◇ image via WikipediaJohnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ivan, Tim Hardin, Chris Kenner, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Rivers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Grass Roots, Herman's Hermits, Jay & The Americans, The Righteous Brothers and The Lovin' Spoonful, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Al Wilson, Lobo, Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension and Devo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Johnny Rivers, reaching back through Ivan and forward to Al Wilson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Johnny Rivers is an American retired musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his 1960s output, having popularized the mid-1960s discotheque scene through his live rock and roll recordings at the Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go, and later shifting to a more orchestral, soul-oriented sound during the latter half of the decade. These developments were reflected by his most notable string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, many of them covers. They include "Memphis", "Mountain of Love", "The Seventh Son", "Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town", "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", and "Summer Rain". Rivers had a total of nine top-ten hits and 17 top-forty hits on the US charts from 1964 to 1977.
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Johnny Rivers connections
Johnny Rivers grew out of Ivan, Tim Hardin, Chris Kenner and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with The Grass Roots, Herman's Hermits, Jay & The Americans and The Righteous Brothers, went on to shape Al Wilson, Lobo, Glen Campbell and The 5th Dimension. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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