Santo & Johnny
Best remembered for their instrumental guitar classic "Sleepwalk," brothers Santo and Johnny Farina were born and raised in Brooklyn. Inspired by the country music he heard on the radio, Santo adopted the steel guitar as a teen, and at age 14 he formed an instrumental trio, soon after writing his first original songs. In time he began teaching his younger sibling Johnny to play standard electric guitar, and they started performing as a duo. Santo & Johnny debuted in 1959 with "Sleepwalk" for the tiny Brooklyn label Trinity Records, a hauntingly atmospheric instrumental they'd composed with the aid of their mother. The single became a major local favorite and was then licensed to the Canadian-American imprint, where it topped the Billboard pop charts in August of that year.
Santo & Johnny soon issued their self-titled debut LP, also notching a hit with their follow-up single "Teardrops"; however, the duo's popularity quickly slid, although they issued five more albums for Canadian-American -- among them 1960's Encore and 1963's Offshore -- before the company dissolved in 1965. Two years later the siblings signed to Imperial to release The Brilliant Guitar Sounds of Santo & Johnny; three other efforts followed before Imperial, too, closed in 1968. More popular internationally than at home, Santo & Johnny continued to record well into the following decade, typically landing on little-known Italian labels; the duo finally disbanded in 1976, with Santo continuing on as a solo act.
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Al Estilo De Santo & Johnny La Costa
Pop - Paru chez Tigueraso Records le 22 avr. 2013
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Tear Drop (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 23)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Music Manager le 19 déc. 2018
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All Time Instrumental Greats
Pop - Paru chez Play Digital le 29 mai 2015
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Instrumental Santo & Johnny (Instrumental)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Vibra Music Entertainment S.A.S. le 24 oct. 2020
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Santo & Johnny (Album of 1959)
Pop - Paru chez Guitar Heros le 31 juil. 2023
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Presenting Santo & Johnny
Lounge - Paru chez Universal Digital Enterprises le 7 juil. 1959
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Le colonne sonore di Santo & Johnny (A summer place)
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Doc le 27 déc. 2021
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Hawaii
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 mai 2011
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Brooklyn Rock 'N' Rollers
Rock - Paru chez Smith & Co. le 12 oct. 2015
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Around The World... With Santo & Johnny (Album of 1962)
Santo & Johnny, Hugo Montenegro Orchestra
Pop - Paru chez Guitar Heros le 31 juil. 2023
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Island Songs (Music in Paradise)
Électronique - Paru chez Beach View Records le 14 oct. 2022
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In the Still of the Night
Pop - Paru chez Poppydisc le 24 févr. 1963
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Off Shore
Jazz - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 mai 2011
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Sleep Walk (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 22)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Music Manager le 19 déc. 2018
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