FYI: piano on this track was played by the late, great Larry Knechtel, who played with the famous Wrecking Crew musicians, played piano on Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, and was a member of the group Bread.
If you haven’t been on a steaming dance floor with a bunch of well dressed dancers all jiving and singing along to this, well you just haven’t lived ✌️
Johnny was born in NY. His parents moved to Baton Rouge when he was a teenager where he picked up that Louisiana musical style that's so prevalent in this song.
LOL. I remember "shaking my tail feathers" to this one. I was 9 years old when this came out. And along these same lines you should check out Johnny Rivers - Sea Cruise (1973) - great piano and horns. There were many covers of this song but this is the one I remember most from around the same time as Rockin Pnuemonia & Boogie Woogie Flu.
This is a very fun piano bluesy song! On the flip side of the coin, you should check out his late 70's romantic ballad, "Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')."
Cool; hadn’t heard this one in years!👍👍. He was big in the 60s and continued thru the 70s; he did a lot of covers later on. Agree with other’s suggesting “Secret Agent Man”; from 1964, the first song I remember by Johnny Rivers!❤❤❤❤
The man made the transition from 60's soulful rocker to 70's hitmaker, while keeping true to his roots. For the last of his big hits, "Slow Dancin" is next.
Yes. So glad you got to this one. We all knew you would love it when we requested it. You are so right. It moves and gets you moving from start to finish. I caught it over 50 years ago and hope they never find a cure. Great lyrics and singing, but the piano makes the song of course. Give Secret Agent Man a listen when you get back around to Johnny.
Hey Y'all, I was just starting my teen yrs and loved busting a rug to this one on my box 45 record player. Great memories, Thanx so much, stay groovy, Peace
You should react to "Summer Rain". About 20 years ago, I saw Johnny Rivers at an outdoor show in Boston. It rained during the show driving many people away. I stayed and met Rivers after the show and told him that was quite a summer rain. He said, "Ha Ha!!!"
In 1970, Larry Knecht won a Grammy Award for his piano work on "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel. He also played the piano on Johnny Rivers' 1972 hit "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu".
More Johnny Rivers! His cover of “Sea Cruise” is fun! I’ve loved it ever since I was a little kid. There is a British piano teacher, Terry Miles, who posts videos on RUclips of his search for pianos in pubs. With his style he often brings a smile to the faces of the bystanders. He must have caught the boogie woogie flu too.
Jay & Amber, thanks for reacting to this song!!!! This is a go-to 'feel good' song for me!!! Originally recorded by the songwriter Huey "Piano" Smith !! Backing Johnny on this song was the legendary Wrecking Crew, with Larry Knechtel on piano,
That was Larry Knechtelon playing the piano. He was a member of the famous session musician group, The Wrecking Crew. I knew Jay would love the piano on this one. It's one of the best rocking boogie piano parts ever put to tape!
In 1972 I graduated high school,😂 before graduation we had skip day,😅 our excuse was we had the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu,😮 it didn't work,🙃 Johnny was popular with young and old alike,😊 your reactions make me feel young again.😢 Peace✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊
🇬🇧 The fella on piano, Mr Larry Knetchel was a member of the famous Wrecking Crew, & in 1970 won a Grammy for his piano work on the recording of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. He was also a member of "Bread" 1971 - 1973. ❤ 🎹
Jay and Amber, very glad that you had a chance to react to this great classic tune by Johnny Rivers as this is easily one of my favorites from the 70s!
You need to hear him sing "Summer Rain."
A perfect song that exemplifies the decade of the 60s.
My favorite!
@@wendydouglas425 Yes! A beautiful song that we wore out the .45 playing!
My favorite also is a beautiful beautiful song. You have to do some rain
@@donalddixon6541 I still have it on my Spotify playlist.
Yes I love that song
Slow Dancin, Swayin to the music
Love that one!
Yes!
Amber would melt over his song "Slow Dancin"
It's a crime that Johnny Rivers isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Summer Rain is my favorite.
" Secret Agent Man " is another good one by Johnny.
Amber, you'll be happy to know that the piano player in this, Larry Knechtel, was also one of the members of Bread.
Also more famously came up with the piano part for Bridge Over Troubled Water. Extremely talented musician.
@@MR94RB4 yes indeed he was he was one of my piano playing idols that is the late Jim Gordon on drums he played for Eric Clapton and others as well
@@MR94RB4 Larry won a Grammy for his arrangement on that song.n
FYI: piano on this track was played by the late, great Larry Knechtel, who played with the famous Wrecking Crew musicians, played piano on Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, and was a member of the group Bread.
Larry & some of the other Wrecking Crew played on Neil Diamond recordings.n
If you haven’t been on a steaming dance floor with a bunch of well dressed dancers all jiving and singing along to this, well you just haven’t lived ✌️
They played it on the radio in the 70s all the time😮. Man music kicked some butt back then.😎
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOME LOL ALOT Best 10 years EVER
You really must listen to "Secret Agent Man" and "High On a Mountain of Love" by him.
Johnny was born in NY. His parents moved to Baton Rouge when he was a teenager where he picked up that Louisiana musical style that's so prevalent in this song.
7th Son is another great " feel good" song by Johnny, big top 10 hit!
A classic.Thanks so much. "Secret Agent Man" is another good one. Great reaction.
Love Johnny Rivers. Secret Agent man is my fav..
Johnny should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!!
They don’t deserve him
LOL. I remember "shaking my tail feathers" to this one. I was 9 years old when this came out. And along these same lines you should check out Johnny Rivers - Sea Cruise (1973) - great piano and horns. There were many covers of this song but this is the one I remember most from around the same time as Rockin Pnuemonia & Boogie Woogie Flu.
Haven't heard this tune in SO long I'd almost forgotten it! Thank you!!
An absolute bangin' boogie woogie jam. Cheers....
You should check out Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers, next!
For the longest, I thought it was "secret ASIAN man!"
@@sallyphillips9175 😂
@@sallyphillips9175 you're not the only one, I've heard people say that before. That would be an interesting concept.
Devo does a great version of Secret Agent Man. Hombre Secreto by the Plugz too
Yes! I'm Filipino, so that is my theme song😂
Believe it ir not, in the early 80's when I was in HS, we STILL jammed to this song!
Good 70s music WHY NOT LOL
You guys have young hearts but old souls. Love your reactions
❤ Class of 71❤' May,I have this Dance
This is a very fun piano bluesy song! On the flip side of the coin, you should check out his late 70's romantic ballad, "Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')."
Summer Rain is a must listen of his
yes
When i was in Memphis i couldn't stop thinking about Johnny and Elvis.
Love me some Johnny Rivers ❤
Cool; hadn’t heard this one in years!👍👍. He was big in the 60s and continued thru the 70s; he did a lot of covers later on. Agree with other’s suggesting “Secret Agent Man”; from 1964, the first song I remember by Johnny Rivers!❤❤❤❤
The piano does make your heart happy!!!!
Huey Piano Smith - is the one who wrote and first recorded his own song back in 1957..Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
This is one of my favorite songs specifically because of the piano. It just makes me so happy.
Secret agent man is my favorite
Guys!!!!! I’ve been requesting this for your love of piano since like a year ago! I’m here for it!😂❤ You definitely made me smile today 😊
The man made the transition from 60's soulful rocker to 70's hitmaker, while keeping true to his roots. For the last of his big hits, "Slow Dancin" is next.
Love Love love this song. So much jazz so much soul so much boogie so much funk so much rock so much bass so much of EVERYTHING!!!
Well put Donna
Huey "Piano" Smith wrote and performed the original. Also wrote and first performed "Don't Ya Just Know It" and "Sea Cruise".
Yes. So glad you got to this one. We all knew you would love it when we requested it. You are so right. It moves and gets you moving from start to finish. I caught it over 50 years ago and hope they never find a cure. Great lyrics and singing, but the piano makes the song of course. Give Secret Agent Man a listen when you get back around to Johnny.
Well alrighty then!!! This is a great one!!! It is a fun song!! Couldn’t hear it enough when this hit the airways!! 😊😊❤❤
Johnny Rivers is probably the single most underrated talent of the entire Rock era.
100% agree!!
Agreed 💯! Johnny is THE MAN!
The New Orleans style radiatin' of those 88s by Huey 'Piano' Smith is the star of this record for sure! Great Track, so much fun!!
That brings me back! So right, that piano will make any rock n roller smile, even at a funeral. :)
Hey Y'all, I was just starting my teen yrs and loved busting a rug to this one on my box 45 record player. Great memories, Thanx so much, stay groovy, Peace
Johnny Rivers is a true shapeshifter; his music is as diverse as fotos of him. He looks like a different person in nearly every foto I see of him.
SUMMER RAIN is a song that I think you'll like. It's a slower paced love song.
Love when you two hit the 60s and 70s. Some of the best music ever produced.
IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE WATCHING "AMBER" ROCKIN TO THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!
😂❤😅
excellent! back to my teens....just going into my senior year!
I love this song so much! I challenge anyone to sit still and not smile while listening to this song. It can't be done.
My dad loved this song!!! Thanks for reminding me of him! I know he is rockin up a storm in Heaven!
@normjones4204 I have to say, if they gave awards for asshole of the day, you would have won with that comment. Congratulations 🎉
@@kimberlydavis7514I thought you were talking about Johnny Rivers. My apologies.
"Secret Agent Man. Theme song for the TV show.
Johnny Rivers was fantastic! I'd also recommend, 'Secret Agent Man's, 'Seventh Son ', and 'Mountain of Love's... For the next reaction! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Second that request
excellent recommendations!!
For Secret Agent Man I'd suggest the live version!
Summer Rain is great too.
I love ‘Seventh Son”! Thanks for reminding me!
Secret Agent Man! Mountain of Love!
johnny cash ring of fire😊
Originally recorded in 1957 by Huey Piano Smith, The piano on this is by Larry Knectel of the Wrecking Crew studio musicians.
You should react to "Summer Rain".
About 20 years ago, I saw Johnny Rivers at an outdoor show in Boston. It rained during the show driving many people away.
I stayed and met Rivers after the show and told him that was quite a summer rain. He said, "Ha Ha!!!"
OMG!
My favorite song to skate to at Starr’s Skating Rink many, many years ago. Such fun!!
This is a life-changing song for sure!
Johnny is a great one!
Great song love the rhythm of the song
Love this song!! ☮️🤍🤎
"Mountain of Love" and "Secret Agent Man" "Summer Rain" are a couple of the many great ones by Johnny.
Big fan of Johnny Rivers.😃😃
"Secret Agent Man" was a play on all the spy movies of the time. That's when 007, Matt Helm, Man From U.N.C.L.E. to name a few were out
In 1970, Larry Knecht won a Grammy Award for his piano work on "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel. He also played the piano on Johnny Rivers' 1972 hit "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu".
Really enjoy seeing you two react and experience "new" music together! Makes me wonder if this is how I reacted the first time I heard this.
Now this is what's called "Rock & Roll" take a lesson children !!!!..Johnny was a real treat to listen to even to this day !!!
How you stayed seated is beyond me !
Seventh Son
Is my personal favorite among a dozen favorites of his.
More Johnny Rivers! His cover of “Sea Cruise” is fun! I’ve loved it ever since I was a little kid. There is a British piano teacher, Terry Miles, who posts videos on RUclips of his search for pianos in pubs. With his style he often brings a smile to the faces of the bystanders. He must have caught the boogie woogie flu too.
Does my heart good to see you rocking to this one. I absolutely love Johnny Rivers songs.
Jay & Amber, thanks for reacting to this song!!!! This is a go-to 'feel good' song for me!!!
Originally recorded by the songwriter Huey "Piano" Smith !!
Backing Johnny on this song was the legendary Wrecking Crew, with Larry Knechtel on piano,
That was Larry Knechtelon playing the piano. He was a member of the famous session musician group, The Wrecking Crew. I knew Jay would love the piano on this one. It's one of the best rocking boogie piano parts ever put to tape!
He was also the piano player on Bridge Over Troubled Water as well as a member of Bread.
@ YES!!!!!!! (Larry Knechtel)
Such a classic song, love it!
try : "Slow Dancin' (Swayin to the Music)
OH, GOSH!!! I LOVED this song when it came out!! LOVED the LYRICS!! HUGS, YA'LL - and, ENJOY!!! :)
Johnny Rivers is an amazing talent with a bunch of songs under his belt. This song was played by the band at my wedding and it never gets old.
This song was originally done by Huey "Piano" Smith in 1957. Killer New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll !
In 1972 I graduated high school,😂 before graduation we had skip day,😅 our excuse was we had the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu,😮 it didn't work,🙃 Johnny was popular with young and old alike,😊 your reactions make me feel young again.😢 Peace✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊
One of my all time faves!!! This is one bug I don't want a cure for...😂😘😘❤️
That just reminded me of Robert Palmer’s “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)”. It doesn’t look like they’ve reacted to that one.
Nope, NEVER want the cure for
I didn’t know this was Johnny Rivers! Awesome!
I never understood how anyone could not like this tune. It's about as happy a song as you could imagine.
Such a great tune!!
Johnny's rendition of "Mountain of Love" is worth a listen and reaction!
🇬🇧 The fella on piano, Mr Larry Knetchel was a member of the famous Wrecking Crew, & in 1970 won a Grammy for his piano work on the recording of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. He was also a member of "Bread" 1971 - 1973. ❤ 🎹
OMG! We danced to this song at a slight her party when I was 12? Lol! Soo many great memories!❤️
Holy Shit
I bought this 45 when I was a kid
1 still have this 45 and I turned 61 yesterday! Haven't heard this in a while. Great tune!🎉
Such an awesome song, Always loved this one.
Playlist material, folks!!❤❤
I love all of Johnny's hits. Mountain of Love is one of my favorites, along with Summer Rain. 👍👍❤❤
The Great Johnny Rivers, Slow Dancin is my favorite song of his
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" is a song written and originally recorded by Huey 'Piano' Smith in 1957.
Yes! I've got the fever!
Johnny River's talent and singing still holding all these years later.
I m so glad you safe playing more Johnny . He’s so good!
Good reaction! Love Johnny Rivers! Everybody got happy feet! 😂React to "Secret Agent Man" or "Summer Rain" next. Thanks. 😎
Jay and Amber, very glad that you had a chance to react to this great classic tune by Johnny Rivers as this is easily one of my favorites from the 70s!
Boogie woogie piano!❤❤
We had this song on an 8-track tape. Without a fast forward, we couldn't wait until it cycled through again.
i remember this one from my high school days,,,,,good tune,,,,,thanks again to the rob squad,,,,music cures all,,,,
Banger
HEARTSFIELD! Another Man Down, Magic Mood, and Racin' The Sun. Review the darn songs already!!
I remember this as a kid. Long time since I have heard it. Thanks for bringing it back. You 2 rock.