By request, I hope you enjoy the flashback.
Story behind the song
"Walk, Don't Run" is an instrumental composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954.
It was later adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956, and was a track on the LP Hi-Fi In Focus.
This arrangement was the inspiration for the version by The Ventures in 1960.
The Ventures' arrangement is recognizably different from Atkins' finger-picked style, and achieved world-wide recognition, being regarded by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.
Personnel on this record were;
Bob Bogle-lead guitar,
Don Wilson-rhythm guitar,
Nokie Edwards-bass,
Skip Moore-drums.
It was recorded and engineered by Joe Boles, who had a basement studio in his home in Seattle, Washington.
It soon made the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #2 and was kept out of the #1 spot by "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley.
"Walk, Don't Run" also made the US Hot R&B Sides chart, where it went to #13.
The instrumental also reached #3 on the Cash Box magazine chart for five weeks in August and September 1960.
This is my version for 2021, I hope you enjoy the flashback.