Just after 0:36...total Chris Isaak like "bridge" transition...i believe Del was one of Chris' idols along with Elvis and some of the other rockabilly / rock-pop cats
I was just a kid when he was popular but I remember him and his music. He was over shadowed by the beatles along with everyone else at the time. I was born in 1958 but I remember!
God, This is greatest of all time. I get high and play this a million times. Cant sing, but guitar is note for note----- Thank You Dell! I'll miss you.------Tony!
Great song - tour of duty in Vietnam when this came out, which is very apprapoe...searching for a place to die IN WAIT....great song from a great artist.
Del Shannon was a greatly under-rated song write and recorder,by the unknowing public but he had dozens of great songs he gave to others like Brian Hyland, he felt that pain but never that large fan base he had that loved him and that pain led to his killing himself,so very sad a great artist and he felt as if he was a failure,DEL we love and miss.RIP.
Look at the kids dancing, it was a messed up time, do i dress mod, hippy, greaser ? Girls do i wear a beehive , or short shag ,long shag or iron my hair l, Bell bottoms or straights? I was 15 then and played it safe and wore a button down collered shirt with straight legs and oxblood pennyloafers. Kinda richie cuningham look.
I love you man!. You were the greatest. There will never be another like you. You left us way before your time. I hope God is looking after you. RIP Del, you still are the best.
I remember when this song first came out.I still lingers with me after all these years.Never get tired of it.I liked Del Shannon.One of my all time favorites.His songs always bring back fond memories of growing up.When I read of his death,it took something out of me.
@fntime Hey man-I still sniff Mr.Clean after all these years.Still gives me a "GREAT" Buzzzz.. along with Pine Sol and ammonia mixed.Don't knock it till you try it!
@phredhead Because they were!!! and they were naturally gorgeous. They didn't need boob jobs or botox or any of that crap. I wish I grew up in the 60's
@phredhead Because they were! They didn't botox have boob jobs or any of that crap, and they had a better style and liked better music, and had different attitudes than the girls now do. I wish I grew up in the 60's.
@switchup81 We had strong morals back then. The 50s & early 60s unless you lived through them you could never really imagine how great they were, guess that's Y they're called Fabulous 50s. The British invasion did 2 our great groups & artist what Mexico, China & Japan did 2 our industry, destroyed them. Del was one of the very few that that survived the invasion. If only we kept America American U wouldn't have a need 2 say " I wish I grew up in the 60's" You have great mind my friend keep it!
i remember my sister brought "runaway" and "keep searching" back to vienna from her holiday in england - never to be forgotten, i still play it today.
@Ja14111948 No more holidays in the EU ,eh. A British friend of mine called his former country "England" home of the pagan socialists. I'll be in Italy this summer visiting my family hoping for better news.
Good morning, do you like sixties? Listen and pod cast my program " great sound of 60' s " on the site plumfm. Greeting and made blooper in rock and roll.
Salut, vous aimez les sixties ? Ecoutez et podcatez mon émission "le super son des sixties" sur plum fm. Salut et faites gaffe au rock'n roll.
I had the same music publisher for a time and i saw him sitting in the office waiting for a meeting so i walked up to him and shook his hand and thanked him for all the great songs!!
@fntime - What the hell is a "fuckin shinebox"? I can get a whack of sexy intimate pictures of myself with DEl Shannon. I'm totally unamused by your cutsie comments but sorry I don't buy into the 'lone gunman' theory. What gives you the credential as to pass judgment? From a psychoanalytic viewpoint just because there may be a history of chromic or even manic depression in a family tree doesn't prove by determinism that someone in that family will just pop off.
Dang...teenage then in the mid 1960's..now add 50 years and all of these pictures are in their late 60's and some in their 70's....but I bet they are better then than todays condescending/retarded music of today: rap that glorifies stupidity/gang violence, sexual violence on women and sexual perversion; no wonder why most minorities today have criminal records and STD's. Look at the young women today; dressing up like whores and into drugs/sexual perversion; have sex with as much guys.
@pgs5719 To be honest, there was sexual perversion, drugs and STDs back then too. It just wasn't discussed out in the open. The economic realities that force people to sell drugs didn't exist in latin america and other parts of the world. There's a genetic reason why European descendents don't get AIDS as much as minorities in America. The reason why there are more minorities incarcerated is largely cultural and economic.
All his songs were great,this came out in Dec.'64 and stayed on the tunelists in Cleveland,Ohio for maybe two month's. I guess 1965 couldn't handle it?
Some people might like to think that Del Shannon killed himself but I know different. His death was one of many others likek himself whoreally had no closure and was only ruled suspicious death for lack of more evidence. Very hard to blow your own head off with a shotgun. That didn't happen that way.
that was a pretty good gig back then....almost all your TV performances were lip synced. It must have been fun to come out on stage, not have to worry about your voice, watch the crowds scream etc
Sorry that good man die so fast. What is wrong in sociaty when young man and talent kill himself? Wrong democracy maybe?? Frustration...Del give me strenght and hope and now his gone...sad...Excuse my bad english! I am a simple boy you think. But my Swedish språk är betydligt bättre!
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El cantante más completo en sus interpretaciones, año 1965 hizo História en la musica . Hoy ya no esta con nosotros, lo que decidio con su vida no lo hase cobarde, solo sé que estaba enfermo, solo eso. Dios lo tenga en su gloria y el sólo él sabe que DEL era un berdadero ser y genio musical. Siempre te recordare , de aquí a la eternidad.
I saw him in the Ottawa, Kansas Auditorium a few months before he died. I lucked out and got to talk to him backstage. He told me that he was going to fill the late Roy Orbison's spot in the Traveling Wilburys and he was really excited about it.
Rock and roll is still great! The Love Me Nots, The Urges, The Yum Yums, The Preachers, The Dolly Rots, Stupidity, Cheap Trick, Rancid, Metallica, The Chevells and The Maggots are all making amazing rock and roll!
metallica.... really? and the chevelles? im sorry but those do not belong in that category. butt rock to the max. and in no way can compare to the likes of others you mentioned.
@zaaritha Agreed! Stupid antidepressants! I wish I could see him perform still. He was so underrated, especially as a singer. Listen to that last note! How many other guys could hit that competently other than maybe Roy Orbison?
689321546 Go on thinking that way like i an Del Shannon not like Robert Jackson who promotes RAP & HATE. Well done my new friend. i enjoy your e mail to me. Del Shannon was tops and dont let anyone tell you sny different. But HATE is something even 20 somethings &20 NOTHINGS like RobertJackson should never promote. lets see what his defence is to that after attacking me. TOMKES doo wop/rocknroll historian & with pride 7 credentials
robertJackson let me straighten you out but GOOD. 20 SOMETHINGS who love RAP that inspires HATE MURDER DRUGS RAPE ETC are 20 NOTHINGS, If your son is one of those shame on YOU HIM for practicing such EVILs. Now ROBERT try to answer that charge in defence of HATE Del Shannon didn promote hate but LOVe. Now SHUT UP. TOMKES a man who knows his music & who knows a HATER when he sees one
As the father of one of those 20-somethings, the reason they send you hate mail could be because you call their music crap. It was a easier for me to introduce Del Shannon to my kid and for her to make a connection between the `60s and today by not trashing her music and today's contemporary dress (whether or not I like it). Every generation seems to feel obligated to revere the one they lived in. I lived through the `60s -- and a lot of it wasn't, incuding some of the music, wasn't so good.
689321546 bless You for your e mail to me. DEL SHANNON is topd. I been getting unimaginable hATE e mails from 20 somethings who knock me for these old classic sings. God rest your soul DEL , You gave us great music not the crap the junk the HATE i see in songs today. DEL SHANNON on of the TRUE GREATS of ROCKNROLL. LOMG MAY HE REIN. BLESS HIM FOREVER. TOMK rocknroll/doo wop historian
Give me those time the musci not like today words well I will say one thing for today RUBBISH But song from the 60S well some thing can say, you understood the words? Lets hope the 60 s stay with us for ever and one day the youth of today will understand them too ??? No foul word ect ect ect lol
Del Shannon one of the true greats of ROCKNROLL. We miss you man. im a rocknroll /doo wop historian. i lived those years. look at the S... we have today. rest in peace gentle giant. we will always love you. TOMK
I have to agree, the way the kids dress today is pretty bad. Really sloppy and just don't care about dressing better.
I guess the motto now is - anything goes. At least the kids back in the 60's had some respect for how they looked and dressed. Young women didn't have tattoos as they do now and guys then (in the 60's) didn't have their pants falling down, etc. .
to tall65dude: yeah.....the decline in neat dressing, manors and good behavior started to die when the Hippy era came in. That blew the lid off everything.
what a gas of a song, bueatiful and the memories as well, Phew sends shiver,s down your spine, what a time to have endured and enjoyed, just magic every day back then,sure takes you back some to a more fun time on this earth,damm !!!!
Isn't this meant to be one of the earliest surving 'complete' Top of the Pops' performances? When it was shown in 2005 on TOTP2, they said it hadnt been seen complete for about 40 years.
some great inforamtion here thanks
MrBrucebracey 1 week ago
Just after 0:36...total Chris Isaak like "bridge" transition...i believe Del was one of Chris' idols along with Elvis and some of the other rockabilly / rock-pop cats
glueforall 3 weeks ago
Have to find a new post for this. Even with my add-on stereo speakers can't TURN IT UP!!!
TheMustangsally75 1 month ago
When I find this song a juke-box, it;s like winning the lottery!!!
TheMustangsally75 1 month ago
Just like Bobby Fuller, gone way too soon..........
7791oboL 1 month ago
His howling at the end of this song echos through the years to this day. Wonderful.
Nestor123057 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Del Shannon
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14ALLiWANT76 2 months ago
I'm 36 always been a fan of Del I miss him so dearly and understand the pain he was in when he passed.I miss you Del ever so much:(
strke69 4 months ago
That crowd is weak lol. I'd be dancing!
shesprettyinpink93 4 months ago
best song i ever heard in all of my 67 years
tommyjohnsr 4 months ago
I love this song and Del Shannon!
dlsflower 4 months ago
I was just a kid when he was popular but I remember him and his music. He was over shadowed by the beatles along with everyone else at the time. I was born in 1958 but I remember!
somethingdiffereable 4 months ago 3
fantastic.
misery1965 5 months ago
strange the beatles had a song Ill Follow the Sun i wonder if this inspired them
carroj9 7 months ago
@carroj9 thats a nice analogy but ill follow the sun was written and released in 1964 not '65
MrDBRADLEY14 6 months ago
Fabulous voice, and great song.
Rest In Peace Del.
Thanks,
coffeeicecream1 7 months ago 3
God, This is greatest of all time. I get high and play this a million times. Cant sing, but guitar is note for note----- Thank You Dell! I'll miss you.------Tony!
awb5050 7 months ago
Follow the Sun , yes, this man is greater than The Beatles etc...
vogelmandrie 7 months ago
Oopps, I mean to say to hide IN WAIT.....not die (god forbid)
golfshopbob 7 months ago
Great song - tour of duty in Vietnam when this came out, which is very apprapoe...searching for a place to die IN WAIT....great song from a great artist.
golfshopbob 7 months ago 3
Good song , he was a great talent .
bearriver666 7 months ago 2
Looking at this clip one can't help but notice a resemblence between the late Del Shannon and John Fogerty. Enjoyed the clip!
LarryRickenbacker 8 months ago
Del Shannon was the man! The way he ends this song with that haunting voice, is just the best. It will always resonate with me. Always. RIP.
Jomama1915 8 months ago
God. Do I love this song. That's all I have to say. No, wait... it kicks total ass. There!
AJAXKID123 8 months ago
... awesome! i'm loving it! It's fully loaded with music-quality that lasts about the next few centurys!
camillopeppone 9 months ago
I grew up on the song back in the 80's
87Countrytrash 9 months ago
Del Shannon was a greatly under-rated song write and recorder,by the unknowing public but he had dozens of great songs he gave to others like Brian Hyland, he felt that pain but never that large fan base he had that loved him and that pain led to his killing himself,so very sad a great artist and he felt as if he was a failure,DEL we love and miss.RIP.
JJMFB1 9 months ago 2
Wonder why they missed this off the BBC series sounds of the 60's when 60's TOTP footage is so scarce
richardsnow 10 months ago
I miss you so much!!!!!!!I--I play and sing all your songs--Your truly missed! Thanks for ever.--Tony
awb5050 10 months ago
Look at the kids dancing, it was a messed up time, do i dress mod, hippy, greaser ? Girls do i wear a beehive , or short shag ,long shag or iron my hair l, Bell bottoms or straights? I was 15 then and played it safe and wore a button down collered shirt with straight legs and oxblood pennyloafers. Kinda richie cuningham look.
1952kid 10 months ago
THANX DEL !!!
Kammler03 10 months ago
Wow, this is the history of white people
ezramead 10 months ago
WOW...!
Brunni
(Street Corner Memories Radio Show)
mugatomick 11 months ago
I love you man!. You were the greatest. There will never be another like you. You left us way before your time. I hope God is looking after you. RIP Del, you still are the best.
Davyallnighter 11 months ago
great artist needs to be in the rock in roll hall of fame, what a talent...pure classic rock in roll R.I.P. Mr. Shannon.....1949sorful
1949sorful 11 months ago 2
I remember when this song first came out.I still lingers with me after all these years.Never get tired of it.I liked Del Shannon.One of my all time favorites.His songs always bring back fond memories of growing up.When I read of his death,it took something out of me.
FRANK1FM 1 year ago 17
One of Del Shannon's best hits ever. Del Shannon (1939-1990) was big in the early to mid-1960s.
1985OldSkool 1 year ago 2
one of the best in his time. I remember the best of the past with his sound.
wasserman12345 1 year ago
Del Shannon, in this video, was a prisoner!
This is a mind control project, look at the dancers.
Del, never performed again before a British
audience.
Even back then, 1/3 of all humans were brain
washed. And almost 1/3 were addicted to
Mr Clean!
fntime 1 year ago
@fntime Hey man-I still sniff Mr.Clean after all these years.Still gives me a "GREAT" Buzzzz.. along with Pine Sol and ammonia mixed.Don't knock it till you try it!
FRANK1FM 1 year ago
Toda una leyenda
Eddymei 1 year ago
pure gold (:
greendayfreak1324 1 year ago
1:25... the face of an angel
phredhead 1 year ago
the girls from that era ( my era) seem sooo beautiful. Why is that? Is it my imagination?
phredhead 1 year ago 3
@phredhead Because they were!!! and they were naturally gorgeous. They didn't need boob jobs or botox or any of that crap. I wish I grew up in the 60's
switchup81 1 year ago
@switchup81 careful bud... they`re in their mid to late sixties now
phredhead 1 year ago
@phredhead Because they were! They didn't botox have boob jobs or any of that crap, and they had a better style and liked better music, and had different attitudes than the girls now do. I wish I grew up in the 60's.
switchup81 1 year ago
@switchup81 We had strong morals back then. The 50s & early 60s unless you lived through them you could never really imagine how great they were, guess that's Y they're called Fabulous 50s. The British invasion did 2 our great groups & artist what Mexico, China & Japan did 2 our industry, destroyed them. Del was one of the very few that that survived the invasion. If only we kept America American U wouldn't have a need 2 say " I wish I grew up in the 60's" You have great mind my friend keep it!
dowopper51 1 year ago
@dowopper51 That is depressing.
Krieger91 1 year ago
@phredhead Not your imagination.Believe me.My era also.
FRANK1FM 1 year ago
1:54 WOW!
xmaddict 1 year ago
i remember my sister brought "runaway" and "keep searching" back to vienna from her holiday in england - never to be forgotten, i still play it today.
Ja14111948 1 year ago 14
@Ja14111948 No more holidays in the EU ,eh. A British friend of mine called his former country "England" home of the pagan socialists. I'll be in Italy this summer visiting my family hoping for better news.
GiovannaNYC 2 months ago
This is such a great song. Del Shannon had a wonderful voice.
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
I had the same music publisher for a time and i saw him sitting in the office waiting for a meeting so i walked up to him and shook his hand and thanked him for all the great songs!!
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Its guy's like Del Shannon that kept rock in America, hats off to Del!
tinpax1 1 year ago
Its guy's like Del Shannon that kept rock in America, hats off to Del!
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TheLuckylady54 1 year ago
This was my favorite song of his... heard it on the radio tonight and just had to hear it again...
TheLuckylady54 1 year ago
@TheLuckylady54 I agree with you both ways.
FRANK1FM 1 year ago
You can tell this was England...the teens don't know how to dance
ElCriticon82 1 year ago
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DoctorBohr 9 months ago
Do you know the Swedish cover-version from 1969-1970?
(still in English language)
SUPERMANfromMETROPOL 1 year ago
@fntime - What the hell is a "fuckin shinebox"? I can get a whack of sexy intimate pictures of myself with DEl Shannon. I'm totally unamused by your cutsie comments but sorry I don't buy into the 'lone gunman' theory. What gives you the credential as to pass judgment? From a psychoanalytic viewpoint just because there may be a history of chromic or even manic depression in a family tree doesn't prove by determinism that someone in that family will just pop off.
dawnegolden 1 year ago
Depression runs in the Westover family line. It goes along with being so driven.
dirkstorm 1 year ago
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50dcoop 1 year ago
Dang...teenage then in the mid 1960's..now add 50 years and all of these pictures are in their late 60's and some in their 70's....but I bet they are better then than todays condescending/retarded music of today: rap that glorifies stupidity/gang violence, sexual violence on women and sexual perversion; no wonder why most minorities today have criminal records and STD's. Look at the young women today; dressing up like whores and into drugs/sexual perversion; have sex with as much guys.
pgs5719 1 year ago 3
@pgs5719 To be honest, there was sexual perversion, drugs and STDs back then too. It just wasn't discussed out in the open. The economic realities that force people to sell drugs didn't exist in latin america and other parts of the world. There's a genetic reason why European descendents don't get AIDS as much as minorities in America. The reason why there are more minorities incarcerated is largely cultural and economic.
DaFuckyouat 11 months ago
All his songs were great,this came out in Dec.'64 and stayed on the tunelists in Cleveland,Ohio for maybe two month's. I guess 1965 couldn't handle it?
wolfmantip 1 year ago
what depression leads too </3 sadly he killed himself
greendayfreak1324 1 year ago
saw him live at the playroom tallebudgera so many years ago, was great then & still is
palmybeach1 1 year ago
awesome song
xgalore77zerha268 1 year ago
"Runaway", "Little Town Flirt", "Keep Searchin'" all timeless pop classics.
Charles Westover (AKA Del Shannon) = LEGEND
moveitbetts 1 year ago
Saw Del in Manchester at the Apollo with girls from Sale Grammar. Good days.
boardey 1 year ago
can someone upload conquer??
paleian 1 year ago
fantastic american song in the middle of the brit invasion
flakbac 1 year ago
hes got good music
kickassfan 1 year ago
Super talent!
ggblueam 1 year ago
Some people might like to think that Del Shannon killed himself but I know different. His death was one of many others likek himself whoreally had no closure and was only ruled suspicious death for lack of more evidence. Very hard to blow your own head off with a shotgun. That didn't happen that way.
dawnegolden 1 year ago 2
@dawnegolden I think, it's the 'Lone Gunman'
theory!
'Now go home and get your fuckin' shinebox!'
fntime 1 year ago
Outstanding voice.
someoneme9 1 year ago
He has a face u could only see in America What !
PogoFogo 1 year ago
Like runaway, this song was a very smash hit
emchabri 1 year ago
Del, I remember the day you died. for all your music did to help my friends and I to bond as we listened, you didn't deserve the way your life ended.
ctomarctus 1 year ago
It's so awesome to see all those good lookin young couples dressed up so nicely, listening to REAL music... :) R.I.P
lukaluei 1 year ago
What an absoloute foot-stomping monster but the crowd just DON`T know what to do about it !! Ahead of his time ?
greencard572 1 year ago
Good gosh people....MOVE! You can dance to this ya know!
MattHatter 1 year ago
Nos hizo soñar con su musica y aun la admiramos
Eddymei 1 year ago
Classic!
someoneme9 1 year ago
So this is what you do you tube, when I prove you wrong as i often do, you cut me off. Well to hell with you Jack!"
Grifiki 1 year ago
being an ozzie the british invasion still rocks
spider15able 1 year ago
that was a pretty good gig back then....almost all your TV performances were lip synced. It must have been fun to come out on stage, not have to worry about your voice, watch the crowds scream etc
inkey2 1 year ago
Sorry that good man die so fast. What is wrong in sociaty when young man and talent kill himself? Wrong democracy maybe?? Frustration...Del give me strenght and hope and now his gone...sad...Excuse my bad english! I am a simple boy you think. But my Swedish språk är betydligt bättre!
christer1947ify 1 year ago
Killer song! Sixties forever!
gyrene1966 1 year ago
im 63 and del shannon was a great favourite of mine, gone but he was a great so he will never be forgotten.
amyleigh02 1 year ago 2
@amyleigh02 I'm 58, and groove to all his tunes while working out on my "Tread Mill"
pkappel006 1 year ago
60s standard....thanks for posting
pilninggas 1 year ago
I like this video, see young people dance on the Tv Show, was so good.
buddyeagle 1 year ago
Keep on searching for those great oldies.
gerkins1 1 year ago 2
i i used to listen to his music as a teenager in the 60s still do love his music.
but has anybody noticed, every song he sang was sad, ive got more of his songs not even 1 is a happy one.
greekstud100 1 year ago
I`m still searchin....thanks for a great time in my life Majsan!!
christer1947ify 1 year ago
Still love the Pops in the Sixties..
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SixtiesPopGold 1 year ago
my number one del shannon song
snowcool1 1 year ago
this song is my favorite Del shannon song hands down
snowcool1 1 year ago
God I love this song. Miss u Del
Sarasdad91 1 year ago
seems like the dancers don't know what to make of it..
zombies mostly
pheildcorn 1 year ago 2
@pheildcorn right
juan58102 1 year ago
Man, those Brits were like sticks in the mud. Here the have a rockin' song and they can't even dance right.
ElCriticon82 1 year ago
Saw him in Manchester, fantastic.
boardey 1 year ago
SOOOO good this.
This was late '64 though...by '65 the beatcraze has already put an end to this kind of brillant pop.
You learn something every day...I thought this was more early sixties.
This man is a true legend.
PAULLONDEN 1 year ago
El cantante más completo en sus interpretaciones, año 1965 hizo História en la musica . Hoy ya no esta con nosotros, lo que decidio con su vida no lo hase cobarde, solo sé que estaba enfermo, solo eso. Dios lo tenga en su gloria y el sólo él sabe que DEL era un berdadero ser y genio musical. Siempre te recordare , de aquí a la eternidad.
uleusha 1 year ago
RIP Charles Westover aka Del Shannon
navycross87 1 year ago
"How many other guys could hit that competently other than maybe Roy Orbison?"
Chris Issak, maybe. I'd like to hear him cover this song.
aiames 1 year ago
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Ahhhh why the fuck is this shit on my "Recommended for You" list??? I'm not interested in this douche bag.
Str8EdgeMotherFucker 1 year ago
@Str8EdgeMotherFucker
go away back to your ghetto, punk street trash
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
always liked del shannon
websearch333 1 year ago
I met the man. Absolute genius. Should have shot the bullet into someone that deserved it. Miss him the same as the lot. Godbless that man.
Tonycrashed 1 year ago
@Tonycrashed
should have shot someone else? when you crashed did you hit your head, there, Tony?
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
@ThisIsBilbo. What! You don't like Del i take it......
Tonycrashed 1 year ago
I saw him in the Ottawa, Kansas Auditorium a few months before he died. I lucked out and got to talk to him backstage. He told me that he was going to fill the late Roy Orbison's spot in the Traveling Wilburys and he was really excited about it.
RogerReadingRainbow 1 year ago
@RogerReadingRainbow I heard the same thing. He would have been awesome in that band. So sad that he didn't make it.
normvb 1 year ago
Awesome singer, songwriter talent. I can't believe he committed suicide. Devastating.
ChrisCurtisFan 1 year ago
del shannon was a great artist very very good god bless m8
TheShangy1234 1 year ago 8
Waldenpunk --> Rancid and metallica aint rock 'n' roll xD theyre just rock, or IDK about rancid.. it might be punk?
92Rockabilly 1 year ago
You can see by the set that even right in the middle of Mersey beat and the Beatles reign there was still a helluva lot of respect for this guy.
Witheredgoogie 2 years ago 3
Yes, although a lot of people are standing with their backs to him. Sulky teens!
ashie259 1 year ago
Rock and roll is still great! The Love Me Nots, The Urges, The Yum Yums, The Preachers, The Dolly Rots, Stupidity, Cheap Trick, Rancid, Metallica, The Chevells and The Maggots are all making amazing rock and roll!
Waldenpunk 2 years ago
metallica.... really? and the chevelles? im sorry but those do not belong in that category. butt rock to the max. and in no way can compare to the likes of others you mentioned.
holsty 1 year ago
It's ALL rock and roll, baby! punk, metal, power pop, glam, hardcore, death metal, bubblegum...its ALL rock and roll!
Waldenpunk 1 year ago
I meant that I miss a good singer!
zaaritha 2 years ago
One of the last year rocknroll still was music. Fucking close to the hippie ship.
1958-64,65. Great
lowflyingflatiron 2 years ago
It´s so sad he took his own life!
zaaritha 2 years ago 4
@zaaritha :
it's neither bad, nor good. It was his decision and nothing that others should analyse ; )
saulius2 2 years ago
@zaaritha Agreed! Stupid antidepressants! I wish I could see him perform still. He was so underrated, especially as a singer. Listen to that last note! How many other guys could hit that competently other than maybe Roy Orbison?
DevoBassGirl 1 year ago
He was great...sad he's gone but I think that Runaway is the best single ever released
strat8383 2 years ago 8
so great...he really looks like John Fogerty, also!
37terraplane 2 years ago
This is Awesome....So good!!!!
camabap 2 years ago 3
Now that is that shiznit.
pziebold 2 years ago
689321546 Go on thinking that way like i an Del Shannon not like Robert Jackson who promotes RAP & HATE. Well done my new friend. i enjoy your e mail to me. Del Shannon was tops and dont let anyone tell you sny different. But HATE is something even 20 somethings &20 NOTHINGS like RobertJackson should never promote. lets see what his defence is to that after attacking me. TOMKES doo wop/rocknroll historian & with pride 7 credentials
tomkes100 2 years ago
robertJackson let me straighten you out but GOOD. 20 SOMETHINGS who love RAP that inspires HATE MURDER DRUGS RAPE ETC are 20 NOTHINGS, If your son is one of those shame on YOU HIM for practicing such EVILs. Now ROBERT try to answer that charge in defence of HATE Del Shannon didn promote hate but LOVe. Now SHUT UP. TOMKES a man who knows his music & who knows a HATER when he sees one
tomkes100 2 years ago
long live greaser music , it was the best and still is
689321546 2 years ago
As the father of one of those 20-somethings, the reason they send you hate mail could be because you call their music crap. It was a easier for me to introduce Del Shannon to my kid and for her to make a connection between the `60s and today by not trashing her music and today's contemporary dress (whether or not I like it). Every generation seems to feel obligated to revere the one they lived in. I lived through the `60s -- and a lot of it wasn't, incuding some of the music, wasn't so good.
rogertjackson 2 years ago
He was good!
So sad he killed himself!
zaaritha 2 years ago 35
@zaaritha Hi zaaritha, can you give some info on Del? I know he died,but no idea how. Thanks
paulibeva 1 year ago
@paulibeva Hi Paulibeva, He had committed suicide. Sorry to say. He had great songs & style. RIP. bye, George NYC
georplagian 1 year ago
@georplagian Thanks for the info.
juan58102 1 year ago
@zaaritha He couldn't take singing oldies.
tvnetdude 1 year ago
@zaaritha saw del in stoke..sad loss
john111257 1 year ago
@zaaritha
Most of my heroes offed themselves, and 9 times out of 10, there was a woman to blame.
RogerBarrettLives 1 year ago
dude wasn't afraid of the black keys. great stuff.
Jopy98 2 years ago 3
689321546 bless You for your e mail to me. DEL SHANNON is topd. I been getting unimaginable hATE e mails from 20 somethings who knock me for these old classic sings. God rest your soul DEL , You gave us great music not the crap the junk the HATE i see in songs today. DEL SHANNON on of the TRUE GREATS of ROCKNROLL. LOMG MAY HE REIN. BLESS HIM FOREVER. TOMK rocknroll/doo wop historian
tomkes100 2 years ago 4
i grew up with all these greats (del) and hung out listening to his records , his songs will never die .
689321546 2 years ago 25
Give me those time the musci not like today words well I will say one thing for today RUBBISH But song from the 60S well some thing can say, you understood the words? Lets hope the 60 s stay with us for ever and one day the youth of today will understand them too ??? No foul word ect ect ect lol
Daniellathehedgehog1 2 years ago 2
Del Shannon one of the true greats of ROCKNROLL. We miss you man. im a rocknroll /doo wop historian. i lived those years. look at the S... we have today. rest in peace gentle giant. we will always love you. TOMK
tomkes100 2 years ago 3
so true ! these songs were so cool not like the crap we hear today .
689321546 2 years ago 5
Check out the way the kids were dressed! Not like today with their pants falling off and some raggedT-shirt.
tall65dude 2 years ago 3
I have to agree, the way the kids dress today is pretty bad. Really sloppy and just don't care about dressing better.
I guess the motto now is - anything goes. At least the kids back in the 60's had some respect for how they looked and dressed. Young women didn't have tattoos as they do now and guys then (in the 60's) didn't have their pants falling down, etc. .
folkmusicgirl 2 years ago 3
As someone born in the late 50's one
thing that is not worse today, and is in
fact way way better, is the clothes and
the style, especially for guys, look at that
garbage we wore in the 70's, stuff people
wear is twenty times better now. Now rock n' roll, it ain't what it used to be though.
17865329 2 years ago
to tall65dude: yeah.....the decline in neat dressing, manors and good behavior started to die when the Hippy era came in. That blew the lid off everything.
inkey2 2 years ago
These songs from the 60's are the best ever....this crap they play today is such s..t. How can they even compare it o the songs from back then???
tall65dude 2 years ago 2
guitars and keyboards sounded better at that time
boliboy2299 2 years ago
May he rest in peace. Sad ending of a musical life.
demografx 2 years ago
Never noticed it before but he resembles John Fogerty quite a bit facially. They have a lot in common. Great rockers both.
gooshala 2 years ago
rocking great song....singer today can learn from Mr Shannon
bufb 2 years ago
nice lookin gibson
beatlebassmania 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing!!!
dontpaul1 2 years ago
what a gas of a song, bueatiful and the memories as well, Phew sends shiver,s down your spine, what a time to have endured and enjoyed, just magic every day back then,sure takes you back some to a more fun time on this earth,damm !!!!
barnfresh60 2 years ago 4
beautiful song - special memories Ivan cruising the pod !xxx
mel1963hhh 2 years ago
Isn't this meant to be one of the earliest surving 'complete' Top of the Pops' performances? When it was shown in 2005 on TOTP2, they said it hadnt been seen complete for about 40 years.
grimTales1 2 years ago
Great video..the memories are priceless.
stanich054 2 years ago
This is great -- thank you!
seattleite836 2 years ago
One of the best songs ever.
Del Shannon is an amazing US Rocker.
Let's all follow the sun..................
turbo1964 2 years ago 3
I loved this song. So sorry to hear of Del Shannons sad death. He made great music and was a handsome man.
wendydale1 2 years ago 6
Another of Michigan's Finests!
DetroitD60 2 years ago 3
One of Dels' best! Try hitting those last notes, it'll tear your throat apart!
jabax999 2 years ago
You're not kidding! I'v been trying to hit those notes since that song came out in December of 1964. High school, 11th grade.
surfside48 2 years ago 3
If as chopwin writes this is an out-take from Top of The Pops it would have been filmed in a BBC studio probably in London.
reelingreggie 2 years ago