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"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.
Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. [1] He wrote " Walk, Don't Run " in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame .
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.
"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
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" [91] 1954: Johnny Smith "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" 1928: Sigmund Romberg "Waltz New" [citation needed] Jim Hall "Someday My Prince Will Come ...
The John Barry Seven recorded hit records on EMI's Columbia label including "Hit and Miss", the theme tune he composed for the BBC's Juke Box Jury programme; a cover of the Johnny Smith song "Walk Don't Run"; and a cover of the theme for the United Artists western The Magnificent Seven.
"Walk, Don't Run" (Johnny Smith) – 1:54 "Ticket to Ride" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:18 "Steve's Shuck" (Steven D. Kreisman) – 2:42