The Ventures

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The Ventures
General information
Genre (s) Instrumental , rock , pop , beat
founding 1959/1960
Founding members
Don Wilson
Guitar, bass
Bob Bogle († 2009)
guitar
 Nookie Edwards († 2018)
Mel Taylor († 1996)
Current occupation
guitar
 Don Wilson
guitar
 Gerry McGee
Drums
 Leon Taylor
Guitar, bass
 Bob Spalding
former members
Drums
 Howie Johnson
Drums
 Skip Moore
Leon Russel

The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band that was founded in 1959/1960 on the initiative of the singer Don Wilson and the electric bass guitarist Bob Bogle from Seattle in Portland . Other early members were guitarist Nole "Nookie" Edwards and drummer Mel Taylor. The Ventures have been continuously active since their inception. They had their greatest successes in the 1960s. The pieces Walk, Don't Run , Pipeline , Hawaii Five-O , Perfidia , Lullaby of the Leaves , Apache , Telstar and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue are among her best known hits. Her title The Swinging Creeper was the theme tune of the German television program ZDF- Ortszeit for many years .

In the USA , almost 40 of their albums landed in the charts and 17 of them made it into the top 40. With over 110 million albums sold, the Ventures are among the most successful bands ever. They had particular success in Japan , which is why five members of the band including Don Wilson received the Order of the Rising Sun 4th grade from the Japanese government in 2010 .

Band history

The roots of the ventures lie in the band The Impacts from Tacoma , Washington . In 1959 guitarists Bob Bogle and Don Wilson toured Washington and Idaho with various backing bands (known as The Versa-Tones and The Marksmen, among others). After a demo tape was rejected by the record studio Liberty Records, the two founded their own label called Blue Horizon. After the release of the single Cookies and Coke , they hired bassist Nokie Edwards and drummer Skip Moore and decided to form an instrumental rock band.

Influenced by the Chet Atkins album Hi Fi in Focus , the Ventures released the single Walk, Don't Run in 1960 , which was then strongly oriented towards the stereotypical beat of the English instrumental quartet The Shadows and which made them "more aggressive" with effective guitar tremolos in the style of Duane Eddy on their own label. The single became a local hit after the piece was regularly played on the Seattle radio news . Dolton Records, owner of the studios Liberty Records, took the single under license and by the summer of 1960 the song was number 2 on the US charts behind It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley . Howie Johnson replaced Moore on drums , and the Ventures began recording their debut album Walk, Don't Run .

The singles Perfidia and Ram-Bunk-Shush reached the top 40 between 1960 and 1961. During this time, the Ventures began to develop a trademark of their music. The pieces on their records were now arranged on a theme that was reflected in the respective album title. The fourth record, The Colorful Ventures , included the tracks Yellow Jacket , Red Top , Orange Fire and at least three other tracks with the word "Blue". All cover songs from many genres of 1960s music, for example twist , country , pop , spy music , psychedelic rock , swamp , garage rock or Latin American music , were released in the style of the Ventures. In the 1970s, the band covered pieces from the genres of funk , disco , reggae and soft rock .

In 1962 Howie Johnson left the band and was replaced by Mel Taylor. Nokie Edwards took over the lead guitar and Bob Bogle took over the electric bass . One of the few records not arranged around a special theme was also the most successful, The Lonely Bull , with the piece Telstar by the British rock band The Tornados . The record reached the top ten and became the second of three gold records (they received their first gold record for Walk, Don't Run ). A new version of their debut album called Walk — Don't Run '64 reached number 8 on the charts in 1964. In the mid-1960s, the ventures' success waned in the wake of the British Invasion . Nokie Edwards left the band between 1968 and 1972 and was replaced by Gerry McGee. Hawaii Five-O , the theme song of the television series of the same name , reached number 4 on the US charts in 1969.

In the early 1970s, the ventures were looking for new audiences across the Pacific in Japan . After they founded their own label for the Japanese market, Tridex Records, they sold over 40 million records there, becoming one of the most influential US music groups in Japan to date. Between 1972 and 1979 Mel Taylor left the band and was replaced by Joe Barile. At the beginning of the 1980s the quartet Wilson, Bogle, Edwards and Taylor could look back on more than twenty years of band history. Edwards left the band for good in 1984 and was replaced by Gerry McGee. Mel Taylor died on a tour of Japan in 1996 and was replaced by his son Leon. The Ventures was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008 . In June 2009, Bob Bogle died of cancer. Nokie Edwards died on March 12, 2018 as a result of hip surgery.

Members

Current occupation

former members

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1960 Walk - don't run US11 (37 weeks)
US
1961 Another Smash !!! US39 (14 weeks)
US
The Ventures US105 (14 weeks)
US
The Colorful Ventures US94 (17 weeks)
US
1962 Twist with the ventures US24 (29 weeks)
US
The Ventures' Twist Party, Vol. 2 US41 (11 weeks)
US
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy US45 (12 weeks)
US
Going to the Ventures Dance Party! US93 (8 weeks)
US
1963 The Ventures Play “ Telstar ” and “The Lonely Bull” US8th
gold
gold

(40 weeks)US
"Surfing" US30 (28 weeks)
US
Bobby Vee meets the ventures US91 (8 weeks)
US
The Ventures Play the Country Classics US101 (14 weeks)
US
Let's go! US30 (33 weeks)
US
1964 (The) Ventures in Space US27 (18 weeks)
US
The Fabulous Ventures US32 (19 weeks)
US
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 US17 (24 weeks)
US
1965 The Ventures Knock Me Out! US31 (24 weeks)
US
The Ventures on Stage US27 (30 weeks)
US
Live album
Play guitar with the ventures US96 (13 weeks)
US
Learning album with instructions and examples on how to play guitar
The Ventures a Go-Go US16 (35 weeks)
US
1966 Where the Action Is! US33 (22 weeks)
US
The Ventures Play the "Batman" Theme US42 (21 weeks)
US
Go With the Ventures! US39 (25 weeks)
US
Wild Things! US33 (26 weeks)
US
1967 Guitar freakout US57 (26 weeks)
US
Great psychedelics US69 (15 weeks)
US
Golden Greats by the Ventures US50
gold
gold

(44 weeks)US
1968 $ 1,000,000.00 Weekend US55 (21 weeks)
US
Flights of Fantasy US169 (6 weeks)
US
The Horse US128 (9 weeks)
US
1969 Underground fire US157 (14 weeks)
US
Hawaii Five-O US11
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
Swamp rock US81 (12 weeks)
US
1970 More golden greats US154 (5 weeks)
US
The Ventures 10th Anniversary Album US91 (21 weeks)
US
1972 Theme from "Shaft" US195 (3 weeks)
US
Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics US146 (3 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1965: Play Guitar, Vol. 1
  • 1965: Play Guitar, Vol. 2
  • 1965: Play Guitar, Vol. 3
  • 1965: Play Guitar, Vol. 4: Play Electric Bass
  • 1965: The Ventures' Christmas Album
  • 1965: Adventures in Paradise
  • 1966: All About the Ventures
  • 1967: Play Guitar, Vol. 7
  • 1967: Revolving Sounds
  • 1970: On the Scene
  • 1970: Golden Pops
  • 1971: New Testament
  • 1972: Rock and Roll Forever
  • 1974: Jim Croce Songbook
  • 1974: Best of Pops Sounds
  • 1974: The Ventures Play the Carpenters
  • 1975: Now Playing
  • 1976: Hollywood
  • 1976: Rocky Road: The New Ventures
  • 1976: Sunflower '76
  • 1977: TV Themes
  • 1979: Latin album
  • 1980: Chameleon
  • 1981: 60's Pops
  • 1982: St. Lois Memory
  • 1982: The Last Album on Liberty
  • 1983: NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album
  • 1996: The Ventures Favorites
  • 1997: Guitars on Mars
  • 1997: Wild Again
  • 1998: New Depths
  • 1999: Walk Don't Run 2000
  • 2001: Plays Southern All Stars
  • 2002: The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits
  • 2002: Christmas Joy
  • 2003: gold
  • 2004: Ventures Forever

Live albums

  • 1965: The Ventures in Japan
  • 1965: The Ventures in Japan, Vol. 2
  • 1965: The Ventures on Stage
  • 1967: The Ventures on Stage Encore
  • 1968: The Ventures Live, Again!
  • 1968: The Ventures in Tokyo '68
  • 1970: Live! The Ventures
  • 1971: Pops in Japan '71
  • 1971: The Ventures on Stage '71
  • 1972: The Ventures on Stage '72
  • 1973: Pops in Japan '73
  • 1973: The Ventures on Stage '73
  • 1974: The Ventures Special '74 on Japanese Tour
  • 1974: The Ventures on Stage '74
  • 1975: The Ventures on Stage '75
  • 1976: The Ventures on Stage '76
  • 1977: Live in Japan '77
  • 1980: Super Live '80
  • 1981: Live in LA
  • 1984: Original Members: Live in Japan
  • 1995: Live in Japan '65
  • 1998: On Stage Encore / The Ventures Live, Again!
  • 1999: Ventures in Japan / Ventures in Japan, Vol. 2
  • 2001: Live in Japan 2000
  • 2003: Live in Japan 2000
  • 2004: In Japan, Vol. 1-2
  • 2004: Pops in Japan, Vol. 1–2
  • 2004: Summer & Winter: Live
  • 2005: Alive Five-O Hits Live

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1960 Walk - don't run UK8 (13 weeks)
UK 		US2 (18 weeks)
US
Perfidia UK4 (13 weeks)
UK 		US15 (13 weeks)
US
Author: Alberto Domínguez; Original: Xavier Cugat (1940)
1961 Ram bunk shush UK45 (1 week)
UK 		US29 (9 weeks)
US
Authors: Lucky Millinder , Henry Glover , Jimmy Mundy (1952)
1957 hit for Bill Doggett
Lullaby of the Leaves UK43 (4 weeks)
UK 		US69 (5 weeks)
US
Authors: Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
number one hit for George Olsen and His Music (1932)
(Theme From) Silver City - US83 (3 weeks)
US
Author: Hank Levine
Blue moon - US54 (6 weeks)
US
Authors: Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart
number one hits for Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra (1935) and the Marcels (1961)
1962 Lolita Ya-Ya - US61 (7 weeks)
US
Authors: Nelson Riddle , Bob Harris; from the movie Lolita
The 2,000 Pound Bee (Part 2) - US91 (4 weeks)
US
Author: Don Wilson
1964 Walk - Don't Run '64 - US8 (11 weeks)
US
Re-recording of the hit from 1960
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue - US35 (7 weeks)
US
Authors: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
from the musical On Your Toes (1936), 1949 a hit for Lennie Hayton
1965 Diamond Head - US70 (3 weeks)
US
Author: Danny Hamilton
1966 Secret Agent Man - US54 (7 weeks)
US
Authors: PF Sloan , Steve Barri; Original: Johnny Rivers (1964, theme song for the TV series Danger Man )
1969 Hawaii Five-O - US4 (14 weeks)
US
Original / author: Morton Stevens (1968, theme melody of the TV series Hawaii Five-O )
Theme from "A Summer Place" - US83 (5 weeks)
US
Authors: Max Steiner, Mack Discant
Original: Hugo Winterhalter (1959, from the film A Summer Place ), a number one hit for Percy Faith that same year

More singles

  • 1959: Cookies and Coke
  • 1959: The Twomp
  • 1962: Yellow Jacket
  • 1962: Instant Guitars
  • 1963: Memphis
  • 1963: The Ninth Wave
  • 1963: The Savage
  • 1963: Journey to the Stars
  • 1964: Fugitive
  • 1965: Pedal Pusher
  • 1965: Bird Rockers
  • 1965: Sleigh Ride / Snowflakes (Greensleeves)
  • 1968: Flights of Fantasy
  • 1970: Changing Times
  • 1991: Wipe Out
  • 1997: Surf on Guitar Medley

Compilations

  • 1963: Tarantella / Memphis
  • 1966: Running Strong
  • 1966: The Versatile Ventures
  • 1967: 8 Miles High
  • 1967: Golden Greats
  • 1968: Guitar Genius of the Ventures
  • 1968: Pops in Japan / Pops in Japan, Vol. 2
  • 1969: Super Group
  • 1970: More Golden Greats
  • 1971: A Decade with the Ventures
  • 1971: Ventures
  • 1973: Only Hits
  • 1974: Legendary Masters
  • 1975: The Very Best of the Ventures
  • 1975: 15th Anniversary Album: 15 Years of Japanese Pops
  • 1975: The Ventures' 15th Anniversary
  • 1976: Early Sounds of the Ventures
  • 1977: 20 greatest hits
  • 1980: Greatest Hits
  • 1980: Rare Collections for Great Collectors
  • 1980: The Best 10, Vol. 2
  • 1981: The Ventures Greatest Hits
  • 1981: The Very Best of the Ventures
  • 1983: Heritage Series: Movie Themes
  • 1983: Heritage Series: Spotlight
  • 1983: The Ventures Today
  • 1986: Best of the Ventures
  • 1986: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
  • 1986: The Collection
  • 1987: Compact Ventures
  • 1987: The Best of the Ventures
  • 1988: Radical Guitars
  • 1989: Christmas Classics
  • 1989: Walk Don't Run: All Time Greatest Hits
  • 1990: EP Collection
  • 1990: Legendary Masters: The Best of the Ventures
  • 1990: Walk - Don't Run: The Best of the Ventures
  • 1992: Greatest Hits
  • 1992: Legends of Rock 'n' Roll
  • 1992: Only the Hits
  • 1992: The Ventures Play Telstar / Ventures in Space
  • 1993: Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1957–1961
  • 1993: Super Box of Rock, Vol. 2
  • 1993: EP Collection Vol. 2
  • 1995: Another Smash !!! / The Colorful Ventures
  • 1995: Best of the Ventures
  • 1995: Guitar Freakout / Super Psychedelics
  • 1995: Hollywood's Hottest Hits
  • 1995: original
  • 1995: Play the Carpenters / The Jim Croce Songbook
  • 1995: Play the Hits
  • 1995: Surfing
  • 1995: Twist with the Ventures / The Ventures' Twist Party, Vol. 2
  • 1995: Ventures A Go-Go / Where the Action Is!
  • 1995: Walk Don't Run, Vol. 2 / Ventures Knock Me Out!
  • 1995: Walk Don't Run / Ventures
  • 1995: Rock Instrumental Classics, Vols. 1-5
  • 1996: Another Smash !!! / Ventures
  • 1996: Best of Pops Sounds / Go with the Ventures
  • 1996: Flights of Fantasy / The Ventures in Space
  • 1996: Flights of Fantasy / Underground Fire
  • 1996: Go With the Ventures! / Batman theme
  • 1996: Greatest Hits
  • 1996: Hawaii Five-O / Swamp Rock
  • 1996: Joy! The Ventures Play the Classics / Latin Album
  • 1996: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy / Going to the Ventures Dance Party!
  • 1996: Super Psychedelics / $ 1,000,000 Weekend
  • 1996: Surfing / Colorful Ventures
  • 1996: Tele-Ventures: The Ventures Perform the Great TV Themes
  • 1996: Underground Fire / Hollywood Metal Dinamic Sound 3000
  • 1996: Walk Don't Run / Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2
  • 1996: Where the Action Is! / The Ventures Knock Me Out!
  • 1996: Cowabunga! The Surf Box
  • 1996: Theme from Shaft / The Horse
  • 1997: 36 All Time Greatest Hits
  • 1997: Batman / TV Themes
  • 1997: Guitar Freakout / Wild Things!
  • 1997: In the Vaults
  • 1997: Let's Go / Ventures Play the Country Classics
  • 1997: Lonely Bull / $ 1,000,000 Weekend
  • 1997: New Testament / More Golden Greats
  • 1997: Play Guitar with the Ventures
  • 1997: Play Guitar, Vol. 3 / Play Guitar, Vol. 4: Play Electric Bass
  • 1997: Play Guitar, Vols. 1 & 2
  • 1997: Rock and Roll Forever / Now Playing
  • 1997: Swamp Rock / Hawaii Five-O
  • 1997: TV Themes / Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
  • 1997: The Fabulous Ventures / The Ventures a Go-Go
  • 1997: The Ventures
  • 1997: Ventures on Stage / Surfing
  • 1997: Wild Things! / Fabulous Ventures
  • 1997: 36 All Time Greatest Hits
  • 1997: Born to Be Wild (contains the rock song of the same name )
  • 1997: Play Guitar with the Ventures
  • 1997: The Ultimate History of Rock 'N' Roll Collection
  • 1998: 100 jukebox hits: 50's & 60's
  • 1998: Yuletide Soiree Party Pack
  • 1998: Classic 60's Themes
  • 1998: EP Collection, Vol. 3
  • 1998: Horse / New Testament
  • 1998: On Stage Encore / The Ventures Live, Again!
  • 1998: Play Guitar, Vols. 1–4 & 7
  • 1998: Stars on Guitars
  • 1998: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes / Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
  • 1998: Theme from Shaft / Rocky Road
  • 1999: Endless Summer Legends, Vols. 1-3
  • 1999: Hot Rod Box Set
  • 1999: Golden Pops / Pops in Japan '71
  • 1999: In the Vaults, Vol. 2
  • 1999: Rock & Roll Forever / Rocky Road
  • 1999: The Ventures
  • 1999: The Ventures' 10th Anniversary Album / Only Hits
  • 1999: Ventures In Japan / Ventures in Japan, Vol. 2
  • 2000: Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection
  • 2000: Best of the Ventures: Walk Don't Run
  • 2000: gold
  • 2000: Hawaii Five-O: Remixed Hits & More
  • 2000: Play Screen Themes
  • 2000: story
  • 2000: Ventures Gold, Vol. 2
  • 2001: The Ultimate Collection
  • 2001: The Ventures Play the Greatest Surfin 'Hits of All Time
  • 2001: Ventures Gold, Vol. 3
  • 2002: Hyper Gold
  • 2002: Surf Rock Anthology
  • 2002: The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits of All-Time $
  • 2003: All Time Greatest Hits
  • 2003: Surfin 'with the Ventures
  • 2003: The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits of All Time, Vol. 2
  • 2003: Your Hit Parade 60’s
  • 2003: Most Famous Hits , The Ventures, The Album (double CD)
  • 2004: Best of, Vol. 1-2
  • 2004: Guitar Legends
  • 2004: In Japan, Vol. 1-2
  • 2004: Pops a la Carte
  • 2004: Pops in Japan, Vol. 1–2
  • 2004: Sixties Guitar Party
  • 2004: Super Deluxe
  • 2004: Super Now
  • 2004: Surfin 'to Baja
  • 2004: Walk Don't Run: Very Best Of
  • 2005: 10th Anniversary Album
  • 2005: In the Vaults, Vol. 3
  • 2005: Platinum Collection
  • 2005: Ventures
  • 2007: In the Vaults, Vol. 4

Video albums

  • 1966: Live in Japan
  • 1980: Concert UK
  • 1981: Live in LA
  • 1984: Original Members: Live in Japan
  • 1984: Golden hits
  • 1990: Live in Japan '90
  • 2001: Inside the Music: Surf's Up
  • 2004: 45th Anniversary Memorial Concert
  • 2004: Live in Japan '93
  • 2005: Beloved Invaders

Soundtracks

  • 1986: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
  • 1993: This Boy's Life
  • 1996: Very Brady Sequel
  • 2000: Cinemadness: Cool Songs From Hot Flicks
  • 2000: Movie Madness: Cool Songs From Hot Flicks
  • 2000: Tao of Steve
  • 2001: 61 *

literature

Web links

Commons : The Ventures  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Ventures earn one-of-a-kind recognition from Japan's Emperor. In: Northwest Asian Weekly. June 24, 2010, accessed May 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Barry Graves: Rock-Lexikon. 1975/78.
  3. ↑ Nokie Edwards
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  5. ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 . / Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , 11th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
  6. ↑ The Ventures in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)
  7. ^ The Ventures at History of Rock, accessed May 27, 2017
  8. ↑ 500 Songs That Shaped Rock , copy from infoplease, accessed on May 27, 2018
  9. ^ Grammy Hall of Fame , grammy.com, accessed May 27, 2018