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| genre = [[Baroque pop]], [[psychedelic pop]], [[pop rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Rivers-Summer-Rain/release/10909228 |title=Johnny Rivers ― Summer Rain (1967, Vinyl) - Discogs |website=discogs.com|year=1967 }} </ref>
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'''"Summer Rain"''' is a song written by [[Jim Hendricks (musician)|James Hendricks]] and performed by [[Johnny Rivers]] on his 1968 LP ''Realization.'' Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally.<ref name="tsort.info">{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/nu6kf3.htm |title=Song artist 376 - Johnny Rivers |website=Tsort.info |date= |accessdate=2016-10-01}}</ref>
 
The songIt reached No. 14 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]], No. 106 on the U.S. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.100157&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=l6c6s8i3iom9sca5e9j0f3ert5 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-01}}</ref>
 
"Summer Rain" is a song about lifelong love during "the [[summer of love]]" of 1967. It was released in the late fall, rememberingas a reminiscence of the previous summer. The song references ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]],'' the [[Beatles]] album which was released during the middleMay of that year.
 
==Chart performance==
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==Personnel==
* Lead vocals and acoustic guitar by [[Johnny Rivers]]
* Strings and horns by [[Marty Paich]]
* Drums by [[Hal Blaine]]
* Bass by [[Joe Osborn]]
* Uncredited: Electric Organ
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|rivers-johnny|summer-rain}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
* {{YouTube|uT0QfVvi2PA|Listen to "Summer Rain"}}
 
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[[Category:1967 songs]]
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