| rdfs:comment | - Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Success 1.2 Berlee Records and move to Amy 1.3 Moves to Liberty, United Artists and Island 1.4 Later career 1.5 Death and legacy 2 Film and television 2.1 Filmography 2.2 Television 3 Discography 3.1 Singles 4 Literature 5 References 6 External links
- Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 No. 1 hit "Runaway".
- Del Shannon was an American rock and roll and country musician, and singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 No. 1 Billboard hit Runaway. One of the best and most original rockers of the early '60s, Del Shannon was also one of the least typical. Although classified at times as a teen idol, he favored brooding themes of abandonment, loss, and rejection.
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| abstract | - Del Shannon was an American rock and roll and country musician, and singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 No. 1 Billboard hit Runaway. One of the best and most original rockers of the early '60s, Del Shannon was also one of the least typical. Although classified at times as a teen idol, he favored brooding themes of abandonment, loss, and rejection. In some respects he looked forward to the British Invasion with his frequent use of minor chords and his ability to write most of his own material. In fact, Shannon was able to keep going strong for a year or two into the British Invasion, and never stopped trying to play original music, though his commercial prospects pretty much died after the mid-'60s.
- Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Success 1.2 Berlee Records and move to Amy 1.3 Moves to Liberty, United Artists and Island 1.4 Later career 1.5 Death and legacy 2 Film and television 2.1 Filmography 2.2 Television 3 Discography 3.1 Singles 4 Literature 5 References 6 External links
- Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 No. 1 hit "Runaway".
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