Like several pop-rock singers from the late 1950s and early 1960s — including Pat Boone and Elvis Presley — Johnny Rivers first became a hit covering material previously released by artists of other ...

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Johnny Rivers sits in a booth at the retro-themed Mel’s Diner in Hollywood and marvels at the pace at which not just his career but pop music in general moved when he was getting started half a ...