Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
Single by Wayne Newton
from the album Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
B-side
  • "Echo Valley 2-6809" (U.S.)
  • "Walking in the Sand" (Intl.)
ReleasedApril 8, 1972
GenrePop
Length3:18
LabelChelsea Records 0100
Songwriter(s)Peter Callander, Geoff Stephens
Producer(s)Wes Farrell
Wayne Newton singles chronology
"I Ain't That Easy to Lose"
(1971) 		"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
(1972) 		"Can't You Hear the Song?"
(1972)

"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]

  1. ^ "Wayne Newton - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ^ "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast (song by Wayne Newton)". Musicvf.com. 1972-04-22. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  3. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/05/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 317. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  5. ^ "Charts:1972". Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Wayne Newton - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast / Echo Valley 2-6809 - Chelsea - USA - 78-0100". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.