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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Sleep Walk (Mono Version)
Pop - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Sleep Walk and Other Favorites (Remastered)
Pop - Paru chez Delta Music le 16 mai 2022
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Santo y Johnny Antologia de Exitos
Pop - Paru chez Multimusic México le 21 mai 2015
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Santo & Johnny Colección De Oro (Instrumental)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Pipila Records S.A. DE C.V. le 4 avr. 2011
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Sleepwalk (New Stereo Mix 2021)
Rockabilly - Paru chez New Europa le 1 janv. 2021
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Hawaii (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez Essential Media Group le 1 mai 2011
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Santo & Johnny Greatest Hits Medley
Pop - Paru chez JB Production CH le 7 févr. 2016
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Sleepwalk: the Best of
Rock - Paru chez Burning Fire le 28 sept. 2009
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Sleep Walk (Remastered)
Pop - Paru chez New World le 17 sept. 2020
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Dance Dance Dance (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez Essential Media Group le 6 déc. 2011
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La musica degli angeli, vol. 2
Pop - Paru chez Inccd le 1 oct. 2010
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Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
Ambiance - Paru chez Master Tape Records le 18 sept. 2020
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Play The Beatles
Rock - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 déc. 2010
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The Very Best Of (Remastered)
Pop - Paru chez New World le 11 déc. 2020
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Sleepwalk - The First Two Albums
Rock - Paru chez Jasmine Records le 12 avr. 2011
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Sleepwalk - The Very Best Of
Pop - Paru chez Rockabilly Records le 28 sept. 2009
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Al Estilo De Santo & Johnny La Costa
Pop - Paru chez Tigueraso Records le 22 avr. 2013
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