LIFE OF JOHNNY RIVERS

Lisa Finlayson
Music 1010
11/04/2015

JOHN HENRY RAMISTELLA

Birthday
11/07/1942

Born in New
York City, NY

Played the
guitar at age
8

Started his
own band

 Johnny left your head up

Alan Freed
Touring in 1959
Audrey Wilson
Nashville Tennessee

JOHNNY RIVERS VS.

BRITISH ROCK AND ROLL
Beatles a
British band
Whisky A Go
Go
Memphis

LONG SUCCESSFUL CAREERS

Poor Side of Town
Early 1800
Knocking out 50 to 60 shows a year!

MEMPHIS
Written :1959
Recorded: 1959
Performed: 1963
Publisher: Soul City Records
Fellow Musicians: Chuck Berry, Lonnie Mack
Album: Johnny Rivers at The Whiskey a Go Go &Greatest
hits

POOR SIDE OF TOWN

Written: 1966

Album:
Changes

Recorded: 1966

Fellow
musicians: The
Blossoms(back
up singers)

Publisher:
Imperial
Records

Writers: Johnny
Rivers, and Lou
Adler

BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN

Recorded: 1967

Publisher: Stone
Agate Music

Influence: Four
Tops

Album:
Rewind,
Greatest Hits &
Back to the Whisky

SWAYING TO THE MUSIC ( SLOW DANCING)

Written: 1977

Recorded: 1977

Publisher: Soul City

Records
Writer: Jack
Tempchin
Album: Outside
help , back to the
whisky & Greatest
hits

MEMPHIS

http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/Art.4896/album/Alb.117811/track
/Tra.2731547
Rhythm: Duple meter, simple

Melody: Conjunct

Harmony: Consonance

Dynamics: Mezzo-piano

Timbre: Electric guitar, and Tambourine

Texture: Monophonic

Form: Verse Chorus

Tempo: Andante

POOR SIDE OF TOWN

http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/Art.4896/albu
m/Alb.117811/track/Tra.2731553

Rhythm: Quadruple, simple

Melody: Conjunct
Harmony: Consonance
Dynamics: piano
Timbre: back of singers, drums, flute, violin,
and brass guitar
Texture: Monophonic
Form: Ternary
Tempo: Andante

BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN

http://
app.rhapsody.com/artist/Art.4896/album/Alb.117811/track/Tra.2
731554
Rhythm: Quadruple, simple

Melody: Conjunct

Harmony: Consonance

Dynamics: Mezzo-piano to Mezzo-forte

Timbre: Drums and back up singers

Texture: Monophonic

Form: Verse Chorus

Tempo: Adagio

SWAYING TO THE MUSIC ( SLOW DANCING)

http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/Art.4896/album/Alb.188045/track/Tra.1
174888

Rhythm: Quadruple, simple

Melody: Disjunct
Harmony: Consonance
Dynamics: Mezzo-forte to forte
Timbre: Electric guitar and electric keyboard with sound effects
Texture: Monophonic
Form: Verse chorus
Tempo: Adagio

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rivers (accessed

11/05/2015).
5-8 http://www.songfacts.com/artist-johnny_rivers.php (accessed
11/05/2015).
9-12 http://www.rhapsody.com/ ( accessed 11/05/2015).