Growing up in Baton Rouge, Johnny Rivers baptized himself in the Southland’s blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. He later became one of the best-selling recording artists to ever emerge from Louisiana. From 1964 to 1977, Rivers propelled twenty-nine songs into Billboard’s Hot 100. Nine of those singles entered the Top 10, including “Poor Side of Town,” “Secret Agent Man,” and “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.”