Good combo of two of his best. Looks lip-synced as no mike on him or near. Still, as ever, he gave a fine performance and over the years I've come to appreciate his work( early and late) more and more. THANX FOR THE GOOD SHOW!
@altfactor As the Spanish say, "Es Posible." Could be, but quality of sound and his moving as he plays and sings make s it 50/50. As I said, it's still a great clip by any standards and thanks for posting!!!!
@TheShanovan It's called "paying your dues" by honoring the music that shaped that came before you. If you want to talk about stealing music- look at Led Zeppelin.
I especially liked the backup singing on "Maybelline", which wasn't on Rivers' hit recording (which I believe was a live performance at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles).
props to the genius Chuck Berry for writing these tunes. Props to Johnny for introducing these songs- and Chuck, pretty much- to us 60s kids in the middle of Beatlemania. When I got my first electric guitar in 1965 I wanted to play like George Harrison AND Johnny Rivers:)
Neil Young has said he and Steve Stills used to go catch Johnny Rivers play the Whisky A Go Go when they were in Buffalo Springfield...
Johny Rivers is a well respected artist and he's doing a great job here, but there is now way in the world that you can compare this to the original version of Chuck Berry back in '55!!
Memphis, Tennessee:
When he's singing this song, which is a pretty sad song he's more concerned to look into the camera with a great big white smile and look really really good then to catch the feeling in the song and tell a story!!
Sorry Johnny! You're good, but you don't have the negro feeling!!
Memphis, a great and SAD song about broken families. This live performance is monstrous, despite Johnny singing the final verse 2nd, and vice versa. This pro always gives me the Boogie Woogie flu! Thanks, Johnny.
Ya... What's up with dissing the king? I used to make fun of him when I was younger cause he didn't write his own songs. But The dude was a GREAT singer and guitar player. You will get savvy about music over time.
This is awesome! Those three cats are laying down an incredible groove. If the audio was better you could hear the rhythym, AND the melody that bass player is accomplishing all at once.
Why doesn't anybody write a good description of what they are posting anymore. This is a great upload, rainbow. Why don't you say what is from?.......Seems that nobody does anymore and I wonder if it's because they get easily flagged then?
Johnny Rivers is not in the R & R HOF because of a douche named Jann Wenner. The Memphis Mafia's claim that Johnny Rivers "stole" "Memphis" from Elvis is a crock. 1) Elvis has never been a particularly good interpreter of Berry 2) Elvis' version sounds like Chuck's on 78RPM whereas JR's sounds like Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers". We're talkin' two totally different styles here.
Great Job By Johnny !! :) Not only one singer can sing their songs..... If they sing it good, then its Good,,,,,, All this comparing is ridiculous...and know that the more the song is sung by whoever, .....the more the original singer benefits from it. :)
I seen johnny in concert several times over the years. last time was 2003. he is a real guitar wizard. retunes his ax often between tunes to stay true to the pitch. a real pro. he was getting on in age then but looked and sounded great. sounds the same as the records. to me thats the mark of a good concert. no gimicks.
What all is producing that fast beat? Is it just the band, or is this also the stomping of the feet, and hand clapping? It makes for an intereasting beat.
What all is producing that fast beat? Is it just the band, or is this also the stomping of the feet, and hand clapping? It makes for an intereasting beat.
Great performance by Johnny Rivers on a couple of Chuck Berry tunes - Rivers kind of gives the tunes a city feel compared to Chuck's original hillbilly style.
all the early rock stars ripped off Chuck Berry (the real King of Rock): beach boys, beatles, stones, elvis, and Johnny. as long as we acknowledge this but still appreciate all rock music and enjoy listening to it, that's all that matters
@weezadam You are dead on but what a polish Rivers gave the stuff . Moreover he introduced his own feel and riffs like the intro and outro to Memphis : So cool Jimi Hendrix used it for his intro to Hey Joe ah HAH ...yeah.
Everybody knowed what John Lennon writ Maybelline and Memphis way before the White boys in this country cotton to it.---Elijah Muhammad quoted in "Polish Hippies" by Sal Vitoski (1970)
Everyones comments are correct. I truly love the Johnny Rivers music, songs, and sound. Chuck Berry, Elvis, etc., sang many of the same songs, But Johnny Rivers had a distinct sound, as did Elvis and Chuck Berry. They all had their distinct sound, and signature songs. With Johnny Rivers, it was Secret Agent Man and Seventh Son, that were his trade mark songs and sound, as well as Memphis, which everyone sang. Music from the 50's to the 60's to the early 70's, will never be as good again.!!
se acuerdan cuando vino a la Argentina en el año 1990 o 1991 en el programa de Marcelo Tinelli "RITMO DE LA NOCHE" musica a go-go, todavía se bailaban esas canciones.
chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
Rivers's version had the mandate down - the attitude and melodic sense to complete and surpass even the feeling that I had put into it. It shouldn't have surprised me though. He had done the same thing with "Maybellene" and "Memphis," two Chuck Berry songs.
Help me Information..! Tell the guy who said Johnny stole this song from Elvis. Ha Once a song is recorded it's Public Domain to re record. Johnny is from the bayou and played Fats, Chuck B., Elvis and Jerry Lee songs since he was a kid. Stole it's very harse. Memphis is recorded by many artists. Johnny plays good like a Southern Boy should.
The discussion about stealing is silly. Take Tennessee Waltz for instance done in many versions. Alma Cogan's was probably the greatest hit but seems to be quite unknown outside Europe.
Elvis didn't come up with Blue Suede Shoes - his version was excellent but one should not say that he stole it (from Carl Perkins).
Judging from the hit lists around 1964 we were many who liked the J. Rivers version of Maybelline & Memphis T. That does not change the more than positive status of Elvis.
Don't forget the man who wrote Maybelline and Memphis?? If Johnny "stole" the song from Elvis, then Elvis "stole" it from Chuck Berry!! Early rock and roll was a steamrollin', contagious, infectious sound that nobody controlled and nobody owned. It was new , it was wild and it was free..to share, to imitate, to make your own! It only lasted a few years before commercial interests really stole it.but for a while there...it was glorious!
@Mrjonsongz everyone stole from Chuck Berry back in the day. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Rivers, Elvis, the list goes and on and on. As long as people recognize that Chuck Berry is a genius and is the REAL king of rock n roll, then all is good
That's allright Mama by Elvis was released before Chuck had one single out, and richard wasn't doing high pressure piano rock at that time, elvis stole nobodys music, he was just so natural with covers, i mean his blue suede shoes smokes calrs version, also thanks to his great backing band, The Blue Moon Boys, DJ Fontana on drums, Bill Black on bass and Scotty MOore on Lead Guitar.
@Mrjonsongz Absolutely! And Elvis stole from everyone, every genre -- country, blues, rockabilly, spirituals. But he was still awesome. What's great about people like Johnny Rivers and the rest is that they put their own spin (or flavor) on these great songs. Most of them even knew how to play an instrument. I saw Johnny Rivers in concert about 10 years ago. His guitar playing was awesome; no talent loss with age. It was one of the best concerts I've ever seen!!
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Johnny rivers was a thief on Memphis song. He stole the Elvis idea and arrangiament because Elvis trusted in Johnny like friend and he heared the elvis version on an his promo record before his publication.
it's not my fault if you don't know the facts. rather you must read the book of Peter Guralnick about Elvis and the title is "love without brakes" and you'll read everything there.
Dear Viewers: A Great Double Shot straight up of Jack Daniels Johnnie Rivers nerve relaxing and healing Bourbon who counted amongst his great fans Elvis, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley from what I've heard. Tasha, Cape Cod-Grafton, Mass.
that's right it's live. Stage hand is handling guitar cable just off screen. He sings Memphis verses out of sequence. You think they would go through that trouble to dub voice? He is so gifted that it looked effortless. One guitar, a bass, and a drummer playing simple progressions and making it timeless. Some good stuff comes along once in a while today but majority is plain junk. Rock and roll will never die.
this was live,not mimed to a record. rivers can rock. stars went to him. his voice is incredible. he on guitar player advisory board for years. he kicks ass
Johnny Rivers made one great record after another into the early '70s. His "Rewind" album is one of the lost classics of the '60s. This performance is live--live vocal, live band. The man is an awesome artist.
Johnny R kicks ass on these 2 songs.He never gets the credit due him.America was in the middle of the British invasion,when we had true kick ass rockers like Johnny Rivers knockin out windows and tearing down doors.Man,those gigs at the Whisky a go go,well I guess ya had to be there.Keep rockin for us purists Johnny.True raw talent
I think I recognize some of the dances the aisle dancers are doing, the shimmy, mashed potatoes and watusi, I think. My sister and girlfriends used to try to dance like them and thought we were doing great!
hmmm, now I have to watch the video again. I just read the comment about the bassman. :) shucks... I "have" to watch it again? lol.. love that kind of HAVE to!!!
Saw him on Ed Sullivan once and he sang the song Tracks of my Tears...only this time he sang it a bit different. He had a goatee and he sang the Tracks of my Chin. The whole way through he changed the words and had a tiny grin.
How come I can remember that, but can't remember what I had for supper yesterday? lol
pickin' notes and simple chord progressions made great musicians when they put their hearts in it. Johnny Rivers set the bar on Memphis and no one does it better. Stuff today will never compare.
The sixties brought such great music! Johnny Rivers is amazing; great performance!....i wonder if the chicks are paid to clap and dance in the back round...
boooooo!!!!! originals are always good and obviously chuck berry sounds better !!!!!
shaisha13 1 month ago
Just think 2 songs and all done without lip synking and a soundtrack
yumro9 2 months ago
Ate hoje 2011 achamos isso demais! Rock roll
rickyblond 2 months ago
Johnny Rivers !!!!! says it all !!!!!!
1975neenee 2 months ago
Johnny Rivers rocks then and now!!!
littlepeopleism 3 months ago
Foghat's version was a major change. Loved 'em both.
1mardigan 4 months ago
Freeze it at 1:10. What's she thinkin, my guess is,"my name is maybelline will you drive me"!!
lovetheoldies 4 months ago
we grue up at he beast time rock'n'roll was strong we had guy's like johnny river's and things were just starting RJK laning mich
Nineball9100 5 months ago
Good combo of two of his best. Looks lip-synced as no mike on him or near. Still, as ever, he gave a fine performance and over the years I've come to appreciate his work( early and late) more and more. THANX FOR THE GOOD SHOW!
909chuck 5 months ago
@909chuck A boom-mounted "shotgun" microphone was probably just out of camera range.
altfactor 4 months ago
@altfactor As the Spanish say, "Es Posible." Could be, but quality of sound and his moving as he plays and sings make s it 50/50. As I said, it's still a great clip by any standards and thanks for posting!!!!
909chuck 4 months ago
YOU STOLE THIS MUSIC, WORD FOR WORD
TheShanovan 6 months ago
@TheShanovan It's called "paying your dues" by honoring the music that shaped that came before you. If you want to talk about stealing music- look at Led Zeppelin.
southwriter 5 months ago
@TheShanovan According to Mr. Berry, "Maybellene" is a reworking of the old country tune "Ida May."
arvopear 4 months ago
I especially liked the backup singing on "Maybelline", which wasn't on Rivers' hit recording (which I believe was a live performance at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles).
The backup singing actually made the song better.
altfactor 6 months ago
This was a live perfiormance, and not lip-synch.
And in some ways, better than the record.
Was this from "Shindig"?? That show supposdely almost never allowed any lip-synching.
altfactor 6 months ago
girl at 1:40 has so sweet smile...
pulok89 6 months ago
in my opinion it is the best version of this song
pulok89 6 months ago 4
I grew loving his music as a 5 year old in 1963 man he is the man now Im 52 he still the man great music
MrMeljes2 6 months ago
props to the genius Chuck Berry for writing these tunes. Props to Johnny for introducing these songs- and Chuck, pretty much- to us 60s kids in the middle of Beatlemania. When I got my first electric guitar in 1965 I wanted to play like George Harrison AND Johnny Rivers:)
Neil Young has said he and Steve Stills used to go catch Johnny Rivers play the Whisky A Go Go when they were in Buffalo Springfield...
GuiitarBilly 7 months ago
Im not getting my email from youtube....and i dont know why..all my settings are right
alliecat1941 7 months ago
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I love good old boy Johnny !!
jorgeoscar1000 7 months ago
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Maybelline:
Johny Rivers is a well respected artist and he's doing a great job here, but there is now way in the world that you can compare this to the original version of Chuck Berry back in '55!!
Memphis, Tennessee:
When he's singing this song, which is a pretty sad song he's more concerned to look into the camera with a great big white smile and look really really good then to catch the feeling in the song and tell a story!!
Sorry Johnny! You're good, but you don't have the negro feeling!!
DPOSOfficial 8 months ago
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DPOSOfficial 8 months ago
the great joe osborn on bass. pick up a little Joe!
lovetheoldies 8 months ago
It was kinda like the internet is now!
johnnieonenote1 9 months ago
The first gal blondie looks like a sweet prom princess. The dark haired gal seems to be like a get-lucky gal of that era.
salinagrrrl69 9 months ago
at 1:51 in the video, the girl on the left looks alot like a young Barbra Streisand..
dbd1353 9 months ago
Memphis, a great and SAD song about broken families. This live performance is monstrous, despite Johnny singing the final verse 2nd, and vice versa. This pro always gives me the Boogie Woogie flu! Thanks, Johnny.
jimboclare 10 months ago
@jimboclare Monsterous performance? Strong words brother jimbo.
JamCamp06 9 months ago
EVERYBODY STOP THE FIGHTING long enuff to tell me the make n year of that guitbox he's strummin'.
salinagrrrl69 10 months ago
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kennnmoran 9 months ago
Ya... What's up with dissing the king? I used to make fun of him when I was younger cause he didn't write his own songs. But The dude was a GREAT singer and guitar player. You will get savvy about music over time.
hotroddfalcon 10 months ago
Qué Rock and Roll, cómo los bailabamos !!!
eamolas 11 months ago
This is awesome! Those three cats are laying down an incredible groove. If the audio was better you could hear the rhythym, AND the melody that bass player is accomplishing all at once.
Mojobass13 11 months ago
johnny rivers is the best
holmansmashbros 11 months ago
Why doesn't anybody write a good description of what they are posting anymore. This is a great upload, rainbow. Why don't you say what is from?.......Seems that nobody does anymore and I wonder if it's because they get easily flagged then?
sbubbb 1 year ago
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Was this clip from Shindig? It sure sounds like the Blossoms singing awesome backup in Maybelline.
SomebodyGroovy2 1 year ago
Was this clip from Shindig? It sure sounds like the Blossoms singing awesome backup in Maybelline.
SomebodyGroovy2 1 year ago
elvis couldn't play guitar and sing
elijahcsn 1 year ago
@elijahcsn you dissing the king?
holmansmashbros 11 months ago
@elijahcsn YOUR DICK ! WATCH THE 68 COMBACK !
avantill 10 months ago
elvis couldn't play guitar and sing
elijahcsn 1 year ago
Johnny Rivers is not in the R & R HOF because of a douche named Jann Wenner. The Memphis Mafia's claim that Johnny Rivers "stole" "Memphis" from Elvis is a crock. 1) Elvis has never been a particularly good interpreter of Berry 2) Elvis' version sounds like Chuck's on 78RPM whereas JR's sounds like Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers". We're talkin' two totally different styles here.
PVPSYCHOS 1 year ago
Is that Mel Taylor from The Ventures on drums ?? He played on The Hollywood Palace clips
PVPSYCHOS 1 year ago
read post ...johnnys not in hall of fame....WTF???
JDPackard 1 year ago
Nobody "stole" anything from anybody...
iowa61 1 year ago
Woow..this is great..first time i see a live clip w. Johnny..not too bad!
takoma5 1 year ago
Chuck Berry is so much better. CB is a true artist, this guy is a hack.
zoltar5282 1 year ago
@zoltar5282
Just FYI...
Anyone who uses the term "true artist" is a pretentious cunt.
Verbeke7 1 year ago
@Verbeke7 not really. But thanks for the input.
zoltar5282 1 year ago
I like rivers because he wasnt afraid to head up the neck and jam a solo.
Amakisongs 1 year ago
I was born in the wrong era! Oh to be one of those girls on stage getting eyed by Johnny Rivers! *swoon*
squishedlizard 1 year ago 3
I love how Johnny is strolling around the stage eye-f**king the gorgeous girls and smiling, probably thinking to himself "yes, I'm the man"
weezadam 1 year ago
Great Job By Johnny !! :) Not only one singer can sing their songs..... If they sing it good, then its Good,,,,,, All this comparing is ridiculous...and know that the more the song is sung by whoever, .....the more the original singer benefits from it. :)
STRUMMERBOY1975 1 year ago
One of the many bad copy-cats from the USA, we quickly search for the great Chuck Berry!
jt123egypte 1 year ago
Great version of "Memphis" - but I'm sorry to say : Johnny was a great artist - but
there was one thing - he simply wasn't as likable as Ricky Nelson a.s.o. - pity !!
bobu46 1 year ago
Just Great!!! love oldies..viva the oldies!:)
all4musica 1 year ago 3
when i was a wee boy this guy made me rock
now i'm fifty one
johnny rivers has just begun...
( sung to'memphis' )
danceswithcritters 1 year ago
I seen johnny in concert several times over the years. last time was 2003. he is a real guitar wizard. retunes his ax often between tunes to stay true to the pitch. a real pro. he was getting on in age then but looked and sounded great. sounds the same as the records. to me thats the mark of a good concert. no gimicks.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 year ago
Contest 1, call the chords out ,
Contest 2 find something better
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
....Seamless from one song to another,,,,,, someone knows what they are doing!
kennnmoran1 1 year ago 11
I got this old heap of shit car and a mole for a girlfriend, maybe I write a song........
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
Fu-Uu-Cc-Kk___________________that man is good
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
Muuito bom mesmo! Que sensacionais estes vídeos! Amei. O cara é muuito bom!
bernalpezoa 1 year ago
man you suc,you steal bllack music
TheJoeyPauleo 1 year ago
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What all is producing that fast beat? Is it just the band, or is this also the stomping of the feet, and hand clapping? It makes for an intereasting beat.
Starlitenv 1 year ago
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What all is producing that fast beat? Is it just the band, or is this also the stomping of the feet, and hand clapping? It makes for an intereasting beat.
Starlitenv 1 year ago
I like those 60's girls with the early boufont hair style. Dan O'Niallain, Grafton, Ma.
oniallain1965 1 year ago
Lol wtf ladders
7isunlucky 1 year ago
Great performance by Johnny Rivers on a couple of Chuck Berry tunes - Rivers kind of gives the tunes a city feel compared to Chuck's original hillbilly style.
AllBobsAllTheTime 1 year ago
This is called Talent.
thanksforthemusic 1 year ago
los dos mejores temas los temas q mas se bailaban pregunten quien no bailo este tema y q borracho no lo bailo tambien jaja
elshibi73 1 year ago
all the early rock stars ripped off Chuck Berry (the real King of Rock): beach boys, beatles, stones, elvis, and Johnny. as long as we acknowledge this but still appreciate all rock music and enjoy listening to it, that's all that matters
weezadam 1 year ago
@weezadam You are dead on but what a polish Rivers gave the stuff . Moreover he introduced his own feel and riffs like the intro and outro to Memphis : So cool Jimi Hendrix used it for his intro to Hey Joe ah HAH ...yeah.
Geepsterr 1 year ago
@Geepsterr Some neat trivia for ya. The intro (and outro) was created by the guy playing the bass, the great Joe Osborn.
giantspacebeaver 1 year ago
Everybody knowed what John Lennon writ Maybelline and Memphis way before the White boys in this country cotton to it.---Elijah Muhammad quoted in "Polish Hippies" by Sal Vitoski (1970)
BrokenneckYgor 1 year ago
Pretybland compared to Chuck... I like the instrumental vcersion of Memphs better, too.
BkkJohn 1 year ago
Them white girls sure do have the beat! LOL
pitwalker134 1 year ago
@pitwalker134 Dig those black chicks at 3:45 as well !!!
AllBobsAllTheTime 1 year ago
the girls screamed when he played his guitar solo- now that's unique...
wbiro 1 year ago
classic voice !!!
daddyseek67 1 year ago
Everyones comments are correct. I truly love the Johnny Rivers music, songs, and sound. Chuck Berry, Elvis, etc., sang many of the same songs, But Johnny Rivers had a distinct sound, as did Elvis and Chuck Berry. They all had their distinct sound, and signature songs. With Johnny Rivers, it was Secret Agent Man and Seventh Son, that were his trade mark songs and sound, as well as Memphis, which everyone sang. Music from the 50's to the 60's to the early 70's, will never be as good again.!!
MrSonny119 1 year ago
From the "pre-superstar" era of professionalism. Music was fun and stars approachable. How could we not want to visit to those days?! ROCK ON!
909chuck 1 year ago
This guy may be short but he's a giant when it come's to my kind of music....
goffbum 1 year ago
And the crowd goes crazy...
420felix420 1 year ago
se acuerdan cuando vino a la Argentina en el año 1990 o 1991 en el programa de Marcelo Tinelli "RITMO DE LA NOCHE" musica a go-go, todavía se bailaban esas canciones.
osmark38 1 year ago
What great times...the wonderful summer of '64 listening to johnny..beatles...dave clark five...dusty springfield and the rolling stones...terriffic
arizonaghost1 1 year ago
white people dancing
cute
ben909ben 1 year ago
I think Johnny Rivers does these two songs better than anyone - even Chuck Berry.
samcashmooney 1 year ago
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chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
meljes2 1 year ago
chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
meljes2 1 year ago
chuck berry sang it better and he made most of these songs if not all but it was the 60's but I did love the way Johnny River sung the songs I had the album
meljes2 1 year ago
@meljes2 shit i like this version better than chucks, but no one can beat chuck at johnny b good
RnetProductions 1 year ago
man, you want to know "the birth of cool", here you go...
thefreedomartist 1 year ago
Rivers's version had the mandate down - the attitude and melodic sense to complete and surpass even the feeling that I had put into it. It shouldn't have surprised me though. He had done the same thing with "Maybellene" and "Memphis," two Chuck Berry songs.
Bob Dylan "Chronicles"
fmazzar 1 year ago
GREAT******
lhr1967 1 year ago
MEU DEUS , que época maravilhosa.
Hj só tem LIXO
rionemarcos 1 year ago
esse é os estados unidos verdadeiro,hoje só tem porcaria.
ninasabriina 2 years ago
I love Jonny Rivers!
Cronopioslover274 2 years ago
one of the all time great songs. God bless.
tommyandtammy1 2 years ago 2
Help me Information..! Tell the guy who said Johnny stole this song from Elvis. Ha Once a song is recorded it's Public Domain to re record. Johnny is from the bayou and played Fats, Chuck B., Elvis and Jerry Lee songs since he was a kid. Stole it's very harse. Memphis is recorded by many artists. Johnny plays good like a Southern Boy should.
chernand58 2 years ago 2
The discussion about stealing is silly. Take Tennessee Waltz for instance done in many versions. Alma Cogan's was probably the greatest hit but seems to be quite unknown outside Europe.
Elvis didn't come up with Blue Suede Shoes - his version was excellent but one should not say that he stole it (from Carl Perkins).
Judging from the hit lists around 1964 we were many who liked the J. Rivers version of Maybelline & Memphis T. That does not change the more than positive status of Elvis.
BCSTH 2 years ago
he did steal it from elvis go to his Wikipedia and read it
AndreaSt55 2 years ago
Don't forget the man who wrote Maybelline and Memphis?? If Johnny "stole" the song from Elvis, then Elvis "stole" it from Chuck Berry!! Early rock and roll was a steamrollin', contagious, infectious sound that nobody controlled and nobody owned. It was new , it was wild and it was free..to share, to imitate, to make your own! It only lasted a few years before commercial interests really stole it.but for a while there...it was glorious!
Mrjonsongz 2 years ago 43
@Mrjonsongz everyone stole from Chuck Berry back in the day. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Rivers, Elvis, the list goes and on and on. As long as people recognize that Chuck Berry is a genius and is the REAL king of rock n roll, then all is good
weezadam 1 year ago
@Mrjonsongz
well,
That's allright Mama by Elvis was released before Chuck had one single out, and richard wasn't doing high pressure piano rock at that time, elvis stole nobodys music, he was just so natural with covers, i mean his blue suede shoes smokes calrs version, also thanks to his great backing band, The Blue Moon Boys, DJ Fontana on drums, Bill Black on bass and Scotty MOore on Lead Guitar.
OropherThranduil 1 year ago
@Mrjonsongz , you're right ,and you are still remaining right ,if you'd change :" early rock&roll was a ...." -
into : "early Punk was a ..." / "...early Reggae was a ..." / "early hip hop was a ..." (techno & house ?)
"...infectious sound that nobody controlled and nobody owned. It was new , it was wild and it was free..to share..."
i'd like to add two other unfailing signs of any important youth/music culture :
your parents won't like it - and somebody says "it all sounds the same".
frankai 1 year ago
@Mrjonsongz Absolutely! And Elvis stole from everyone, every genre -- country, blues, rockabilly, spirituals. But he was still awesome. What's great about people like Johnny Rivers and the rest is that they put their own spin (or flavor) on these great songs. Most of them even knew how to play an instrument. I saw Johnny Rivers in concert about 10 years ago. His guitar playing was awesome; no talent loss with age. It was one of the best concerts I've ever seen!!
chelle329 11 months ago
@chelle329 EVERYBODY STOLE FROM EVERYBODY, WHO CARES ???????? ONLY YOU BRAINCHILDS !
avantill 10 months ago
@Mrjonsongz WHO CARES ????????????
avantill 10 months ago
go johnny go, ese!
putoncabron 2 years ago
As Frank Sinatra said back in the day: Young man Rivers just keeps rollin' along.
Mrpuddington 2 years ago 3
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Johnny rivers was a thief on Memphis song. He stole the Elvis idea and arrangiament because Elvis trusted in Johnny like friend and he heared the elvis version on an his promo record before his publication.
barnaba1964 2 years ago
That's the biggest bunch of bullshit ever! You need to get your facts straight.
bigdancd 2 years ago 2
it's not my fault if you don't know the facts. rather you must read the book of Peter Guralnick about Elvis and the title is "love without brakes" and you'll read everything there.
barnaba1964 2 years ago
sorry the right title of the book is Careless love.
barnaba1964 2 years ago
johnny rivers is a badass name btw
dmellow45 2 years ago
Dear Viewers: A Great Double Shot straight up of Jack Daniels Johnnie Rivers nerve relaxing and healing Bourbon who counted amongst his great fans Elvis, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley from what I've heard. Tasha, Cape Cod-Grafton, Mass.
oniallain1965 2 years ago
Johnny Rivers.. The best kept "secret" in rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
77thesnake 2 years ago
The woman at 0:53 is none other than Toni Basil!
cookiesdaddy 2 years ago
boy he was cute!
stencil62 2 years ago
put this guy in the rock n roll HALL OF FAME
oceanbound222 2 years ago 4
The "hall of shame " is a joke without JRivers & Grand Funk & Steppenwolf in it. The curator is an asshole.
vipermopar1 2 years ago
the ford got hot and wouldnt do no more... imagine that... i wonder if he was talkin bout a flathead v8
dmellow45 2 years ago
If I may..., the Ford got hot and wouldn't do no "mo"....
thanksforthemusic 2 years ago
i lived on the south sude of memphis and we whupped the klans ass
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Jane Fonda was already an actress in 1964 and did not appear in either Shindig or Hullaballoo one of which I think this video is from.
She was probably filming Cat Ballou which was released in 1965
At any rate she did not do any of this type of thing during the sixties.
boothl232 2 years ago
that's right it's live. Stage hand is handling guitar cable just off screen. He sings Memphis verses out of sequence. You think they would go through that trouble to dub voice? He is so gifted that it looked effortless. One guitar, a bass, and a drummer playing simple progressions and making it timeless. Some good stuff comes along once in a while today but majority is plain junk. Rock and roll will never die.
speedskiff2 2 years ago 3
this was live,not mimed to a record. rivers can rock. stars went to him. his voice is incredible. he on guitar player advisory board for years. he kicks ass
rorygg1 2 years ago 3
blonde model is jane fonda
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Johnny Rivers made one great record after another into the early '70s. His "Rewind" album is one of the lost classics of the '60s. This performance is live--live vocal, live band. The man is an awesome artist.
cagney24 2 years ago
To sing live now is hard, but in the 60's on live video,and not miss a beat....thanks for sharing !
dontpaul1 2 years ago
he was lipsynching, dummy. just like every other artists in the 60s that "performed" on television.
StephenGBrown 2 years ago
how bout that cracker!
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago 2
johnny rivers a true legend
GIFD251 2 years ago 12
The female backup singers wreck this.
moorlock2003 2 years ago
the broads stepped out of Stepford Wives
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Johnny Rocks dad, and you know it!
elvidom2 2 years ago
Johnny R kicks ass on these 2 songs.He never gets the credit due him.America was in the middle of the British invasion,when we had true kick ass rockers like Johnny Rivers knockin out windows and tearing down doors.Man,those gigs at the Whisky a go go,well I guess ya had to be there.Keep rockin for us purists Johnny.True raw talent
dayroemer 2 years ago
I think I recognize some of the dances the aisle dancers are doing, the shimmy, mashed potatoes and watusi, I think. My sister and girlfriends used to try to dance like them and thought we were doing great!
ginnyharrison1103 2 years ago
I am dancing like them right now. LOL
my monitor is in mortal danger, as its difficult to type and watusi at the same time...LOL
(all kidding aside..my sister and I used to do the same thing..except we looked like clunkers..LOL )
(I don't know why someone would thumbs down your comment, I brought it back up for you =)
NatalieStorm1 2 years ago
u dance up a storm!
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Great tune!!
Check out the cats dancing in the aisle and I though I was a bad dancer. LOL
stevweb16 2 years ago
the guy wearing the horn rims at 1:15 looks like rainman when he nervous and having a fit
lemonlime10294 2 years ago
Rainman rocks!
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
is there a "best of rainman" on YT?
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Rainman really gets into Memphis
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
hmmm, now I have to watch the video again. I just read the comment about the bassman. :) shucks... I "have" to watch it again? lol.. love that kind of HAVE to!!!
tesstan1 2 years ago
Saw him on Ed Sullivan once and he sang the song Tracks of my Tears...only this time he sang it a bit different. He had a goatee and he sang the Tracks of my Chin. The whole way through he changed the words and had a tiny grin.
How come I can remember that, but can't remember what I had for supper yesterday? lol
tesstan1 2 years ago
Very cool video of a great performer. Johnny Rivers is another performer who should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Ron
rwells47 2 years ago
Excelenteeeeeee!!!!!unicoo!
pisculichys 2 years ago
pickin' notes and simple chord progressions made great musicians when they put their hearts in it. Johnny Rivers set the bar on Memphis and no one does it better. Stuff today will never compare.
speedskiff2 2 years ago
The Bassman is the brother of Lurch in the Adams Family.
petereuropa 2 years ago
he later became king kong bundy in the wwf
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
Great!
splendorpower 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
WTF IS THIS... another white dude trying to be other... another friggin Malibu's most wanted member
windrushno1 2 years ago
After this concert he had at least 2 dates with the girls on stage. One with a girl with blond hair and one with a girl with dark hair.
He rocks!
petereuropa 2 years ago
Also check out Johnny Ramistella singing Ida Red.
pantherpawed 2 years ago
my dad use to litsen to him when he was in nam..he still smiles when he hears him on the radio today.
medicred8 2 years ago 3
Although Maybelline was a good cover, I think his version of Memphis was one of the best one's, even better than Chuck's.
parkinson34 2 years ago 3
The good old days of rock and roll, to be sure. Sure makes that garbage that passes for music nowadays seem utterly pathetic.
southernrockdrummer 2 years ago 29
@southernrockdrummer
Agree
05Toamasina1938 1 year ago
He was sooo good lookin
PsychLion 2 years ago 3
oh yeeeeaah!
willowrivers 2 years ago
super
manona05 2 years ago 2
I'm surprised someone does call rescue for the two chicks at 1:00 who are clearly having seizures.
assmunch1 2 years ago
Good old Rock`n Roll !!! Weiter so und mehr davon !
delmemann 2 years ago
johnny rivers dude
BrandonBearden01 2 years ago
sigh...why?
likesspice73 2 years ago
Thank's nyrainbow2! This is my fav video. He is really Great in this posted video!
petereuropa 2 years ago
her look at 1:11 kills me. the look of love
lovetheoldies 2 years ago
When a girl looks at you like that, you can break into your home-run trot.
thestalkinghorse 2 years ago
What a rock voice he has! He's one of the very best in rock'n roll history. Fab, fab!!!! ...and he can play his guitar, yeah!
petereuropa 2 years ago
The sixties brought such great music! Johnny Rivers is amazing; great performance!....i wonder if the chicks are paid to clap and dance in the back round...
xojbabyxo 2 years ago
Johnny Rivers one of my all time favorites, thanks for posting
gttorino68 2 years ago 2
johnny rivers is a baaaaaaaad man
coldon25 3 years ago
that's my kind of power trio!!
lovetheoldies 3 years ago
AWESOME KICK ASS THANKS
georgepelletier 3 years ago