ADOPTED JUN 62014 SECONDED BY: LOS ANGELES CITY Council ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
RESOLUTION Johnny Rivers Day WHEREAS, two-time Grammy Award winning musician Johnny Rivers has nine Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and 17 in the Top 40 from 1964 to 1977 and has sold well over 30 million records. His repertoire includes pop, folk, blues and old-time rock 'n' roll, including several cover versions. Among his hits are songs like: "Memphis" (a Chuck BetTY cover), "Mountain of Love", "The Seventh Son", "Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town", "Baby INeed Your Lovin" and "Summer Rain"; and WHEREAS, born in New York City, grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Johnny Rivers began playing professionally at ~_ ..~._illSe 14 when he formed his first band, "Johnny and The Spades." He recorded his first single 1957 for Suede Records of Natchez, MS, at Cosmos Studios in New Orleans. "Hey Little Girl" became a regional chiui hit; and '.~.-.- ..~~- WHEREAS, while performing at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas in 1963, Rivers met New Orleans legend Louis Prima, who booked him at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, then on to the "Dream Room" on Bourbon Street. In January of 1964, Rivers opened the now world-famous Whisky it Go Go, where he recorded "Johnny Rivers Live at the Whisky it Go Go" and released his first # I single "Memphis." This ushered in the decade known as The Go Go Generation; and WHEREAS, in 1966, after writing and recording his #1 hit, "Poor Side of Town," Rivers produced "Up, Up and Way," which won 2 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year (1967).
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