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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.
"Walk, Don't Run" is an instrumental composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954, which achieved worldwide fame when The Ventures recorded a cover version in 1960. [1] It was adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956, and was a track on the LP Hi-Fi In Focus.
When "Walk, Don't Run" was recorded, he also opted out of the royalties from the recording, taking $25 for the session instead. He later sued to collect royalties but failed because of his prior opt-out. "Walk, Don't Run" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. [16]
"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 the 1966 film of the same name composed by Quincy Jones; Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2, a 1964 album by The Ventures
From 1952 and into the 1960s he recorded for the Roost label, on whose releases his reputation mainly rests. Mosaic Records issued the majority of them in an 8-CD set in 2002. [6] His best known musical composition is the track "Walk Don't Run", written for a 1954 [7] recording session as a contrafact to "Softly, as in
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.)
The most notable of these is "Diamond Head", [7] which the band recorded for their Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 album. "Diamond Head" became an international hit single for Hamilton and the Ventures. For the week ending March 13, 1965, "Diamond Head" moved up two notches from #4 to #2 in the Hong Kong Top Ten. [8]
Robert Eugene Spalding (born February 10, 1947) is an American musician, composer, arranger, and producer. He is best known for his work with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group [1] the Ventures and he has appeared on over 40 Ventures albums from 1980 through to the present.