Today, November 7 is Johnny Rivers birthday. Born in 1942. A singer, guitarist, song-writer and record producer. He was versatile enough to do blues, folk and revivals of old-time rock music.In 1959 Johnny Rivers met Audrey Williams, the first wife of Hank Williams. She took Rivers to Nashville, where he recorded two records. They were not successful, but Johnny stayed on as a songwriter and demo singer for $25 a demo.
In 1960 he met James Burton, who was the guitar player for Ricky Nelson. Burton recommended one of Rivers songs to Nelson and he recorded it.
Rivers went to L.A. to meet Nelson and decided to locate there. While there he substituted temporarily for a jazz group at Bill Gazzarri's Nightclub. The temporary gig became long-term due to positive customer response.
During 1963, Rivers was chosen by the producers of British television series Danger Man to sing the theme song for the U.S. version, "Secret Agent." The show itself wasn't successful, but the theme song was. Although the song was only one verse (and after the chorus had been recorded), Rivers got the idea to add two more verses, then record live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go; this became his first Top Ten success (1964). Secret Agent Man scored number 4 on the charts, and helped begin Rivers' career as a profitable singer.
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