Summer Rain (Johnny Rivers song)

"Summer Rain"
Single by Johnny Rivers
from the album Realization
B-side	"Memory of the Coming Good"
Released	November 1967
Length	3:30
Label	Imperial 66267
Songwriter(s)	Jim Hendricks
Johnny Rivers singles chronology
"The Tracks of My Tears" (1967) "Summer Rain" (1967) "Look to Your Soul" (1968)
"The Tracks of My Tears" (1967) "Summer Rain" (1967) "Look to Your Soul" (1968)Summer rain

"Summer Rain" is a song written by James Hendricks and performed by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his eighth greatest hit internationally.

The song reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 10 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968.

"Summer Rain" is a song about lifelong love during "the summer of love." It was released in the winter, remembering the previous summer. The song twice references Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles album which was released during the middle of that year.

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