Summer Rain (Johnny Rivers song)
Appearance
"Summer Rain" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Rivers | ||||
from the album Realization | ||||
B-side | "Memory of the Coming Good" | |||
Released | November 1967 | |||
Genre | Baroque pop, psychedelic pop, pop rock[1] | |||
Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | Imperial 66267 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Hendricks | |||
Johnny Rivers singles chronology | ||||
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"Summer Rain" is a song written by James Hendricks and performed by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally.[2]
It reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard
"Summer Rain" is about lifelong love during "the
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album which was released during May of that year.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Personnel
- Lead vocals and acoustic guitar by Johnny Rivers
- Strings and horns by Marty Paich
- Drums by Hal Blaine
- Bass by Joe Osborn
- Uncredited: Electric Organ
References
- ^ "Johnny Rivers ― Summer Rain (1967, Vinyl) - Discogs". discogs.com. 1967.
- ^ a b c d "Song artist 376 - Johnny Rivers". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ Archive.org
- ^ RPM Top 100 Singles of 1967 Archived 2016-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1968 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
External links
- Listen to "Summer Rain" on YouTube