June 8, 2018

739 Johnny Rivers (1942- ) “Memphis” 1964

Born John Henry Ramistella, “This handsome, geographically mobile, prolific but unknown composer/performer from southern Louisiana would morph into Johnny Rivers as he meandered from New York City to Nashville to Las Vegas to Los Angeles between 1958 and 1962…Everything changed for Johnny Rivers in 1964 when his lively performances before dance club audiences at the newly opened Whisky a Go-Go created a buzz within the L.A. music community” (B. Lee Cooper, Popular Music and Society, 2013). 

Johnny Rivers “Memphis”

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