Tony Rivers is the singer Cliff Richard called ‘The Miracle Man of Harmonies’ and in this podcast Tony talks about his pivotal role as the go-to British harmony singer of the last 50 years. We hear about Tony’s role as Cliff’s backing singer, playing with Keith Moon, why Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys asked him to record ‘God Only Knows’, and singing harmonies for INXS, Ralph McTell, Alan Parsons, Mike Batt and Saint Etienne.
- Tony Rivers and The Castaways – God Only Knows (Single A-side, Columbia, 1966)
- Harmony Grass – Summer Dreaming (This Is Us, RCA Victor, 1969)
- Harmony Grass - Move In A Little Closer Baby (Single A-side, RCA Victor, 1968)
- Highly Likely – Whatever Happened To You (The Likely Lads Theme) (Single A-side, BBC Records, 1973)
- Cliff Richard – Miss You Nights (Single A-side, EMI, 1975)
- Cliff Richard – Devil Woman (Single A-side, EMI, 1976)
- Ralph McTell - Tequila Sunset (Right Side Up, Warner Bros, 1976)
- The Alan Parsons Project – Some Other Place (I Robot, Arista, 1977)
- INXS – This Time (Single A-side, Mercury, 1985)
- Mike Batt – The Escapade (The Hunting Of The Snark – Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1987, Dramatico, 2010)
- Cliff Richard – No One Waits (Live in Knokke, Belgium, 1977)
- Saint Etienne – Goodnight (Tales from Turnpike House, Sanctuary, 2005)
Tony Rivers’ autobiography – ‘I’m Nearly Famous (The Tales of a Likely Lad)’ is available from tonyriversbook.com
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Brilliant artist. Better voice then the lot of those he backed. And better looking. Love u Tony. No 1 fan.
Tony rivers was also a fair footballer.we used to play every Thursday afternoon at hall lane upminster.i am sure he will remember it he also brought nick Clarke of the rubettes to play one day