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Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, also Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival), Chameleon (Herbie Hancock) and Wild Night (Van Morrison)
Released on CBS, also Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash), Down Under (Men at Work) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult)
Written by Carlos Santana, also Maria Maria, Everybody’s Everything and Soul Sacrifice
Engineered by Fred Catero, also I Love You Much Too Much, I Can’t Quit Her (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
170 other songs on fono were recorded at Wally Heider Studios, by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Herbie Hancock and others
Fred Catero engineered 111 songs on fono
Chris Minto engineered 52 songs on fono
David Rubinson’s most frequent co-engineer is Fred Catero (27 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Carlos Santana and Leon Patillo
- Produced by
- David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
- Performed by
- Leon Patillo
- Engineered by
- Chris Minto, David Rubinson and Fred Catero
- Part of
- Festivál
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Studios
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Carlos Santana and Leon Patillo
- Produced by
- David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
- Performed by
- Leon Patillo
- Engineered by
- Chris Minto, David Rubinson and Fred Catero
- Part of
- Festivál
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Studios
- Released on
- CBS
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Carlos Santana
Same engineer: Fred Catero
Same producer: David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Same engineer: Chris Minto
Same studio: Wally Heider Studios
Same label: CBS
Same writer: Carlos Santana
Same engineer: Fred Catero
Elsewhere
Sources (11)
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1MusicBrainz The River was performed by Leon Patillo
2MusicBrainz The River was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
The River was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The River was written by Carlos Santana
4MusicBrainz The River was written by Leon Patillo
5MusicBrainz The River is part of the release Festivál
The River is part of the release Festivál
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The River was recorded at Wally Heider Studios
The River was recorded at Wally Heider Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song The River
8MusicBrainz The River was engineered by Chris Minto
9MusicBrainz The River was engineered by David Rubinson
The River was engineered by David Rubinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The River was engineered by Fred Catero
11MusicBrainz The River was released on 1976-12