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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Santo y Johnny Antologia de Exitos
Pop - Released by Multimusic México on May 21, 2015
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Santo & Johnny Colección De Oro (Instrumental)
World - Released by Pipila Records S.A. DE C.V. on Apr 4, 2011
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Sleepwalk (New Stereo Mix 2021)
Rockabilly - Released by New Europa on Jan 1, 2021
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Hawaii (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on May 1, 2011
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Santo & Johnny Greatest Hits Medley
Pop - Released by JB Production CH on Feb 7, 2016
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Dance Dance Dance (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on Dec 6, 2011
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Al Estilo De Santo & Johnny La Costa
Pop - Released by Tigueraso Records on Apr 22, 2013
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Sleep Walk / Tear Drop (Rerecorded Version)
Pop/Rock - Released by K-Tel on Jan 15, 2024
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Instrumental Santo & Johnny (Instrumental)
World - Released by Vibra Music Entertainment S.A.S. on Oct 24, 2020
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Le colonne sonore di Santo & Johnny (A summer place)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Doc on Dec 27, 2021
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Ojos Españoles
World - Released by Alegria Music Latino on Jan 1, 1968
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Le colonne sonore di Santo & Johnny: A Summer Place
Pop - Released by Duck Record on Jan 3, 2022
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Half Breed
Rock - Released by Jukebox Entertainment on Feb 4, 2008
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The Way We Were & Other Favorites
Rock - Released by Soul Concerts on Jun 6, 2011
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Santo & Johnny
Rock - Released by CLASSIC WORLD ENTERTAINMENT on Mar 22, 2019
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Le Colonne Sonore Di Santo & Johnny: Moon River
Pop - Released by Duck Record on Jan 10, 2022
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Llorando en la Capilla
Pop - Released by Multimusic México on Nov 3, 2021
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Le colonne sonore di Santo & Johnny: Goldfinger
Pop - Released by Duck Record on Jan 3, 2022
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