Peak
1
Weeks
18
Score
3,858
Chart Year
1959
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateSep 21, 1959
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted18
Weeks in Top 4013
Weeks in Top 109
Weeks at #22
Weeks at #12
Scoring
Summary Calc2,088
Weekly Calc1,770
Total Score3,858
Rankings
Year Ranking#16
Decade Ranking#146
Billboard Year#18
Top 5000#2,142
Details
- Album
- Santo & Johnny
- Genre
- Surf Rock
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 2:20
- Composer(s)
- Ann Farina;Johnny Farina;Santo Farina
- Entered Chart
- Jul 27, 1959
- Peak Date
- Sep 21, 1959
- Released
- August 1959
- Recorded
- 1959
- Catalog #
- Canadian American 103
- B-Side
- All Night Diner
Music Video
Notes
"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental composition written, recorded, and released in 1959 by American instrumental rock and roll duo Santo & Johnny Farina, with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums. Prominently featuring steel guitar, the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's Top 40 on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to hit number 1 in the 1950s and earned a gold record for Santo and Johnny. In Canada, the song reached number 3 in the CHUM Charts. In the UK it peaked at number 22 on the charts.
Instrumental
Chart History (18 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 27, 1959 | 95 | 31 |
| 2 | Aug 3, 1959 | 77 | 49 |
| 3 | Aug 10, 1959 | 55 | 71 |
| 4 | Aug 17, 1959 | 33 | 93 |
| 5 | Aug 24, 1959 | 8 | 118 |
| 6 | Aug 31, 1959 | 3 | 123 |
| 7 | Sep 7, 1959 | 2 | 124 |
| 8 | Sep 14, 1959 | 2 | 124 |
| 9 | Sep 21, 1959 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Sep 28, 1959 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Oct 5, 1959 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | Oct 12, 1959 | 4 | 122 |
| 13 | Oct 19, 1959 | 6 | 120 |
| 14 | Oct 26, 1959 | 12 | 114 |
| 15 | Nov 2, 1959 | 20 | 106 |
| 16 | Nov 9, 1959 | 29 | 97 |
| 17 | Nov 16, 1959 | 57 | 69 |
| 18 | Nov 23, 1959 | 90 | 36 |