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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The Sweet Sixties
Jazz - Released by The Sweet Sixties on 2 Jul 2022
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Ojos Españoles
World - Released by Alegria Music Latino on 1 Jan 1968
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Around The World With Santo & Johnny
Pop - Released by Jasmine Records on 11 Jan 2013
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Little Plain Gold Ring
Rock - Released by plain gold ring on 21 Apr 2023
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A Prairie Windstorm
Pop - Released by prairie windstorm on 31 Jan 2023
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Caribbean Cruise
Pop - Released by classics & more on 20 Feb 2016
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Twistin' Bells / Bullseye (feat. Bun Hutch Davie Et Son Orchestre) (Mono Version)
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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Teardrop (Mono Version)
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Twistin' Bells
Christmas Music - Released by Viking Records on 2 Oct 2014
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Le colonne sonore di Santo & Johnny: A Summer Place
Pop - Released by Duck Record on 3 Jan 2022
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Around the World with Santo & Johnny
Pop - Released by Poppydisc on 24 Feb 1962
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Essential Collection
Jazz - Released by Essential Collection on 29 Sep 2022
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Around the World
Rock - Released by Essential World Masters on 15 Feb 2013
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The World Is A Paradise
Pop - Released by paradise partner musics on 23 Aug 2020
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Mack the Knife (Remastered)
Pop - Released by New World on 17 Sep 2020
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A Thousand Miles Away
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 30 Mar 2019
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