Whisky à Go Go Revisited
  • Release date: August 1967
  • Label: Sunset Records
——
"Live" at the Whisky à Go Go[Germany title of Whisky à Go Go Revisited]——
Last Boogie in Paris[Recorded live 5/23/73 at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France]—70
Johnny Rivers and the Bayou Beats[Recorded live 7/05/82 at Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas]
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Live From Gilley's
——
Back at the Whisky[Recorded live 12/06-07-08/99 at the Whisky in West Hollywood, California]
  • Release date: Jan 30, 2001
  • Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice Music
——
"—" 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
The Sensational Johnny Rivers———
Go, Johnny, Go!———
Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits29——
The Great Johnny Rivers
  • Release date: October 1967 [reissues the 1964 Go, Johnny, Go! release]
  • Label: Unart Records
———
A Touch of Gold
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: Imperial Records
2622 [10] —
Johnny Rivers: Superpak[2xLP]
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: United Artists Records
———
The Very Best of Johnny Rivers
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: United Artists Records
———
The Very Best of Johnny Rivers
  • Released: April 1975 [updates the 1974 The Very Best of Johnny Rivers release, also features new cover art]
  • Label: United Artists Records
———
Greatest Hits———
The Best of Johnny Rivers———
Good Rockin'
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Pair Records
———
Anthology 1964–1977[2xCD]———
All Time Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets
———
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998 [reissues the 1981 Greatest Hits release]
  • Label: Soul City
———
Secret Agent Man: The Ultimate Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964–2006[2xCD]———
Summer Rain: The Essential Johnny Rivers (1964–1975)———
Greatest Hits and More!
  • Released: 2011 [updates the 1998 Greatest Hits release, also features new cover art]
  • Label: Soul City
———
This Could Be The One: The Early Sides 1958–1962———
"—" 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 BB
[11] 		US CB
[12] [13] 		CAN
GER
AUS
[5]
"The Customary Thing"
b/w "Answer Me, My Love"		1960—————Non-album tracks
"Knock Three Times"
b/w "I Get So Doggone Lonesome"		1961—————Go, Johnny, Go!
"Blue Skies"
b/w "That Someone Should Be Me"		—————
"Long Black Veil"
b/w "This Could Be the One"		1962—————The 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"		1964—————Go, Johnny, Go!
"Memphis"
b/w "It Wouldn't Happen with Me" 		221 [14] 1 [15] 47At the Whisky à Go Go
"Oh What a Kiss"
b/w "Knock Three Times"		120134———Go, 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"		12119 [16] —33Here We à Go Go Again!
"Mountain of Love"
b/w "Moody River" 		910/148 (B Side)4 [17] —19In Action
"Midnight Special" /1965203736 [18] —86Here We à Go Go Again!
"Cupid"7682——86In Action
"Seventh Son"
b/w "Un-Square Dance" 		771 [19] —62Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
b/w "Love Me While You Can" (Non-LP track)		26349 [20] —58Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk
"Under Your Spell Again"
b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk)		35492 [21] ——Non-album track
"Secret Agent Man"
b/w "You Dig"		1966344 [22] —78And I Know You Wanna Dance
"(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water"
b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track)		191825 [23] —59Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits
"Poor Side of Town"
b/w "A Man Can Cry" (Non-LP track)		111 [24] ——Changes
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
b/w "Gettin' Ready for Tomorrow" (from Changes)		196736——44Rewind
"The Tracks of My Tears"
b/w "Rewind Medley"		1010——38
"Summer Rain"
b/w "Memory of the Coming Good" (Non-LP track)		141010 [25] —14Realization
"Look to Your Soul"
b/w "Something Strange" 		1968492514 [26] ——
"Right Relations"
b/w "A Better Life" (from A Touch of Gold)		614228 [27] ——Non-album tracks
"These Are Not My People"
b/w "Going Back to Big Sur" (from Realization)		1969554238 [28] —38
"Muddy River"
b/w "Resurrection"		413033 [29] —90Slim Slo Slider
"One Woman"
b/w "Ode to John Lee" (from A Touch of Gold)		896967 [30] ——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 CB
[31] [32] 		US AC
[1] 		US Country
[1] 		CAN
CAN AC
NZ
AUS
[5]
"Into the Mystic"
b/w "Jesus Is a Soul Man" 		19705138——38 [33] ——64Slim Slo Slider
"Fire and Rain"
b/w "Apple Tree" (from Slim Slo Slider)		9471——————Home Grown
"Sea Cruise"
b/w "Our Lady of the Well" (from Home Grown)		1971847438—75 [34] ———Non-album track
"Think His Name"
b/w "Permanent Change"		6571——64 [35] ——64Home Grown
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
b/w "Come Home America"		197265——3 [36] ——38L.A. Reggae
"Blue Suede Shoes"
b/w "Stories to a Child" (from L.A. Reggae)		19733827——42 [37] ——88Blue Suede Shoes
"Searchin'/So Fine"
b/w "New York City Dues" (from L.A. Reggae)		113———90 [38] 73 [39] ——
"Six Days on the Road"
b/w "Artists and Poets"		1974106110—58————Road
"Get It Up For Love"
b/w "John Lee Hooker '74"		1975—111——————Wild Night
"Help Me, Rhonda"
b/w "New Lovers and Old Friends"		223038—33 [40] 37 [41] 34 [42] 52New Lovers and Old Friends
"Can I Change My Mind"
b/w "John Lee Hooker"		—120——————
"Ashes and Sand"
b/w "Outside Help"		197796107——————Outside Help
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')"
b/w "Outside Help"		1068—3 [43] 7 [44] —36
"Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)"
b/w "Ashes and Sand" 		197841344—33 [45] 5 [46] ——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s singles

SingleYearAlbum
"China" / "The Price" (with the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section)1980Borrowed Time
"Romance (Give Me a Chance)" / "Don't Need No Other Now" (with the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section)
(Cash Box #103)		Non-album singles
"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"2011Greatest Hits and More!

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Johnny Rivers > Charts & Awards > Billboard". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Albums/CDs - Volume 6, No. 25, February 18 1967
  3. ↑ Albums/CDs - Volume 7, No. 26, August 26 1967
  4. ↑ and Archives Canada (Top Albums/CDs - Volume 10, No. 7, October 14 1968)
  5. 1 2 3 4 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 253. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ Ackmann, Gene (August 2025). "Johnnie Johnson Remembered". JohnnieJohnson.net. Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Album - Johnny Rivers, Live At The Whisky A Gogo [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Go, Johnny, Go! at AllMusic
  9. ↑ "Golden Hits search results". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ and Archives Canada (Top Albums/CDs - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969)
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
  12. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Looking Ahead:1959-1993. Record Research.
  14. ↑ Singles - Volume 1, No. 21, July 13 1964
  15. ↑ Single - Johnny Rivers, Memphis Tennessee [ dead link ]
  16. ↑ Singles - Volume 2, No. 5, September 28 1964
  17. ↑ Singles - Volume 2, No. 17, December 21 1964
  18. ↑ Singles - Volume 3, No. 1, March 01 1965
  19. ↑ Singles - Volume 3, No. 21, July 19 1965
  20. ↑ qpcmqn9eqpupr7ao955|Top Singles - Volume 4, No. 12, November 15 1965
  21. ↑ Singles - Volume 4, No. 25, February 14 1966
  22. ↑ Singles - Volume 5, No. 10, May 02 1966
  23. ↑ Singles - Volume 5, No. 23, August 01 1966
  24. ↑ Singles - Volume 6, No. 13, November 21 1966
  25. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ↑ Singles - Volume 9, No. 12, May 18 1968
  27. ↑ Singles - Volume 10, No. 15, December 09 1968
  28. ↑ Singles - Volume 11, No. 4, March 24 1969
  29. ↑ Singles - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969
  30. ↑ Singles - Volume 12, No. 11, November 01 1969
  31. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
  32. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Looking Ahead:1959-1993. Record Research.
  33. ↑ Singles - Volume 13, No. 18, June 20 1970
  34. ↑ Singles - Volume 15, No. 18, June 19 1971|
  35. ↑ Singles - Volume 16, No. 8, October 09 1971
  36. ↑ Singles - Volume 18, No. 23, January 20 1973
  37. ↑ Singles - Volume 19, No. 13, May 12 1973
  38. ↑ Singles - Volume 19, No. 26, August 11 1973
  39. ↑ Contemporary - Volume 20, No. 2, August 25 1973
  40. ↑ Singles - Volume 23, No. 26, August 23 1975
  41. ↑ Contemporary Volume 24, No. 1, August 30 1975
  42. ↑ RIVERS - HELP ME RHONDA (SONG)
  43. ↑ Singles - Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977
  44. ↑ Contemporary Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977
  45. ↑ Singles - Volume 28, No. 23, March 04 1978
  46. ↑ Contemporary - Volume 28, No. 26, March 25 1978
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