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The Walker Brothers Trio was formed in Los Angeles in 1964 by John Walker (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Engel (bass, harmony vocals), and Al "Tiny" Schneider ().Before then, John Walker—who had already been using that name professionally for several years—had performed and recorded several unsuccessful singles with his sister as a duo, John and Judy, and Engel had been bass player with ...
John Joseph Maus (November 12, 1943 – May 7, 2011), known professionally as John Walker, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the founder of the Walker Brothers, who had their greatest success in the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Walker Bros. is a series of pancake houses in the Chicago area. They developed as a franchised spin-off of The Original Pancake House , founded in Portland , Oregon , in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke; the Walker Bros. version has been in business for over 45 years.
This is a list of Walker Brothers compilations that were released in the UK. The Fabulous Walker Brothers (1966, Philips) The Walker Brothers' Story (2xLP) (1968, Philips) – UK #9; The Immortal Walker Brothers (1968, Philips) Make It Easy On Yourself (1972, Philips) Greatest Hits (2xLP) (1975, Philips) Spotlight On (2xLP) (1977, Philips) Hits ...
In 1966, the Walker Brothers released their remake as a single. Re-titled "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", this version met with much greater success than Valli's.It topped the UK Singles Chart, [6] and also became their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #13. [7]
Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers.Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit."
Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics. Richie Unterberger writing retrospectively for Allmusic described the US version Introducing the Walker Brothers as "an erratic affair" that features "their trademark balladeering groove with the hits "Make It Easy On Yourself" and "My Ship Is Comin' In," but [sounding] stiff on uptempo R&B ...
Nite Flights is the sixth and final studio album by American pop group the Walker Brothers, released in July 1978 by GTO Records.In contrast to their previous two albums, which were made up almost entirely of cover versions, Nite Flights is the group's only album to feature entirely original songs; Gary Walker contributed two while Scott Walker and John Walker each contributed four.