Walk Right Back

"Walk Right Back" is a 1961 song by Sonny Curtis that was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and went to No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. Originally it was the B-side, then it was changed to the A-side.

In an interview he did with Jim Liddane of the International Songwriters Association, Sonny Curtis said about the song:

(It goes:

<blockquote>These eyes of mine that gave you loving glances once before, change to shades of cloudy gray. I want so very much to see you, just like before. I've got to know you're coming back to stay. Please believe me when I say, 'It's great to hear from you,' but there's a lot of things a letter just can't say, oh, me. Walk right back to me this minute ...,</blockquote>

etc.)

Other versions

• Bobby Vee and The Ventures - for the album Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures (1963)
• The Move - at a BBC session (13 November 1969)
• Harry Nilsson - on a BBC TV special The Music of Nilsson (1971), sung in counterpoint with "Cathy's Clown."
• Andy Williams - for his album Solitaire (1973)
• Perry Como - a single release which reached No. 33 on the UK charts and No. 19 on the Irish Singles Charts in 1973.
• Val Doonican - for the album Some of My Best Friends Are Songs (1977).
• Mud recorded the song for their Rock On album in 1978.
• In 1978, the song was a No. 4 US Country hit (No. 3 US AC and No. 2 Canada Country) for Anne Murray. Murray also performed a version of her song on The Muppet Show.
• Daniel O'Donnell and Mary Duff - for their album Timeless (1996)
• Brenda Holloway - for her album It's a Woman's World (1999)

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