In memory of Joan Rivers. Here is the young Joan on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1967.
Rolling Stones, Watching the River Flow
Doc and Merle Watson, Banks of the Ohio
Neil Young, Down by the River
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River
Doc Watson, Life is Like a River
Hoagy Carmichael, Lazy River. I scratched my long arm something fierce reaching back into the musty mausoleum for this moldy oldy.
Hank Williams, Lost on the River
Leon Redbone, Mississippi River Blues
J. J. Cale, Mississippi River
Janis Joplin, River Jordan
Moe Bandy, Red River Valley
Leadbelly, Red River Blues
Dr. John, Swanee River Boogie
Bill Monroe, River of Death
Bonnie Raitt, River of Tears
Chase Webster, Moody River
Johnny Burnette, Moody River
Henry Mancini, Moon River
Update 9/7: Jeff Hodges recommends Robbie Robertson, Somewhere Down the Crazy River. Tom Coleman wonders why I didn't include Joe Cocker, Cry Me a River. Reason: I don't like it all that much. The same goes for Ike and Tina Turner, River Deep, Mountain High.
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