Sunday Evening Videos: Walk, Don’t Run

Tonight we’re going to look at a humble little turn written by Johnny Smith in 1954. “Walk, Don’t Run” was originaly a mellow little instrumental guitar exercise, but when Seattle’s instrumental rock legends, The Ventures” got their hands on it in 1959, the rocked-up version became the first Surf Rock hit.

The Ventures have re-recorded this tune many times, most notably with “Walk, Don’t Run (’64) ,” which was also a hit record, but many other folks have tried their hand at it over the years, like this animated ukelele duo from Japan…