| "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" | ||||
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| Single by Wayne Newton | ||||
| from the album Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast | ||||
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| Released | April 8, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Chelsea Records 0100 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Callander, Geoff Stephens | |||
| Producer(s) | Wes Farrell | |||
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"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" is a song written by Peter Callander and Geoff Stephens and performed by Wayne Newton. It appeared on Newton's 1972 album, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast.[1]
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" reached #3 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart and #4 on the Hot 100.[2] The song spent one week at #1 on the Cashbox chart on August 5, 1972,[3] and three weeks at #1 in Australia. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in July 1972.[4]
The song was ranked #10 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972[5] and was also ranked number 7 on the Kent Music Report's 25 songs of 1972.
The track was produced by Wes Farrell and arranged by Mike Melvoin.[6]
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- ^ "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast (song by Wayne Newton)". Musicvf.com. 1972-04-22. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/05/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 317. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Charts:1972". Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ "Wayne Newton - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast / Echo Valley 2-6809 - Chelsea - USA - 78-0100". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.