Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Live 5/18/13 Marty Stuart Show “Summer Rain” is a song written by James Hendricks and performed by American musician Johnny Rivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally. It reached No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 6 on the US Cash Box Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968.“Summer Rain” is about lifelong love during “the summer of love” of 1967. It was released in the late