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Walk, Don't Run (sometimes stylized as Walk – Don't Run) is the debut studio album by American instrumental surf rock band The Ventures, released in 1960 by Dolton Records. It features cover versions of well-known songs as well as original compositions. Much of the album was recorded following the success of the hit single of the same name.
In a novelty achievement, the Ventures were the first act to place two different versions of the same song in the Top 10, those being "Walk, Don't Run" (#2) and "Walk, Don't Run '64" (#8). The Ventures were among the first rock acts able to sell albums based on a style and sound without needing hit singles on the albums.
Walk, Don't Run (The Ventures album), the 1960 debut studio album by American instrumental surf rock band The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run" (instrumental), a composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith and notably covered by Chet Atkins and The Ventures; Walk Don't Run (Joshua Breakstone album) Walk, Don't Run, from ...
"Walk, Don't Run '64" is an updated The Ventures recording that features a guitar style more similar to that of "Misirlou", and is notable for starting with a "fade-in" (as opposed to many songs of the era that ended with a "fade out"). In this version, the lead guitarist and bass player from the original switched roles, with Edwards handling ...
The Ventures have released over two hundred fifty albums beginning with Walk Don't Run (1960), and over 150 singles. [1] The original US albums and singles are indicated by their catalog numbers and Billboard (BB) and Cashbox (CB) chart peak positions (Note: There were separate Cashbox charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965.)
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 is the 16th studio album by The Ventures, released in 1964.It features "Walk Don't Run '64," an updated recording of the Johnny Smith cover; as a single, it would be the second time the band had a Top 10 hit in the U.S. with that same composition.
As a teenager in 1959, Babbitt joined the surf rock group the Ventures, just before the band gained fame with their huge hit "Walk Don't Run" in 1960.Babbitt had to drop out because he was not old enough to play the nightclubs and bars the band was beginning to work in. [2]
They went on to form a band, the Versatones, which evolved into the Ventures. Bogle's lead guitar on the band's 1960 cover of " Walk, Don't Run " helped to influence the next generation of guitarists including John Fogerty , Steve Miller , Joe Walsh and Stevie Ray Vaughan . [ 2 ]