'60s studs like him weren't really talkers. Sing the song, ... a pack of unfiltered Camels, and a bottle of Old Grandad Whiskey. That's all you needed. And if you banged a few Bettys hard along the way, well, you were good to go.
This song was released on February 1966 "Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Bam. The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man, which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent. Rivers's version peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Canadian RPM chart, one of the biggest hits of his career. Numerous covers and adaptations have been recorded since then with the song becoming both a rock standard and one of Johnny Rivers's signature songs.
I am so happy he is! This came out when I was growing up. Every guitar player learned this one. My family were guitarists. I never got tired of hearing it, he's the best!
Pedro Meza that was “The Avengers” w Patrick Mcnee and Diana Rigg. Fantastic show. “Secret Agent” starred Patrick Mcgoohan as the agent and that’s the show they usedthis song for.
@@nashfilm1268 Originally it was the theme song used for the series " The Prisoner " but then for some reason was dropped and replaced with another theme.
I only saw parts of one or two Secret Agent Man. It was only on UHF channel out of Boston and not on a regular schedule. Then the Prisoner, then the Avengers. God bless that era and for letting me have grown up in it
I think he is, too, and I am ot even gay. This was a time when there were still people who dressed, acted and presented themselves incredibly well. So he appears just phenomenal.
Great song and guitar!! me and my brother and my uncle used to watch the t.v. series and this memorable tune has been a hit with me over five decades. And those dancers! They make me think of my sisters when they danced and dressed like that in that time. Amazing job, Johnny!
This was one of the tunes my former band used to open with. Hard to believe that was so long ago. Those girls dancing in the video are all in their 70s or 80s now. This tune just popped into my head so I decided to give it a listen. Still way cool.
I'm so bloody annoyed I've only just discovered this! I'm English and this was the theme song for the English TV show Danger Man, In the states called Secret Agent. In the UK it had a totally different theme so we never got this gem
Driving home from McDonald's, as a kid, singing this at the top of your lungs with milkshake all over your face. Aaaaaah, good times! I remember listening to this guy on road trips with my grandparents. God, listening to him now blasted on weed is one hell of a trip.
I used to play harmonica to johnny rivers.and learned the Memphis tenn. From him.around age 16.i love a song titled the snake.i played his album over and over.
And let's hear it for the writers of this tune, P.F. Sloan and Steve Bari, who also wrote a lot of folk rock stuff, including many of the songs by the Grass Roots, and a few Turtles songs.
I love this tune. Go Johnny go. Those dancers are cool to watch; the black girl is getting down with it, the cute little girl to his direct left, and the two cute but mannequin-like blondes on the pedestal.
Playing this intro solo has become the final step in tuning a guitar. Everytime anybody tunes a guitar, they play this solo as the last step to ensure everything is just right !
And this delightful classic isn't even Johnny Rivers best tune ... that might be "Baby I Need Your Lovin..." or "Summer Rain..." or "Poor Side of Town." BTW: Dylan once said Rivers did the best cover of "Positively 4th Street."
When I was in college back in the early to mid 1970's, Johnny Rivers played at a nightclub not too far away. It didn't have the best reputation and some rumors said they were financially hurting. Low and behold, right after Johnny played there, the place burned down. We always thought that was kind of hinkey.
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I'm pleased to announce that Johnny Rivers is still with us at the age of 77
Saw him perform back in the late 1980's. Not much of a talker between songs but what a killer show. I came to hear the music anyway.
'60s studs like him weren't really talkers. Sing the song, ... a pack of unfiltered Camels, and a bottle of Old Grandad Whiskey. That's all you needed. And if you banged a few Bettys hard along the way, well, you were good to go.
That's because they took his name away an given him a number
He is one of the greats!
That's fantastic...
My first guitar hero...
Real rock and roll...miss those days 😢 it was a wonderful time for music
The One and ONLY, Johnny Rivers!💕
This song was released on February 1966
"Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Bam. The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man, which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent. Rivers's version peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Canadian RPM chart, one of the biggest hits of his career. Numerous covers and adaptations have been recorded since then with the song becoming both a rock standard and one of Johnny Rivers's signature songs.
I am so happy he is! This came out when I was growing up. Every guitar player learned this one. My family were guitarists. I never got tired of hearing it, he's the best!
Secret Agent Man.. that’s my Johnny Rivers❤️🙏🏻. Great songwriting, singing & performing.
Thank you for Johnny Rivers rocking it.
Only artist that can clone his own song and perform it flawless like it was the first time in color and Black and white
I like this song since I was a kid, insuperable original version by Johnny Rivers
The maturity in his voice makes it hard to believe that he was so young when he recorded this song.
Always loved this song. Still do!
I was a kid when this played on the radio. Still listening in 2021. 😎❤😎
IM. 77 STILL LOVE THIS TUNE. MADE MY DAY
Whiskey a Go Go days…..great stuff!
The best James Bond theme song--and it wasn't in a Bond film.
Still performing !... And STILL NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!.. HE SHOULD BE!!...
100%
I recall this playing on the radio (AM) in the 1960s. Very popular tune at the time.
love the song and love Johnny Rivers
I just love you johnny
This song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I recall Secret Agent Man when it first came out back in the 60's, when the Avengers with Steve and Mrs Peal would play on the tele.
Pedro Meza that was “The Avengers” w Patrick Mcnee and Diana Rigg. Fantastic show. “Secret Agent” starred Patrick Mcgoohan as the agent and that’s the show they usedthis song for.
John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel.
@@nashfilm1268 Originally it was the theme song used for the series " The Prisoner " but then for some reason was dropped and replaced with another theme.
I only saw parts of one or two Secret Agent Man. It was only on UHF channel out of Boston and not on a regular schedule. Then the Prisoner, then the Avengers. God bless that era and for letting me have grown up in it
Amazing man with the beautiful voice love all of his music
Shirley Dunbar I hope you will reply to this Johnny was handsome huh??????!!!!
@@sherryhannah9262 he still is
@@sherryhannah9262 he sure is , beautiful smile and very beautiful eyes
I love Johnny Rivers !!!!
He has such finesse the way he performs and the way he sings this song . It’s sexy !
Idk but I felt in love with him
I think he is, too, and I am ot even gay. This was a time when there were still people who dressed, acted and presented themselves incredibly well. So he appears just phenomenal.
Scorpio man. 🦂🦂🦂
That explains a lot.
As a kid I always heard “Secret Asian man” and it didn’t make sense. And I’ve never been able to unhear it. Go ahead secret Asian man!!! 🎉
Best vocals by 3DN on Eli’s coming yet. My favorite song of theirs evoking so much emotion ❣🙏🎼🎸🎹🌟
have always loved this song , still sounds great.
I remember watching the TV show Secret Agent Man when I was a kid and this was the theme!
Secret Agent Man was the theme song for Secret Agent Man? That's amazing!! What were the odds??
@@fidge54, I think the show was titled Danger Man
SECRET AGENT MAN was an ode to all of those JAMES BOND-type movies and TV shows that were out 1965-70 and it was big with The BEATNIKS
Great song and guitar!! me and my brother and my uncle used to watch the t.v. series and this memorable tune has been a hit with me over five decades. And those dancers! They make me think of my sisters when they danced and dressed like that in that time. Amazing job, Johnny!
Amazing how he goes back and forth between rhythm and lead on that guitar ;)
The guitar isn't even plugged in. And he's lip syncing the words.
This was one of the tunes my former band used to open with. Hard to believe that was so long ago. Those girls dancing in the video are all in their 70s or 80s now. This tune just popped into my head so I decided to give it a listen. Still way cool.
A trillion years from now we may still be singing it.
I keep getting stuck in a loop of watching Johnny Rivers videos! XD
I'm so bloody annoyed I've only just discovered this! I'm English and this was the theme song for the English TV show Danger Man, In the states called Secret Agent. In the UK it had a totally different theme so we never got this gem
Hopefully you have seen the British TV show the Avengers (Steve and Mrs Peel).
@@pedromeza2398 certainly have:)
People in the states were going crazy over this TV show and this song..."back in the day".
@@pedromeza2398 Steve? I'm guessing you mistyped "Steed."
Sorry, to hear that , my
friend. It was more James Bond than other songs.😊🤗👍
ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME CANDIDATE FOR SURE 😃👍👍👍👍 2024.
ah, that classic oldie, "Secret Asian Man" by Johnny Rivers!
@steveschijins3204 😂 LoL!!! Secret Asian Man! Thanks pal, now I couldn't possibly not hear that! 😂
I never noticed it before, but he really is saying,"Secret Asian Man".
Amazing!!!!!!!!
I love jonnyrivers. I went to see him here whwn i was 16
I m just discovered that man.Incredible.
In my Devo playlist with their rather bizarre cover. Thanks for the upload!
Driving home from McDonald's, as a kid, singing this at the top of your lungs with milkshake all over your face. Aaaaaah, good times! I remember listening to this guy on road trips with my grandparents. God, listening to him now blasted on weed is one hell of a trip.
Thank You Johnny Rivers 77
Happy Birthday Johnny Rivers!
I used to play harmonica to johnny rivers.and learned the Memphis tenn. From him.around age 16.i love a song titled the snake.i played his album over and over.
what a voice wow
Me encanta su voz y su musica. Lo admiro mucho. Soy su fan #1..es de mi epoca. Soy de Perú. Bendiciones
Muito bom, dá vontade de dancar, viva os anos 60
Nous dansions sur ses musique quand j'étais ados fin année 60'
Très non souvenir !
Iiiiirrrruuuuilllllll muito bom viva o rock 👏👏👏🇧🇷
And let's hear it for the writers of this tune, P.F. Sloan and Steve Bari, who also wrote a lot of folk rock stuff, including many of the songs by the Grass Roots, and a few Turtles songs.
Michael Luther ..where..have..all..the..flowers.gone.....#1.......
PF Sloan...wrote Eve of Destruction for Barry McGuire.
@@martinleavitt6094 A great bit of tunesmithing by Pete Seegar.
The exact people responsible for this also put out Mamas and Papas songs the same year.
I never knew what he looked like but loved this song. Sexier than Elvis!
The two dancers behind Johnny are on it....great song too !
Yes, their arm movements are mesmerizing
That's the best comment of the month!! Lol
Happy 80th, Johnny Rivers (11-07-22)
Just made it to 81. ❤️‼️HE TAKES VERY GOOD CARE OF HIMSELF . ..& he still has it together!
Saw him in concert in the early 80s.
Knoxville Tennessee
Wow Tom Cruise this is your calling! Please make a new 'Secret Agent Man' movie. It would be just as good as MI. 😎 Great music Johnny Rivers. 🥳
Meu lindo maravilhoso te amo muito voce e maravilhoso ❤❤❤❤❤❤ saudades etena 😢😢😢😢😢
Me gusta mucho jonni
Ribers como canta grasias por ponerlo sus videos
I love this tune. Go Johnny go. Those dancers are cool to watch; the black girl is getting down with it, the cute little girl to his direct left, and the two cute but mannequin-like blondes on the pedestal.
2020 anyone 🔥🔥
SECRET ASIAN MAN
January 2021
💯
March 31, 2021
April 2022
🤩
SUPER!
もう最高😃⤴⤴です❤
Playing this intro solo has become the final step in tuning a guitar.
Everytime anybody tunes a guitar, they play this solo as the last
step to ensure everything is just right !
Rock on.
And this delightful classic isn't even Johnny Rivers best tune ... that might be "Baby I Need Your Lovin..." or "Summer Rain..." or "Poor Side of Town." BTW: Dylan once said Rivers did the best cover of "Positively 4th Street."
MI CANTNATE FAVORITO.
The beast!! Ist a bery bery good!!!
Muito bom
I remember the T.V. show!!
"Giving you a number, and taking away your name"
*given *taken
Sounds like Canada 2020.
The original title of this song was "Scret Asian Man", but the record company made him change it
Love me some “secret Asian man”
I hear it and every time for me it's Secret Asian Man. Lol. 😂🤣
Lovely, jumpy song.
crazy to thik this was released in 2015. i feel old
007 would be proud
When I was in college back in the early to mid 1970's, Johnny Rivers played at a nightclub not too far away. It didn't have the best reputation and some rumors said they were financially hurting. Low and behold, right after Johnny played there, the place burned down. We always thought that was kind of hinkey.
In New Jersey, they call it "Jewish Lightning"
"The more things change,
the more they stay the same"
...Think about it.
A episode of fran brought me here . Glad it did.
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There she is again the little black chick getting down 💃💃
I use to listen to this driving when the FBI kept following me around
Whoever hates this ur giving urself away
😎👍
Who is this "Secret Asian Man"? Very inscrutable fellow.
Cool looking Rickenbacker he had. Reminds me of George Harrison's.
Gibson 335. Rickys had a honking big R on the tailpiece.
Close - Gibson 335
@@RobtJude And it's red. and he still plays it last I saw.
@@captchet4850 Yup there is another video also on RUclips Johnny Rivers and George Thorogood Live,,,, He is playing a Red 335
107 is the current Secret agent Man
Finger Poppin Music 🎶
TOP D +....
Rest in peace Jon Mrazek
Não lembro desse cantor, muito bonito
Quem está escutando essa obra de arte
Who else needs a Recees Cup after watching this?
Remember a pretty face can hide a evil mind ☝️🌺👉🌞🍻👉😎🤦🏽♂️😎😳👍🏼🌺🌺🌺🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🔥💪☝️
The ladies can dance
Vibes
this is an overdub.
I have loved this song since it came out, but now all of a sudden it sounds like he's singing "Secret Asian Man" LOL!!!
Secret Asian Man is the Charlie Chan version!
Back then, there were a lot of 'secret asians' running around loose and dangerous ... It was in a place called Vietnam.
@@steviewax: Just shush.
When this song first came out I was sure that he was saying 'Secret Asian Man" in some parts - and I still think so.
Pro1er ...he had been drinking a lot of whiskey, so he had problems speaking and singing.
Secrit, Aeszhjeun Maean!
The tv show theme song!
❤️👍