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Leroy Van Dyke
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 Leroy
Van Dyke's
"Walk On By" named the
number one country song
in chart history by
Billboard Magazine!
Despite all the success
of country music over the past 30 years, the classic song "Walk
On By," recorded in 1961 by Mercury's Leroy Van Dyke, has been
named the biggest all-time country hit by Billboard magazine in
its 100th anniversary issue (November 1, 1994). Based on sales,
radio airplay and amount of time on the country charts, Van
Dyke's "Walk On By" was designated the #1 recording for the
period of October 20, 1958, through June 25, 1994.
"It's kind of a shock, but kind of nice," says Van Dyke, who
still performs more than 100 concerts annually in the United
States, Canada and overseas, covering an average of 100,000
miles per year. "I've been at this for over 38 years, and when
your main concern is getting to the next show, you're too busy
to stop and think that maybe you're making history."
Leroy's longevity, his amazing staying power as a performer, is
attributable to several factors: the timeless, wide appeal
of"Walk On By" and other titles in his recorded repertoire, his
professionalism both on and off stage, his unexcelled business
integrity and his policy of giving fans at live performances
what they want to hear.
The top 20 Billboard listing includes other great performers
Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Ray Price, Ferlin Husky,
George Jones, Buck Owens, Bill Anderson and others. Van Dyke is
the only artist among the group who has maintained a full-time
touring schedule since the late 1950's. "I'm the only one on the
list," he says with a laugh, "who's never ever disbanded, never
slowed down, never quit or died."
Although uncertain as to exact numbers, Van Dyke estimates sales
of "Walk On By" at more than 3,000,000 copies; recorded before
the advent of gold or platinum records, it has not been
certified. It continues to be immensely popular on record and in
concert worldwide. "One reason for its success," Leroy says, "is
that it strikes a responsive chord in listeners. You can call it
a classic triangle or cheatin' song if you wish, but it's also
true that anyone, anywhere, any age, can identify with 'Walk On
By,' particularly if family or society thinks that person should
love a certain person, but his or her heart belongs to someone
else."
"Walk On By" is not a "period" song, but has as much mass appeal
today, and will have tomorrow, as it did when it rocketed to the
top of the charts in 1961 and 1962. Many contemporary country
stars know and perform the song, and every country band,
worldwide, knows and plays it.
However, the song almost missed being a hit . . . twice. First,
Van Dyke and his session leader, Jerry Kennedy (later a producer
for Jerry Lee Lewis, The Statler Brothers and others), went to
the Nashville office of Lowery Music to search for material, but
could find nothing they liked. Lowery's Gary Walker said he had
one other song, but wouldn't play it for them because it still
needed work.
"I badgered him until he did," recalls Van Dyke, "but the voice
on the demo record was having trouble carrying a tune, and it
sounded like it was recorded in a garage on a Webcor wire
recorder. I was almost ready to say 'no' when it got to the
chorus: 'Just walk on by, wait on the corner.' I said, 'That's
it. I want it.' " The song (written by Kendall Hayes) didn't
have a second verse, so Walker wrote one that night while Van
Dyke rearranged the chorus and touched up the first verse.
Recorded in Nashville with producer Shelby Singleton, Hank "Sugarfoot"
Garland was responsible for the song's signature guitar sound.
Among others on the session were Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano;
Buddy Killen on bass; Kennedy, Harold Bradley and Kelso Herston
on guitars; Willie Ackerman on drums; and Margie Singleton as
featured background singer. The unique combination of material
and personnel in the studio that day undoubtedly was magic. On a
sad note, the recording engineer, Mort Thomasson, died on
October 1994, just days before the momentous announcement of the
place in history occupied by "Walk On By."
When Mercury Records decided to promote the other side of the
single, "My World Is Cavin In," Van Dyke kept telling them, "You
need to flip it over," but not until there were rumors that
Conway Twitty had also cut the song did Mercury push "Walk On
By." On September 25, 1961, it went to #1, where it remained for
an incredible 19 weeks, and some music historians report that it
stayed in the charts 42 weeks! One of the first major crossover
hits, it was #5 on the pop chart. In addition, "Walk On By" was
nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Western Recording.
Leroy's 1956 hit, "Auctioneer," which he wrote, has also been a
million-seller as well as Top 10 country and Top 20 pop, and is
a timeless country standard. "You're lucky if you have one song
people remember," says Van Dyke. "I've been lucky enough to have
two." For more go to
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