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词条 Walk, Don't Run (instrumental)
释义

  1. The Ventures

     Critical reception  Walk, Don't Run '64 

  2. Johnny Smith

  3. Chet Atkins

  4. Selected recorded versions

  5. Appearances in feature length films

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

"Walk, Don't Run" is an instrumental composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954.[1]

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 (though the Ventures' arrangement is recognizably different from Atkins' finger-picked style) which achieved world-wide recognition, being regarded by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

The Ventures

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After hearing a Chet Atkins recording of "Walk Don't Run", the Tacoma-based instrumental rock band The Ventures released their version of the tune as a single in spring 1960 on Dolton Records. This version 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.[2] The instrumental reached #3 on the Cash Box magazine chart for five weeks in August and September 1960.[3] The Dolton release of this record had two backing sides, the first release (Dolton 25) had "Home", and after initial sales were so great (to gain royalties), the B side was replaced with a Bogle-Wilson original composition, "The McCoy" (Dolton 25-X).

Personnel on this record were Bob Bogle-lead guitar, Don Wilson-rhythm guitar, Nokie Edwards-bass, and Skip Moore-drums. It was recorded and engineered by Joe Boles, who had a basement studio in his home in Seattle, Washington, who also engineered their first two albums.

This single, their first national release, vaulted the Ventures' career. The song was recorded before the band officially had a drummer. The Ventures' website lists the drummer on Walk, Don't Run as Skip Moore. Skip was given the choice of $25 or 25% of the money the record would make for playing on the session. He took the $25".[4] Bob Bogle played the lead guitar part on this first Ventures recording of the song. The band later rerecorded the song in 1964 (see below), and became the first band to score two top ten hits with two versions of the same tune.

"Walk, Don't Run" was included on the compilation album 15 Hits: The Original Recordings released by Liberty Records in 1962. And in 1991 the song was included on the compilation CD 24 Greatest Hits of All Time in the EMI Legends of Rock n' Roll Series.

In the UK, the tune was covered by the John Barry Seven, whose version, while only peaking at #11 on the Record Retailer chart, compared to the Ventures' #8, outcharted them by reaching the Top 10 on other UK charts, such as that of the NME.

In July 2003, the tune was recorded by Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards and the Light Crust Doughboys for the album Guitars Over Texas. This version is known for its jazz-inflected second verse and the use of keyboards in place of rhythm guitar.[5]

The song follows the Andalusian cadence, although the Ventures' version replaces the vi chord (relative to C major) with a VI chord, A major. [6]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone magazine rated the Ventures' version of "Walk, Don't Run" as number 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

Walk, Don't Run '64

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| artist = The Ventures
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| B-side = The Cruel Sea
| released = 1964
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"Walk, Don't Run '64" is an updated The Ventures recording that features a guitar style more similar to that of "Misirlou", and is notable for starting with a "fade-in" (as opposed to many songs of the era that ended with a "fade out"). It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #9 on the Cash Box magazine chart in 1964.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

The B-side, "The Cruel Sea", was a version of the Dakotas' 1963 single. Both recordings featured Nokie Edwards playing the lead guitar part.

The recording was used in 2000 for the dancing scene in the Australian movie The Goddess of 1967 by Clara Law.

Johnny Smith

Walk, Don't Run was written by Smith in 1954, who was inspired by the song Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise by Romberg and Hammerstein.[7]

Smith, a jazz musician who had backed singers such as Patrice Munsel performing the song, composed Walk, Don't Run as a contrafact, using the chord progression from Softly... as the basis for his melody, which he keyed in D minor.[1]

Smith included the piece on his 1954 album In A Sentimental Mood using a title chosen by his producer, Teddy Reig. It was also on Smiths 1956 album, Moods.[1]

In 1967, Johnny Smith recorded a new and more up-tempo arrangement with Hank Jones, George Duvivier, and Don Lamond on his album Johnny Smith's Kaleidoscope.[8]

In 1998 Smith was awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal for his contribution to music; the citation singled out “the genesis of Walk, Don't Run”, as well as “his manifold accomplishments” and their “profound and pervasive influence on the role of the guitar in contemporary popular culture”.[7]

Chet Atkins

In 1957 Chet Atkins recorded a popular rendition of the song for his album Hi-Fi in Focus. He did so after discussing the matter with Smith, who was pleased with the arrangement.[1] Atkins played his arrangement in A minor, using fingerstyle and including the bass notes A,G,F, and E. This later became the basis for the Ventures' arrangement. Other cover versions include those by the Shadows, Agent Orange, Zapatón, Steve Howe, Glen Campbell, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Tommy Leonetti, and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

Selected recorded versions

  • 1954: Johnny Smith
  • 1957: Chet Atkins
  • 1960: The Ventures
  • 1960: The John Barry Seven (featuring Vic Flick on guitar)
  • 1964: Tommy Leonetti (with new lyrics written by Dottie Faye)
  • 1965: Glen Campbell
  • 1965: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
  • 1967: Johnny Smith
  • 1972: Pink Fairies
  • 1973: Sha Na Na
  • 1974: Mike Auldridge
  • 1977: The Shadows
  • 1981: The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
  • 1992: Those Darn Accordions, performed entirely on accordions
  • 1993: California Guitar Trio
  • 1994: Jeff Beck (Little Big League soundtrack)
  • 1998: Steve Howe
  • 1999: Johnny A.
  • 2003: Nokie Edwards and the Light Crust Doughboys[5]
  • 2003: JFA (Jodie Foster's Army)
  • 2004: Terrafolk (as a medley featuring also "Music for a Found Harmonium")

Appearances in feature length films

  • 1988: Aloha Summer
  • 1988: Crocodile Dundee II
  • 1999: American Pie
  • 2000: The Goddess of 1967
  • 2010: Flipped
  • 2014: Pawn Sacrifice

See also

  • List of jazz contrafacts

References

1. ^{{cite journal | title= The Song That Launched A Thousand Ships (...filled with guitar players) | last= Stringham | first= Bart | issue= 45 | page= 42 | work= Just Jazz Guitar | date= November 2005 | url= http://www.bartstringham.com/page8.html | accessdate= 2013-11-14}}
2. ^https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1960-08-29
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/60s_files/1960.html |title=Cash Box Top Singles - 1960 |website=Cashbox |accessdate=2014-10-15}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/60s_files/1960.html |title=Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2018-04-03}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theconnextion.com/artgreenhaw |title=Art Greenhaw Music CD's & Cassettes |website=The Connextion |accessdate=2014-10-15}}
6. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055025 |title=The Ventures "Walk, don't run" |website=musicnotes.com |accessdate=2015-12-13}}
7. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/guitar-legend-johnny-smith-alive-and-well-in-colorado-springs/Content?oid=1111071 | title=Guitar Legend Johnny Smith Alive and Well in Colorado Springs | work=Colorado Springs Independent | date=March 15, 2001 | accessdate=May 2, 2011 | author=Campbell, Bob | location=Colorado Springs, Colorado}}
8. ^{{Cite book|title = Moonlight in Vermont: The Official Biography of Johnny Smith|last = Flanagan|first = Lin|publisher = Centerstream Publishing|year = 2015|isbn = 978-1-57424-322-2|location = Anaheim Hills|pages = 220}}

External links

  • Walk, Don't Run Documentary produced by Full Focus
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