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Cat. No. BCD 17596: DEL SHANNON ~ TWO SILHOUETTES - THE DRUGSTORE'S ROCKIN'. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17596. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 17596: DEL SHANNON ~ TWO SILHOUETTES - THE DRUGSTORE'S ROCKIN'. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17596. (IMPORT).

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BLESSED WITH A POWER FALSETTO THAT SOARED TO TOWERING HEIGHTS WITH EFFORTLESS EASE AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT SINGING IN THE KEY OF HEARTBREAK DEL SHANNON (NEE CHARLES WESTOVER) EXPLODED ONTO THE RADIO AIRWAVES IN 1961 WITH HIS HAUNTING ROCKER “RUNAWAY” AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. DEL HEROICALLY KEPT PACE WITH THE FAST-CHANGING TIMES, REGISTERING THE FIRST AMERICAN COVER OF A BEATLES SONG, “FROM ME TO YOU” IN 1963 AND WATCHING ONE OF HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS, “I GO TO PIECES”, BECOME A HUGE AMERICAN HIT FOR THE BRITISH DUO OF PETER AND GORDON IN 1965.

“RUNAWAY” WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED “LITTLE RUNAWAY” AND WAS ALMOST NOT RECORDED. IT WAS A PIECE OF DISCARDED COMPOSITION AMONGST A SERIES OF DEMOS DEL MADE FOR BIG TOP RECORDS. IT WAS ALMOST RECORDED OVER BUT THE TUNE CAUGHT THE EAR OF OLLIE McLAUGHLIN, A DEEJAY AT WHRV-AM IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH DEL’S AUDITIONING FOR BIG TOP. DEL AND MAX CROOK, DEL’S KEYBOARDIST PUT TOGETHER A FRESH FULL-LENGTH DEMO OF IT. INITIALLY, THE RECORD COMPANY WASN’T CONVINCED OF THE SONG’S POTENTIAL BUT OLLIE EVENTUALLY PERSUADED THE COMPANY TO ALLOW THE SONG TO BE RECORDED. “RUNAWAY” WAS RECORDED AT NEW YORK’S BELL SOUND STUDIO ON JANUARY 21, 1961. IT WAS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY 1961 AND TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE U.S. POP HIT PARADE. DEL CONTINUED TO PUT OUT RECORD AFTER RECORD MANY OF WHICH WENT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN BOTH THE U.S. AND BRITAIN AS WELL AS MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.

DEL PARTED COMPANY WITH BIG TOP IN 1966 FOLLOWING A DISPUTE AND SIGNED WITH LIBERTY RECORDS BUT NOTHING DEL DID FOR LIBERTY MADE ANY COMMERCIAL IMPACT AT ALL. OVER THE YEARS DEL CONTINUED TO RECORD FOR SEVERAL LABELS BUT NEVER AGAIN ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS ANYWHERE NEAR MATCHING HIS SUCCESS OF THE EARLY ‘60S. DEL DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND ON FEBRUARY 8, 1990.

TRACK LISTING: Runaway (stereo) / (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame / Little Town Flirt / That’s The Way Love Is / My Wild One / Wide Wide World / Torture (instrumental) / Hats Off To Larry / The Wamboo / Don’t Gild The Lily, Lily / From Me To You / Two Silhouettes / Froggy (instrumental) / Sue’s Gotta Be Mine / Hey Little Girl / Misery / Hey Baby / Now She’s Gone / Nothin’ (instrumental) / Lies / So Long Baby / The Swiss Maid / Dream Baby / Ginny In The Mirror / The Search / Mary Jane / Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun) / I Don’t Care Anymore / You Never Talked About Me / Runaround Sue / I Won’t Be There / Cry Myself To Sleep / Move It On Over.

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