Daddy Don't you walk so FAST

Then, in 1972, Wes Farrell decided to take a chance. He signed Wayne as the first artist on his new Chelsea label. As a debut single, they came up with "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast."

The song had already been a hit for a few months before in England, for pop singer Daniel Boone (Daniel was later to have a U.S. hit, "Beautiful Sunday," in the fall of 1972). Wayne liked it for its unstated theme of divorce -- something his Las Vegas fans could surely identify with. He also felt it "tugged at the heartstrings."

"I seem to lean toward emotional songs," he said, "and there's a reason for it." He offered a cinematic analogy. "If you go to a comedy, you laugh a lot, and come out saying, 'I really like that.' But you'll never go back. It's kind of like hearing the same joke twice. But if you go to a movie and cry when you leave, you might go back to see it nine or ten times. Don't ask me why, but it's a human trait, and that's the way I am. If something truly touches me that deeply, I'll want to see it, or sing it, or hear it again."

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" was released in April 1972, and peaked on the charts in July. The same month, Wayne received his gold disc for sales topping one million copies

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Thanks for sharing, also interesting to see the info. I first heard this song sung by a wonderful childrens entertainer in Dawlish Warren, Rory Blackwell.