Santo Anthony Farina and John Steven Farina were born in Brooklyn, New York: Santo on October 24, 1937, and Johnny on April 30, 1941.

When Santo was a teenager, he was able to get a local music store to modify an acoustic guitar, allowing him to play it like a steel guitar.

When Johnny reached the age of 12, he began to play accompaniment to Santo on a standard electric guitar.

The brothers wrote "Sleep Walk" one night when they "couldn't sleep after playing a gig, and started jamming."

It reached Billboard magazine's No. 1 position for two weeks during September 1959, and earned a Gold record.

"Sleep Walk" continues to be popular due to consistent radio airplay as well as its use in commercials, television programs, and movies. Santo & Johnny were inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2002.