This page is the comprehensive discography of American rock and roll musician Johnny Rivers.
Studio albums 1960s albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US CAN In Action Release date: February 1965 Label: Imperial 42 — Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk Release date: September 1965 Label: Imperial 91 — Changes Release date: November 1966 Label: Imperial 33 24Albums/CDs - Volume 6, No. 25, February 18 1967 Rewind Release date: June 1967 Label: Imperial 14 18Albums/CDs - Volume 7, No. 26, August 26 1967 Realization Release date: May 1968 Label: Imperial; Soul City 5 22and Archives Canada (Top Albums/CDs - Volume 10, No. 7, October 14 1968) US: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions US AUS Slim Slo Slider Release date: July 1970 Label: Imperial 100 — Home Grown Release date: July 1971 Label: United Artists 148 — L.A. Reggae Release date: August 1972 Label: United Artists 78 — Blue Suede Shoes Release date: April 1973 Label: United Artists — — Road Release date: April 1974 Label: Atlantic — 87 Rockin' Rivers Release date: September 1974 Label: United Artists — — New Lovers and Old Friends Release date: August 1975 Label: Soul City/Epic 147 — Help Me Rhonda [UK title of New Lovers and Old Friends] Release date: 1975 Label: Epic — — Wild Night Release date: February 1976 Label: United Artists — — Outside Help Release date: November 1977 Label: Soul City/Big Tree 142 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s albums Title Album details Borrowed Time Release date: June 1980 Label: RSO Not a Through Street Release date: March 1983 Label: Priority; Epic
1990s albums Title Album details The Memphis Sun Recordings Release date: January 27, 1998 Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice Last Train to Memphis Release date: February 24, 1998 Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice
2000s albums Title Album details Reinvention Highway Release date: May 25, 2004 Label: Soul City; Collectors' Choice 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 CityI'm Just Johnnie Release date: August 29, 2025 Label: Missouri Morning, appears courtesy of Soul City Guest artist on posthumous release of music with Johnnie Johnson, recorded 2003 Authored the songs Lo Down and Johnnie Johnson Blues
Live albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US AUS At the Whisky à Go Go Release date: May 1964 Label: Imperial 12 — Here We à Go Go Again! Release date: October 1964 Label: Imperial 38 — Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go Release date: June 1965 Label: Imperial 21 — ...And I Know You Wanna Dance Release date: April 1966 Label: Imperial 52 — Whisky à Go Go Revisited Release date: August 1967 Label: Sunset — — "Live" at the Whisky à Go Go [Germany title of Whisky à Go Go Revisited] Release date: 1969Album - Johnny Rivers, Live At The Whisky A Gogo Label: Liberty — — Last Boogie in Paris [Recorded live 5/23/73 at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France] Release date: 1974 Label: Atlantic; Varèse Sarabande; Soul City/Shout! Factory — 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 — — "—" 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 CAN GER The Sensational Johnny Rivers Release date: August 1964 Label: Capitol — — — Go, Johnny, Go! Release date: September 1964 Label: United Artists — — — Johnny Rivers' Golden HitsReleased: September 1966 Label: Imperial 29 — — US: Gold The Great Johnny Rivers Release date: October 1967 [reissues the 1964 Go, Johnny, Go! release] Label: Unart — — — A Touch of GoldReleased: May 1969 Label: Imperial 26 22and Archives Canada (Top Albums/CDs - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969) — Johnny Rivers: Superpak [2xLP]Released: February 1973 Label: United Artists — — — The Very Best of Johnny RiversReleased: July 1974 Label: United Artists — — — The Very Best of Johnny RiversReleased: April 1975 [updates the 1974 The Very Best of Johnny Rivers release, also features new cover art] Label: United Artists — — — Greatest HitsReleased: 1981 Label: Imperial House/K-tel; MCA — — — The Best of Johnny RiversReleased: 1987 Label: EMI America — — — Good Rockin' Released: 1990 Label: Pair — — — Anthology 1964–1977 [2xCD]Released: May 1991 Label: Rhino — — — 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]Released: Sep 12, 2006 Label: Soul City/Shout! Factory — — — Summer Rain: The Essential Johnny Rivers (1964–1975)Released: Oct 30, 2006 Label: Raven — — — 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 1958–1962Released: 2013 Label: Jasmine — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1950s singles Single Year Album "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 Year Peak chart positions AlbumUS BB US CB CANGERAUS"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 1Singles - Volume 1, No. 21, July 13 19641Single - Johnny Rivers, Memphis Tennessee 47At 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 9Singles - Volume 2, No. 5, September 28 1964 — 33Here We à Go Go Again!"Mountain of Love"b/w "Moody River" 9 10/148 (B Side) 4Singles - Volume 2, No. 17, December 21 1964 — 19In Action"Midnight Special" 1965 20 37 36Singles - Volume 3, No. 1, March 01 1965 — 86Here We à Go Go Again!"Cupid" 76 82 — — 86In Action"Seventh Son"b/w "Un-Square Dance" 7 7 1Singles - Volume 3, No. 21, July 19 1965 — 62Meanwhile 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 9qpcmqn9eqpupr7ao955|Top Singles - Volume 4, No. 12, November 15 1965 — 58Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk"Under Your Spell Again"b/w "Long Time Man" (from Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk) 35 49 2Singles - Volume 4, No. 25, February 14 1966 — —Non-album track"Secret Agent Man"b/w "You Dig" 1966 3 4 4Singles - Volume 5, No. 10, May 02 1966 — 78And I Know You Wanna Dance"(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water"b/w "Roogalator" (Non-LP track) 19 18 25Singles - Volume 5, No. 23, August 01 1966 — 59Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits"Poor Side of Town"b/w "A Man Can Cry" (Non-LP track) 1 1 1Singles - Volume 6, No. 13, November 21 1966 — —Changes"Baby I Need Your Lovin"b/w "Gettin' Ready for Tomorrow" (from Changes) 1967 3 6 — — 44Rewind"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 — 14Realization"Look to Your Soul"b/w "Something Strange" 1968 49 25 14Singles - Volume 9, No. 12, May 18 1968 — —"Right Relations"b/w "A Better Life" (from A Touch of Gold) 61 42 28Singles - Volume 10, No. 15, December 09 1968 — —Non-album tracks"These Are Not My People"b/w "Going Back to Big Sur" (from Realization) 1969 55 42 38Singles - Volume 11, No. 4, March 24 1969 — 38"Muddy River"b/w "Resurrection" 41 30 33Singles - Volume 11, No. 26, August 16 1969 — 90Slim Slo Slider"One Woman"b/w "Ode to John Lee" (from A Touch of Gold) 89 69 67Singles - Volume 12, No. 11, November 01 1969 — —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 AlbumUS US CB US ACUS CountryCANCAN ACNZAUS"Into the Mystic"b/w "Jesus Is a Soul Man" 1970 51 38 — — 38Singles - Volume 13, No. 18, June 20 1970 — — 64Slim 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 — 75Singles - Volume 15, No. 18, June 19 1971| — — —Non-album track"Think His Name"b/w "Permanent Change" 65 71 — — 64Singles - Volume 16, No. 8, October 09 1971 — — 64Home Grown"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"b/w "Come Home America" 1972 6 5 — — 3Singles - Volume 18, No. 23, January 20 1973 — — 38L.A. Reggae"Blue Suede Shoes"b/w "Stories to a Child" (from L.A. Reggae) 1973 38 27 — — 42Singles - Volume 19, No. 13, May 12 1973 — — 88Blue Suede Shoes"Searchin'/So Fine"b/w "New York City Dues" (from L.A. Reggae) 113 — — — 90Singles - Volume 19, No. 26, August 11 1973 73Contemporary - Volume 20, No. 2, August 25 1973 — —"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 — 33Singles - Volume 23, No. 26, August 23 1975 37Contemporary Volume 24, No. 1, August 30 1975 34RIVERS - HELP ME RHONDA (SONG) 52New 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 — 3Singles - Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977 7Contemporary Volume 28, No. 5, October 29 1977 — 36"Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)"b/w "Ashes and Sand" 1978 41 34 4 — 33Singles - Volume 28, No. 23, March 04 1978 5Contemporary - Volume 28, No. 26, March 25 1978 — — "—" 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 + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Album"The American Dream" 2009Shadows on the Moon
2010s singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Album"New Home" 2011Greatest Hits and More!
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