Johnny Rivers peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 with a solo cover of the Four Tops' 1964 hit, "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'", which got him booked on The Ed Sullivan Show. Rivers would follow this up with another Motown cover, this time Smokey Robinson's "Tracks Of My Tears":
Johnny Rivers retired from touring in 2022, and his interpretation of "Baby" gets as much airplay on oldies channels as the Four Tops' version.
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