“Walk Walk” (1964) – The Freewheelers * Written by Sunny Skylar and Al Caiola * Produced by Bob Morgan * Arranged by Mort Garson * 45: “Walk, Walk” / “The Best of It” * Label: Epic * Charts: Billboard Bubbling Under #119
The century-old Appalachian “eefing” technique – which has to do with inhaling and exhaling in a rhythm – had a bit of a cultural flareup in the early sixites. (If you’re not up to speed on eefing, see this informative post at the WFMU blog.) R&B singer Joe Perkins took a number called “Little Eefin’ Annie” to Billboard‘s #76 in ’63, while the following year’s “Walk, Walk,” a slab of jingle-ready Dixie-corn involving Al Caiola and future Moog master Mort Garson (and which didn’t make that WFMU post), bubbled under at #119. Not sure who did the eefing honors, which begin at 1:19 (numerologists take note), since there’s no info anywhere about this perhaps justifiably forgotten record.