Sleep Walk

:"This article is about the instrumental. For the song by Ultravox, see Sleepwalk (song). For other uses, see Sleepwalker (disambiguation)."Song infobox
Name = Sleep Walk


Artist = Santo & Johnny
Album = Santo & Johnny
Released = 1959
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Writer = Santo Farina and Johnny Farina
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"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental steel guitar-based song recorded and released in 1959 by Santo & Johnny. The song was composed by brothers Santo and Johnny Farina. (The original single credits three Farinas, including an "A. Farina" for the composition. It's sometimes reported that their mother or sister helped, but this is apparently false.cite web
url=http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc13/#santo
title="All Songs Considered" Episode 13
publisher=NPR
date=2002-02-06
work=NPR's Online Music Show
accessdate=2007-09-01] ) It was recorded at at Trinity Music in Manhattan. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's 'Top 40' on August 17th, 1959. It rose to the No. 1 position for two weeks in September (the 21st and the 28th) [cite web
url=http://www.recordresearch.com/numones/numone_pop_1950s.html
title="Billboard #1 Pop Hits — 1950 - 1959"
publisher=Record Research Inc.
accessdate=2007-09-01] and remained in the 'Top 40' list until November 9th. It was the last instrumental to hit #1 in the 1950s and earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.cite web
url=http://santoandjohnny.com/Bio.php
title="Santo & Johnny Bio"]

"Sleep Walk" continues to be popular due to consistent radio airplay as well as its usage in commercials, television shows, and movies. One of the first covers was by Betsy Brye [cite web
url=http://www.sunpk.com/art/cdart/pages/033betteannebio.htm
title="Bette Anne Steele Bio"
accessdate=2007-09-01] (stage name of Bette Anne Steele) in 1959. While Santo & Johnny wrote lyrics for "Sleepwalk", they never recorded a lyrical version, but Betsy Brye's version included these lyrics. It has been also covered by Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Shadows, The Ventures, Jake Shimabukuro,
Larry Carlton [cite web
url= http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=10743
title="Larry Carlton - Sleepwalk - GRP Records"
accessdate=2007-08-30] ,
Deftones,
Chet Atkins [cite web
url=http://www.misterguitar.com/discography/teensville.html
title="Teensville" (1960) at Chet Atkins: Mister Guitar - Discography
accessdate = 2007-08-30] ,
Danny Gatton,
B.J. Cole,
Amos Garrett, and
Joe Satriani [cite web
url=http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/SatrianiInterview.htm
title="Interview with Joe Satriani"
work=Heart of Steel
publisher = Metal-Rules.com [http://www.metal-rules.com]
year=2002
month=October
format=Web
accessdate=2007-08-30] . Both Modest Mouse and The Raveonettes have recorded adaptions of the song, with lyrics. A version of the song by Brian Setzer received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance of 1998. [cite web
url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=brian%20setzer&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1
title= Grammy Award winners (Brian Setzer)
accessdate=2007-08-30]

In Europe, French award-wining guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel hits the Top 20 with his instrumental version of the song recorded in 2006. The song appears prominently at the end of the film La Bamba during Ritchie Valens' funeral and the subsequent scene of his brother, Bob, screaming Ritchie's name to the heavens.

In the movie Twelve Monkeys, the song plays over the car radio during a scene in which psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly has been abducted by time traveler and mentally divergent James Cole.

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