The No1 song in the US on this day, November 17th 1966, was Poor Side Of Town by Johnny Rivers. It would only remain No1 for one week, being replaced the next week by The Supremes You Keep Me Hanging On. This is Johnny Rivers only American chart topper. He co-wrote it with Lou Adler. Marty Paich, who arranged for Mel Torme and Ray Charles, did the string arrangement. Johnny Rivers: I had this tune Id been working on, and I kept playing it for Lou. It took me about 6 months to finish. We cut it with Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn and Hal Blaine. I did my vocal performances live with the band. I sat and played my guitar and sang. There werent any overdubs. So we said it could use some singers and maybe some strings. Thats when we got together with Marty Paich. This was a change of direction for Johnny Rivers, who had tired of the upbeat Go-Go sound that provided him with his early hits. However, he found his record company reluctant to tamper with a winning formula. He recalls, Al Bennett and those guys were goin Man. dont start comin out with ballads. Youre gonna kill your career. You got a good thing goin with this funky trio rock sound, stay with that. Heres Rivers performing Poor Side Of Town..... Enjoy!
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:15:42 +0000
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