Double A-side Single #181

The guitarist I used to jam with in high school started to get into the TV show Hawaii Five-O sometime around our junior year. Subsequently, he also became a fan of the show’s theme song, particularly the version recorded by The Ventures. I never really watched the show myself, but when he eventually mentioned the band to me, I knew exactly who he was talking about. My parents had The Ventures’ album Walk – Don’t Run in their collection for as long as I could remember, and it was cool to be able to give it a listen with my buddy when he brought them up.

Song: “Walk – Don’t Run”
Artist: The Ventures
Songwriter(s): Johnny Smith
Album(s): Walk – Don’t Run (Single) / Walk – Don’t Run (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1960

Song: “Green Onions”
Artist: Booker T. & The M.G.s
Songwriter(s): Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Lewis Steinberg
Album(s): Green Onions (Single) / Green Onions (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1962

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