Walk Don't Run

[Jim_S]

Walk Don't Run is an instrumental composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954.[1]
It was later adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956. This arrangement was the inspiration for the version by The Ventures in 1960 (though the Ventures' arrangement is recognizably different from Atkins' finger-picked style) which achieved world-wide recognition, being regarded by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. The Ventures version made the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #2 and was kept out of the #1 spot by "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley. The instrumental reached #3 on the Cash Box magazine chart for five weeks in August and September 1960.

Johnny Smith - 1954​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_u_AR8u21M[/ame]

Chet Atkins - 1957​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLumuGkjHo[/ame]

The Ventures - 1960​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E[/ame]

Bonus

The Ventures with The United States Air force Band and
General George Babbitt the very first drummer​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLi_hBLy3A[/ame]

 

[Jim_S]

I love Chet Atkins but the Ventures Did It Best.