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Johnny Rivers discography
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.

Studio albums[edit]

1960s albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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
 33 24[2]
Rewind
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Imperial Records
 14 18[3]
Realization
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Imperial Records
 5 22[4]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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[edit]

Title Album details Peak 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[edit]

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak 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
 26 22[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[edit]

1950s singles[edit]

Single Year Album
"Little Girl"
b/w "Two By Two" 		1957 Non-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[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[1] 		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" 		2 1[10] 1[11] 47 At the Whisky à Go Go
"Oh What a Kiss"
b/w "Knock Three Times" 		120 — — — 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" 		12 9[12] — 33 Here We à Go Go Again!
"Mountain of Love"
b/w "Moody River" 		9 4[13] — 19 In Action
"Midnight Special" / 1965 20 36[14] — 86 Here We à Go Go Again!
"Cupid" 76 — — 86 In Action
"Seventh Son"
b/w "Un-Square Dance" 		7 1[15] — 62 Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
b/w "Love Me While You Can" (Non-LP track) 		26 9[16] — 58 Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk
"Under Your Spell Again"
b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk) 		35 2[17] — — Non-album track
"Secret Agent Man"
b/w "You Dig" 		1966 3 4[18] — 78 And I Know You Wanna Dance
"(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water"
b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track) 		19 25[19] — 59 Golden Hits
"Poor Side of Town"
b/w "A Man Can Cry" (Non-LP track) 		1 1[20] — — Changes
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
b/w "Gettin' Ready for Tomorrow" (from Changes) 		1967 3 — — 44 Rewind
"The Tracks of My Tears"
b/w "Rewind Medley" 		10 — — 38
"Summer Rain"
b/w "Memory of the Coming Good" (Non-LP track) 		14 10[21] — 14 Realization
"Look to Your Soul"
b/w "Something Strange" 		1968 49 14[22] — —
"Right Relations"
b/w "A Better Life" (from A Touch of Gold) 		61 28[23] — — Non-album tracks
"These Are Not My People"
b/w "Going Back to Big Sur" (from Realization) 		1969 55 38[24] — 38
"Muddy River"
b/w "Resurrection" 		41 33[25] — 90 Slim Slo Slider
"One Woman"
b/w "Ode to John Lee" (from A Touch of Gold) 		89 67[26] — — Non-album track
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Year Peak chart positions Album
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) 		1970 94 — — — — — — Home Grown
"Into the Mystic"
b/w "Jesus Is a Soul Man" 		51 — — 38[27] — — 64 Slim Slo Slider
"Sea Cruise"
b/w "Our Lady of the Well" (from Home Grown) 		1971 84 38 — 75[28] — — — Last Boogie in Paris
"Think His Name"
b/w "Permanent Change" 		65 — — 64[29] — — 64 Home Grown
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
b/w "Come Home America" 		1972 6 — — 3[30] — — 38 L.A. Reggae
"Blue Suede Shoes"
b/w "Stories to a Child" (from L.A. Reggae) 		1973 38 — — 42[31] — — 88 Blue Suede Shoes
"Searchin'/So Fine"
b/w "New York City Dues" (from L.A. Reggae) 		113 — — 90[32] 73[33] — —
"Six Days on the Road"
b/w "Artists and Poets" 		1974 106 — 58 — — — — Road
"Help Me, Rhonda"
b/w "New Lovers and Old Friends" 		1975 22 38 — 33[34] 37[35] 34[36] 52 New Lovers and Old Friends
"Ashes and Sand"
b/w "Outside Help" 		1977 96 — — — — — — Outside Help
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')"
b/w "Outside Help" 		10 8 — 3[37] 7[38] — 36
"Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)"
b/w "Ashes and Sand" 		1978 41 4 — 33[39] 5[40] — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s singles[edit]

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

2000s singles[edit]

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

2010s singles[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Album - Johnny Rivers, Live At The Whisky A Gogo[dead link]
  7. ^ Go, Johnny, Go! at AllMusic
  8. ^ "Golden Hits search results". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  9. ^ and Archives Canada (Top Albums/CDs - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969)
  10. ^ Singles - Volume 1, No. 21, July 13 1964
  11. ^ Single - Johnny Rivers, Memphis Tennessee[dead link]
  12. ^ Singles - Volume 2, No. 5, September 28 1964
  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)
  22. ^ Singles - Volume 9, No. 12, May 18 1968
  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
  39. ^ Singles - Volume 28, No. 23, March 04 1978
  40. ^ Contemporary - Volume 28, No. 26, March 25 1978

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