Santo & Johnny (album)

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Santo & Johnny
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Studio album by
Santo & Johnny
Released1959
Genre Instrumental
Length26:52
Label Canadian-American
Santo & Johnny chronology
Santo & Johnny
(1959)		Encore
(1960)

Santo & Johnny is the debut album by the eponymous duo, released in 1959. The album includes the duo's best known instrumental, [1] "Sleep Walk".

Contents

Release

Canadian-American Records distributed the album in Canada in 1959, and the label Orfeón released it in Venezuela the same year.

Singles

The track "Sleep Walk" rose to number 1 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. [2] The band's rendition of "Caravan" entered the charts in 1960 and it peaked at number 48. [2]

Performances

The instrumentals "All Night Diner" and "Sleep Walk" were performed on The Perry Como Show in 1959. [3] "Sleep Walk" was also performed on American Bandstand . [4]

Legacy

"Sleep Walk" has been frequently used in commercials, TV shows, and movies, including La Bamba [5] and Heroes . [6] The recording of "Caravan" from this album was used in the movie Breakfast on Pluto . [7]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Caravan"
  2. "Summertime"
  3. "All Night Diner"
  4. "Blue Moon"
  5. "School Day"
  6. "Sleep Walk"
Side two
  1. "Tenderly"
  2. "Slave Girl"
  3. "Dream"
  4. "Canadian Sunset"
  5. "Harbor Lights"
  6. "Raunchy"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Santo & Johnny | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Santo & Johnny – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ TV.com. "The Perry Como Show: October 14, 1959". TV.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bio". santoandjohnny. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ Valdez, Luis; Morales, Esai; DeSoto, Rosanna; Peña, Elizabeth (July 24, 1987), La Bamba , retrieved January 11, 2017
  6. ↑ Kane, Adam; Panettiere, Hayden; Pasdar, Adrian; Ramamurthy, Sendhil (April 13, 2009), Chapter Ten '1961' , retrieved January 11, 2017
  7. ↑ Jordan, Neil; Jones, Morgan; Birthistle, Eva; Neeson, Liam (January 6, 2006), Breakfast on Pluto , retrieved January 11, 2017
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