Cyber Hermit (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
I was kinda surprised that I liked this guy. A few tunes on the album seem a bit familiar or repetitive, but still enjoyable. Can’t quite describe the voice… maybe a bit of Johnny Rivers… maybe a bit of Roy Orbison… maybe a bit of the Righteous Brothers… maybe… maybe I should shut the heck [...]
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
The broadcaster, who died this month at 54, is remembered at Angel Stadium for his humor, love of baseball and down-to-earth ways. Johnny Rivers came to Angel Stadium. He sang two songs, "Blue Suede Blues" and "I'll See You in My Dreams."
Night Light (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
A number of beautiful lives ended during the past twelve years, and it's only natural to feel the pain of their loss. If life is bright and brief, the last twelve months have been a cascade of sparks that flared...
Like the Dew (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
S ome guy was crashing the gates. He was meddling in a couple’s love life. The guy was boastful. It was obvious he had not studied the situation. The advice to the intruder was calm and direct. No chest-thumping. No lecturing. Four words rang true in the protagonist’s measured response to the intruder: You better move on. Released in 1962, “You Better Move On” was Arthur Alexander’s...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Wow this is a not-so-crazy rumor: Joel Sherman in the NY POST says that the New York Mets want to trade for Angels outfielder Juan Rivera. Rivera has two years for $9+ Million left on his contract and Mats GM Omar Minaya loves him, having traded for him once before when he was the GM of the Montreal Expos earlier this decade. If the Angels are serious about acquiring Jason Bay , it would make sense...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
More photos » by Steve Nesius - AP 7 months ago: Boston Red Sox baserunner Jason Bay (44) steals second as Tampa Bay Rays' Akinori Iwamura, of Japan, fields the late throw during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday night, May 2, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) Browse more photos » Many media outlets are reporting that baseball's Winter Meetings are buzzing...
country love songs lyrics (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Do You Wanna Dance? is a song by “Johnny Rivers” From the album Changes, released in 1966. Johnny Rivers – Do You Wanna Dance Lyrics: (Chorus 1) Do you wanna dance and hold my hand ? Tell me that I?m your man Baby, do you wanna dance ? Do you wanna dance under the moonlight ? Squeeze and kiss me all through [...]
country love songs lyrics (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
“Don’t Wanna Lose You Lyrics” is a song by “Gloria Estefan” From the Album Cuts Both Ways, released in 1989. Gloria Estefan – Don’t Wanna Lose You Lyrics: Sometimes, it’s hard To make things clear Or know when to face the truth And I know that the moment is here I’ll open my heart And show you inside My love has no pride I [...]
Hi! (Books, bikes, movies and me) (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
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Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Btms^ for Saturday, November 7. Drink 4cast 4 2day: Share Caymus Conundrum White Wine w/ Friends (& Strangers!) 2 toast 2 Albert Camus born 2day in 1913. Cheers 2day 2…the U of L Cards as they take on WVU, and to the match up of the UK Cats and EKU Colonels! November 7, Buy A Try Beers @ The Barns: [...]
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Actor Christopher Knight (”The Brady Bunch”) is 52. Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Actor Barry Newman is 71. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Singer Nick Gilder is 58. Guitarist Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne is 41. Actor Jeremy London (”Party of Five”) is 37. Actor Jason London (”The Rage: Carrie Two”) [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Singer Nick Gilder is 58. Actor Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch) is 52. Actors Jeremy London (Party of Five) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused) are 37. Actress Yunjin Kim (Lost) is 36. Guitarist Zach Myers of Shinedown is 26.
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song lyric.” It...
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
He hit one of my sweet spots with his "Editorial Observer" feature in today's New York Times about Chuck Berry's iconic tune, first released as a B-side in 1959. Not only did he single out one of my favorite lines:...
Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
One of the most underappreciated rockers from the 60's, Johnny Rivers....
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