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

1960s albums

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

          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

          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

            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

            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

            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

                            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

                                                          1950s singles

                                                          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

                                                          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

                                                          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

                                                          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

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

                                                          2010s singles

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

                                                          References

                                                          1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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. Album - Johnny Rivers, Live At The Whisky A Gogo
                                                          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
                                                          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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