Saturday, January 6, 2018

“Summer Rain” #14 1/6/1968

The 13th Top 40 record from Johnny Rivers, but his last one for almost five years. He wouldn’t chart this highly again until a remake of “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” first done by New Orleans’ own Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns. “Summer Rain” made reference to how the jukebox kept on playing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” That would’ve been a real trick, since jukeboxes of the era couldn’t play albums, and that song wasn’t on a US 45 until 1978. A total Wrecking Crew effort.


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