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<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Sleep_Walk.jpg" alt="undefined"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Sleep Walk</strong>" is an instrumental song written, recorded, and released in 1959 by American instrumental rock and roll duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_%26_Johnny" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Santo &amp; Johnny</a> Farina, with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-NPR-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>} Prominently featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">steel guitar</a>, the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></em>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Top 40</a> on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a>} and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&amp;B chart.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a>} It was the last instrumental to hit number 1 in the 1950s and earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_record" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gold record</a> for Santo and Johnny.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-SJB-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a>} In Canada, the song reached number 3 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHUM_(AM)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CHUM Charts</a>.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a>} In the UK it peaked at number 22 on the charts.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a>}</p><h2>Background and recording</h2><p>As children, both Santo and Johnny Farina were encouraged by their father, Tony,^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:0-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a>} to learn the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">steel guitar</a> and write their own music.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>} This music would be recorded on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster-Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Webcor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tape recorder</a> their father had bought for them.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:0-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a>} Unable to fall asleep one night after a gig, the Farina brothers decided to write some music, using the tape recorder to first record the harmonies to what would become "Sleep Walk".^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:0-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>} After adding and finalizing the steel guitar melody, Johnny Farina believed they had a hit song, so he spent a year and a half talking with various music publishers about the possibility of professionally recording "Sleep Walk".^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:2-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a>}</p><p>The "Sleep Walk" demo made a positive impression on Ed Burton of Trinity Music.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>} After ultimately signing with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian-American_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canadian-American Records</a>,^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>} the brothers recorded "Sleep Walk" at Trinity Music, using a triple-neck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stringmaster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fender Stringmaster</a> on the recording.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:0-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a>}</p><h2>Release</h2><p>"Sleep Walk" entered the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Hot 100</a> on July 27, 1959.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-Bronson2003-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[14]</a>} Announced on the radio by DJ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Freed</a>,^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:2-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a>} the instrumental rose in popularity until it became the number 1 single for the last two weeks of September of that year.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[16]</a>} After losing the position to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Darin</a>'s recording of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mack the Knife</a>",^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[17]</a>} it remained on <em>Billboard</em>'s Top 40 until November 1959.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Walk#cite_note-:1-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>}</p>