Johnny Rivers
American retired musicianWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Andy RepsherCORRESPONDENT
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to play Truth in Radio Station Claims.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Thanks, Johnny, and here's how we play the game.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We quote some radio station claim, and then we translate it into plain English.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The guys up the road say, "We have the furthest most northeast broadcast facility in the continental United States."
Andy RepsherCORRESPONDENT
Translation: more people do listen to this radio station than either of those pretty cool ones.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, that's all the time we have for today.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Johnny, tell our listeners what they've won.
Andy RepsherCORRESPONDENT
Just for listening to this radio station, you win an endless supply of great music, useful information, and effective advertising from 102 FM, The Rock.
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Shoobie-doobie.
Peter TwyfordHOST
Johnny Rivers for you.
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Do, do-do, wa.
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Shoobie-doobie.
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Peter TwyfordHOST
Johnny Rivers there for you this evening on Big L International.
Peter TwyfordHOST
Yes, the old Guess the Intro, uh, will be on its way shortly.
Justin HensleyHOST
I think it's a Velvet Underground song, but it's just credited to Lou Reed.
Justin HensleyHOST
Ain't Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations, Ray Vaughan by Buddy Holly, She Cracked by Jonathan Richman, Funky Broadway by Wilson Pickett, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag by James Brown, and I Got My Mojo Working by Johnny Rivers.
Justin HensleyHOST
A lot of covers on here.
Justin HensleyHOST
They're unrecognizable.
30 MINS LATER
Dylan HensleyHOST
I thought that was an odd pick, too, 'cause, like, Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman, those definitely are obviously influences.
Dylan HensleyHOST
I think that the, like, Temptations or Buddy Holly or Wilson Pickett or James Brown, like I get...
Dylan HensleyHOST
Or Johnny Rivers.
Dylan HensleyHOST
Like, I get where they're coming from with those picks in being like those are probably just songs that they liked as kids.
Joe StampleyGUEST
it's some songs that I love to sing, and I love the songs.
Joe StampleyGUEST
Like Johnny Rivers had a song called The Poor Side of Town.
Joe StampleyGUEST
Oh, I love
Joe StampleyGUEST
that.
EdHOST
I've got 15 great songs lined up today.
EdHOST
We're gonna be listening to The Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, The Grass Roots, Elvis, and plenty more.
EdHOST
So let's turn up the volume, sit back, and enjoy some memories.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ooh, ah.
Michael DelGiornoHOST
[laughs] What? Um, well, I don't know.
Michael DelGiornoHOST
Uh, was he suggesting Slow, uh, Slow Dancing by Johnny Rivers? 'Cause we were gonna add that to the list.
Rory O'NeillCORRESPONDENT
Well, he kind of did-
Michael DelGiornoHOST
So-
Michael DelGiornoHOST
Great slow dance.
Michael DelGiornoHOST
Even though it's creepy 'cause he-- you know he was singing about George Harrison's wife.
Michael DelGiornoHOST
Uh, but I was gonna add to the list, and Brad brought it up, Johnny Rivers' Slow Dancing, 'cause that was my first, first dance ever.
Michael DelGiornoHOST
Camp Hastings, eighth grade, Holmes Junior High, and my slow dance was, was, was, was with Donna Russo, who was the, uh, daughter of my ba- my Little League baseball coach.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
That's awesome.
Tony RheinHOST
That is Johnny Rivers.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
Dude, I've never even heard of Johnny Rivers.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
But I like the name.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
Johnny
Paul McCaffreyHOST
That's awesome.
Tony RheinHOST
That is Johnny Rivers.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
Dude, I've never even heard of Johnny Rivers.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
But I like the name.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
Johnny
Tony ValentinoGUEST
yeah.
Tony ValentinoGUEST
If I had a hammer in those days, he started over there like Johnny Rivers at the
ManfredHOST
whiskey.
ManfredHOST
So Gary gets a beating, and I imagine he wasn't in the band much longer after that.
Benny ScalaHOST
Swaying to the music.
Benny ScalaHOST
So I didn't realize that Johnny Rivers, I always thought he was a country guy from Memphis.
Benny ScalaHOST
Johnny Rivers, his real name is John Ramestella, and he's from New York.
Benny ScalaHOST
I guess his family moved to Tennessee when he was young, fairly young, but yeah.
Benny ScalaHOST
And this was his last hit.
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