Johnny Rivers discography
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This page is the comprehensive discography of American rock and roll musician Johnny Rivers.
Studio albums31
Live albums9
Compilation albums17
Singles52
| Johnny Rivers discography | |
|---|---|
Rivers in 1975 | |
| Studio albums | 31 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 17 |
| Singles | 52 |
| #1 Singles | 3 |
Studio albums
1960s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
CAN | |||
| In Action |
|
42 | — |
|
| Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk |
|
91 | — |
|
| Changes |
|
33 | 24[2] |
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| Rewind |
|
14 | 18[3] |
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| Realization |
|
5 | 22[4] |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1970s albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [5] | ||
| Slim Slo Slider |
|
100 | — |
| Home Grown |
|
148 | — |
| L.A. Reggae |
|
78 | — |
| Blue Suede Shoes |
|
— | — |
| Road |
|
— | 87 |
| Rockin' Rivers |
|
— | — |
| New Lovers and Old Friends |
|
147 | — |
| Help Me Rhonda [UK title of New Lovers and Old Friends] |
|
— | — |
| Wild Night |
|
— | — |
| Outside Help |
|
142 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
1980s albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Borrowed Time |
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| Not a Through Street |
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1990s albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Memphis Sun Recordings |
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| Last Train to Memphis |
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2000s albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Reinvention Highway |
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| Shadows on the Moon |
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| Land of Dreams |
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| California Rain |
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| I'm Just Johnnie |
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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! |
|
38 | — |
|
| Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go |
|
21 | — |
|
| ...And I Know You Wanna Dance |
|
52 | — |
|
| Whisky à Go Go Revisited |
|
— | — |
|
| "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] |
|
— | — |
|
| Back at the Whisky [Recorded live 12/06-07-08/99 at the Whisky in West Hollywood, California] |
|
— | — |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
CAN |
GER | |||||
| The Sensational Johnny Rivers |
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— | — | — |
| ||
| Go, Johnny, Go! |
|
— | — | — |
| ||
| Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits |
|
29 | — | — | |||
| The Great Johnny Rivers |
|
— | — | — |
| ||
| A Touch of Gold |
|
26 | 22[10] | — |
| ||
| Johnny Rivers: Superpak [2xLP] |
|
— | — | — |
| ||
| The Very Best of Johnny Rivers |
|
— | — | — |
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| The Very Best of Johnny Rivers |
|
— | — | — |
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| Greatest Hits | — | — | — |
| |||
| The Best of Johnny Rivers |
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— | — | — |
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| Good Rockin' |
|
— | — | — |
| ||
| Anthology 1964–1977 [2xCD] |
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— | — | — |
| ||
| All Time Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — |
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| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — |
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| Secret Agent Man: The Ultimate Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964–2006 [2xCD] |
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— | — | — |
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| Summer Rain: The Essential Johnny Rivers (1964–1975) |
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— | — | — |
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| Greatest Hits and More! |
|
— | — | — | |||
| This Could Be The One: The Early Sides 1958–1962 |
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— | — | — |
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| "—" 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
| Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
2 | 2 | 1[14] | 1[15] | 47 | At the Whisky à Go Go | |
| "Oh What a Kiss" b/w "Knock Three Times" |
120 | 134 | — | — | — | 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 | 11 | 9[16] | — | 33 | Here We à Go Go Again! | |
| "Mountain of Love" b/w "Moody River" |
9 | 10/148 (B Side) | 4[17] | — | 19 | In Action | |
| "Midnight Special" | 1965 | 20 | 37 | 36[18] | — | 86 | Here We à Go Go Again! |
| "Cupid" | 76 | 82 | — | — | 86 | In Action | |
| "Seventh Son" b/w "Un-Square Dance" |
7 | 7 | 1[19] | — | 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 | 34 | 9[20] | — | 58 | Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk | |
| "Under Your Spell Again" b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk) |
35 | 49 | 2[21] | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "Secret Agent Man" b/w "You Dig" |
1966 | 3 | 4 | 4[22] | — | 78 | And I Know You Wanna Dance |
| "(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water" b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track) |
19 | 18 | 25[23] | — | 59 | Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits | |
| "Poor Side of Town" b/w "A Man Can Cry" (Non-LP track) |
1 | 1 | 1[24] | — | — | Changes | |
| "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" b/w "Gettin' Ready for Tomorrow" (from Changes) |
1967 | 3 | 6 | — | — | 44 | Rewind |
| "The Tracks of My Tears" b/w "Rewind Medley" |
10 | 10 | — | — | 38 | ||
| "Summer Rain" b/w "Memory of the Coming Good" (Non-LP track) |
14 | 10 | 10[25] | — | 14 | Realization | |
| "Look to Your Soul" b/w "Something Strange" |
1968 | 49 | 25 | 14[26] | — | — | |
| "Right Relations" b/w "A Better Life" (from A Touch of Gold) |
61 | 42 | 28[27] | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "These Are Not My People" b/w "Going Back to Big Sur" (from Realization) |
1969 | 55 | 42 | 38[28] | — | 38 | |
| "Muddy River" b/w "Resurrection" |
41 | 30 | 33[29] | — | 90 | Slim Slo Slider | |
| "One Woman" b/w "Ode to John Lee" (from A Touch of Gold) |
89 | 69 | 67[30] | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
1970s singles
| Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
1970 | 51 | 38 | — | — | 38[33] | — | — | 64 | Slim Slo Slider |
| "Fire and Rain" b/w "Apple Tree" (from Slim Slo Slider) |
94 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Home Grown | |
| "Sea Cruise" b/w "Our Lady of the Well" (from Home Grown) |
1971 | 84 | 74 | 38 | — | 75[34] | — | — | — | Non-album track |
| "Think His Name" b/w "Permanent Change" |
65 | 71 | — | — | 64[35] | — | — | 64 | Home Grown | |
| "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" b/w "Come Home America" |
1972 | 6 | 5 | — | — | 3[36] | — | — | 38 | L.A. Reggae |
| "Blue Suede Shoes" b/w "Stories to a Child" (from L.A. Reggae) |
1973 | 38 | 27 | — | — | 42[37] | — | — | 88 | Blue 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" |
1974 | 106 | 110 | — | 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" |
22 | 30 | 38 | — | 33[40] | 37[41] | 34[42] | 52 | New Lovers and Old Friends | |
| "Can I Change My Mind" b/w "John Lee Hooker" |
— | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ashes and Sand" b/w "Outside Help" |
1977 | 96 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Outside Help |
| "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')" b/w "Outside Help" |
10 | 6 | 8 | — | 3[43] | 7[44] | — | 36 | ||
| "Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)" b/w "Ashes and Sand" |
1978 | 41 | 34 | 4 | — | 33[45] | 5[46] | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
1980s singles
| Single | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "China" / "The Price" (with the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section) | 1980 | Borrowed 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
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "The American Dream" | 2009 | Shadows on the Moon |
2010s singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "New Home" | 2011 | Greatest Hits and More! |