Walk Right In

"Walk Right In"
"Walk Right In"
Single by the Rooftop Singers
from the album Walk Right In
B-side	"Cool Water"
Released	December 1962
Recorded	1962
Genre	Folk; folk-pop; novelty;
Length	2:33
Label	Vanguard
Songwriter(s)	Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods
Producer(s)	Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe
The Rooftop Singers singles chronology

"Walk Right In" is a country blues song written by musician Gus Cannon and originally recorded by Cannon's Jug Stompers in 1929 by RCA Victor.^[2] In 1959, it was included on the compilation album The Country Blues. Another version of the song by the Rooftop Singers, with the writing credits allocated to group members Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe, became an international hit in 1963.

^ ^a ^b ^c Breihan, Tom (May 11, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Rooftop Singers' "Walk Right In"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 10, 2023. ...the biggest folk single of the year was a chirpy, strummy, generally meaningless novelty version of an old jug-band song...But this is still cheesed-out whitebread pop-folk...
^ Samuel Charters. The Country Blues. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975, p. 124.