“Sleep Walk” first hit the airwaves in 1959, introducing Rock & Roll to a brand-new sound: the steel guitar as a lead instrument—something previously heard only in country and Hawaiian music. The song soared to #1 on the charts, earning a Gold Record and bringing Santo & Johnny to stages across Brooklyn with Alan Freed, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, and The Perry Como Show.

Over the decades, “Sleep Walk” has appeared in more than 28 movies, including La Bamba, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, and Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed 2023 film Priscilla.