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Del Shannon

     

60’s Teenbeat / Teenrock

Years active 1958-1989

always klick on pic’s.


Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Born Dec. 30, 1934,  Died Feb. 8, 1990 (aged 55), Santa Clarita, California

Michigan

Discography & Info! Del Shannon

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Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 Billboard hit "Runaway".

Biography

Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Coopersville. He learned to play the ukulele and guitar and listened to country-and-western music, by artists such as Hank WilliamsHank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called "The Cool Flames". When his service ended, he returned to Battle Creek, Michigan, and worked as a carpet salesman and as a truck driver for a furniture factory. He found part-time work as a rhythm guitarist in the singer Doug DeMott's group, "The Moonlight Ramblers", working at the Hi-Lo Club. … Read full text here >>> Del Shannon

Del Shannon All The Hits and More!”  DOUBLE PLAY  Cd Grf 024 [1988]

Hats Off To Larry -1961

Hey Little Girl - 1961

Little Town Flirt - 1962

The Swiss Maid - 1962

Two Kinds Of Teardrops - 1963


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