Johnny Rivers has been played on NTS in shows including Haruki Murakami Day, featured first on 8 July 2017. Songs played include Hey Joe, Summer Rain and Secret Agent Man.

Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella on November 7, 1942 in New York City) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was versatile enough to do folk songs, blues, covers of old-time Rock n' roll songs, and some original material, all of them in his own unique style. Rivers's greatest success came in the mid and late 1960s with a string of hit songs (including "Seventh Son," "Poor Side of…