Johnny Rivers - Do What You Gotta Do Lyrics

Thank You Johnny what a Great job and I still have my Touch of Gold album!

QUE MARAVILHA, E TUDO QUE ELE FAZ!...AINDA AMO ESSE HOMEM!

Great stuff...love Johnny Rivers and Jimmy Webb

QUE MARAVILHA, AMO ELE!

here is a 1969 version from the strollers, the psychedelic rock band from malaysia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl7nCRhMnBw

oh man..how good ....
johnny..

johnny your very best...love alex

Jerry Blavat brought me here

I'm partial to Johnny to start with but I think Johnny did this song the exact way it should be sung. Others put their own style on it and their good too, but Johnny was the first and best. Too bad it is one of those too short of types.

QUE MARAVILHA!

EU AMO ESSE HOMEM MINHA VIDA TODA!

QUE MARAVILHA!

I just love his voice because it was so unusual. I love the Poor side of town.

Is that Knechtal on the piano? Leon Russell?:.I think it was the Wrecking crew?

wrecking crew did most his studio work

"I loved you better then your own candyyyy"

"loved you better than your own kin did"

Lol Kanye sampled this song in his "Famous" song.

No he didn't, he sampled nina Simone's version.

First Release by Johnny River & and Al Wilson & Four Tops & Nina Simone..

CAN I HAVE-A OH-YEAH THAT THIS SONG IS AS SWEET AS tUPELO HONEY
TOP 5 FOR ME

ye actually sampled This song from nina simone, this is like a remix lol

Naw fam this is the original song, Nina Simone covered this song from Johnny.

+Ryan Williams word? but he sampled hers instead of his lol didnt know that

kanye literally used nina's voice in the song

the Ryan Williams guy is correct about this being the original version of this song, But Kanye did sample Nina Simone's cover not Johnny Rivers.

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EXATO, E EU AMO ESSE HOMEM ATÉ HOJE!

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OBRIGADA, E VOCE TAMBÉM MÁRCIO JOÃO!

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Ye the GOAT

Ye a genius

S/o to ye

Kanye's sample is genius.

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please
joking you must be..

Kanye brought me here

slaytely Who's that?

Seriously Rob you're in the wrong place. Nina Simone- do what you gotta do.

Fuck that bitch Kanye non talent clown

I first heard it on Famous, then on a Roberta Flack vinyl I bought. Tracked it down to Nina Simone, now finally at the (hopefully) source of the song. So many covers of this, it's part of what I love about hip-hop samples, it gets us interested in music of the past. Ignore all of the ignorant replies here.

The Life Of Pablo

One of the greatest albums of the sixties and probably the most under rated.

Absolutely. The whole thing is a masterpiece. I used to listen to the whole album and more than once. Johnny is very talented.

One of my top all-time favorite albums "cover-to-cover" and an early appearance of The Fifth Dimension singing backup.

Thx for the 5th dimension tid- bit. I mean how good is this?? So that is ms McCoo back there- a big star's voice

Johnny Rivers always so great, and I believe this to be the original 1967 version.However on this occasion the best version is the 1968 version by the great Al Wilson. Yet another brilliant Jimmy Webb writing triumph!

I agree. Al Wilson's version is an overlooked classic.

but Nina Simone's is the one dripping with pain and soul

Al Wilson's version was the absolute best..and he was actually a label mate of Johnny Rivers...but you are right ...it was really overlooked ..it was a minor r&b hit in 60s and fail to make the pop 100 ...

beautiful version of a jimmy webb song thanks for this post j vincent edwards

I've always liked that song. A good song from Johnny Rivers you'll never hear on the radio.

what a great album this was...i had it and kept it at a friends house because we spent most of our time there in the cellar....this lp was always on the record player and we could all sing along word for word...Johnny Rivers had the magic touch

One of those songs that was planted in my brain 45 years ago and when I found it after NOT hearing it for 30 years I remember every note and verse. great stuff...

Funny how much information is stored in our memory banks... I'm now 71 and heard this and thousands of other songs from the '60's - especially my service days overseas being exposed to all those other peoples' musical tastes different than mine had been... and I still remember 99% of every lyric I heard, even now... walk around the house WITHOUT music on and 'hearing' tunes and singing their lyrics out loud... I'd already listened to Johnny before the service days (65-69) so it really impacted me when he made the REALIZATION album... But the most impact in my life from a song was probably 'Sweet Smiling Children'. Worked in a few radio stations since 1970 and have always managed to play that song a time or two (or more) at each one.

Recall when I was introduced to the tunes on this LP, it was on a 45 RPM record!! The B side of one of Johnny's hit's was sectioned like a mini LP. It had about 30 seconds of 6 tunes from Rewind! The tune and "Sidewalk Song 27th St." were my favorites.

Roberta Flack did a great version, too.

One of my favorites.......I had it on "A Touch of Gold" album that I bought in 1969........what a great time.

I bought that album the same year. Still one of my all time favorites,

Do What You Gotta Do" appeared in 69 for Al Wilson (Show and Tell) and was a minor hit. I liked it pretty well.

So beautiful, love Johnny singing this tune -

THis song was a big hit for Nina Simone.

Jimmy wrote so many great songs and a lot went unnoticed ... Johnny does a great job here ... the 4 tops also covered this and did a great job too ... Jimmy was a country version of Bacharach ...