WALK DON'T RUN
Created on 03/01/2003Latest update on 24/03/2019
Artist: Johnny Smith
Author: Johnny Smith
Label: Roost
Year: 1954
Jazz guitarist on his album In A Sentimental Mood.
Covers:
- 1957:
- 1960:
- 1960:
Ventures [n°2 US; knew it from Chet Atkins]
- 1961:
- 1961:
- 1963:
- 1964:
Tommy Leonetti [vocal version]
- 1964:
Crazy Girls [as Lass die Zeit]
- 1965:
- 1970:
- 1972:
- 1982:
- 1997:
Peter Green [on Ventures tribute]
- 1999:
- 2001:
- 2001:
- 2019:
The Ventures knew this from Chet Atkins' lp Hi Fi In Focus. Chet's fingerpicking style was too much for them, turning it into rudimentary rock, the key to success.
