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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Written by Paul Francis Webster, also Secret Love (Doris Day), A Certain Smile (Johnny Mathis) and Memphis in June (Nina Simone)
Part of Reflections, also Reflections in the Water, Down the River of Golden Dreams and Moonlight on the Colorado
Written by Louis Alter, also Dolores (Frank Sinatra), Love Me as I Am (Frank Sinatra) and You Turned the Tables on Me (Billie Holiday)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Paul Francis Webster wrote 70 songs on fono
Paul Francis Webster’s most frequent co-writer is Sammy Fain (17 songs together)
Louis Alter wrote 10 songs on fono
Louis Alter first appears on fono in 1941, 19 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Louis Alter and Paul Francis Webster
- Part of
- Reflections
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Louis Alter and Paul Francis Webster
- Part of
- Reflections
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Paul Francis Webster
Same writer: Louis Alter
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Reflections
Same writer: Paul Francis Webster
Same writer: Louis Alter
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Reflections
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Rainbow on the River was written by Louis Alter
Rainbow on the River was written by Louis Alter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Rainbow on the River was written by Paul Francis Webster
Rainbow on the River was written by Paul Francis Webster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Rainbow on the River is part of the release Reflections
Rainbow on the River is part of the release Reflections
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song Rainbow on the River
Mercury Records is the label of the song Rainbow on the River
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Rainbow on the River was released on 1960
Rainbow on the River was released on 1960
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026