SATURDAY'S SINGLES - JOHNNY RIVERS and STYX

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Good morning vinyl junkies and welcome back to the return of Saturday's Singles. Today we aim to provide some soundtrack to your stay at home lives. First we visit the year 1972 with Johnny Rivers and his international top 10 hit, "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu". The single, a cover of Huey Smith's 1957 original,  was released on United Artists and peaked at #27 in Australia, #11 in New Zealand, #6 Hot 100, #5 Cash Box, #4 US Record World, and #3 in Canada. It came from River's 8th album, LA Reggae, which featured members of the famed Wrecking Crew. The single's B-side is "Come Home America". 

I could not find the individual song credits so I'm including the full album credits instead.

Johnny Rivers - vocals, rhythm guitar, producer, songwriter
Jim Gordon - drums
Joe Osborn - bass
Larry Knechtel - piano
Michael O'Martian - piano, organ
Jim Webb - piano, organ
Jerry Allison - drums
Dean Parks - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Larry Carlton - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jim Horn - saxophone
Miss Bobbye Hall - congas, bongos
Herb Pedersen - harmony vocals
Michael Georgiades - harmony vocals, songwriter
Gary Coleman - percussion
Jackie Kelso - saxophone
Chuck Finley - trumpet

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Our second Saturday selection is "Too Much Time On My Hands" by arena rock band Styx. The tune, taken from their 1981 triple-platinum album, Paradise Theatre,  was released on the A&M label and peaked at #9 on the Hot 100, #4 in Canada, and #2 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. It's flip side is "Queen of Spades" from the Pieces Of Eight album.

Tommy Shaw – lead vocals, lead guitar
Dennis DeYoung – keyboards, backing vocals
James Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Chuck Panozzo – bass
John Panozzo – drums

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