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Del Shannon Runaway (live Tokyo Japan 1987) HQ DelRocksMySpace 15,054 views Del Shannon performing "Runaway" live on Japanese television March 1987 Written by Del Shannon and Max Crook
DEL SHANNON "SONGWRITER" FINAL SONG DelRocksMySpace 7,569 views A portion of Del Shannon's final recording. "Songwriter" was recorded in the den of his Santa Clarita home in February 1990 - a work in progress that was never complete. ...
Remembering Del Shannon DelRocksMySpace 13,081 views A slideshow remembering Del Shannon. Images throughout his life and career including shots from his last concert just days before his tragic death on February 8, 1990. ...
Del Shannon Baltimore MD Interview 1989 DelRocksMySpace 5,791 views Short interview with Del Shannon by Kelly Saunders for the "Let The Good Times Roll" concert package at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, MD, 1989. Supporting acts on...
Del Shannon Rehearsal Footage Baltimore, MD 1989 DelRocksMySpace 5,926 views Rare rehearsal footage and interview of Del Shannon for the "Let The Good Times Roll" concert package at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland 1989. Supporting a...
Del Shannon Do You Wanna Dance Live Australia 1989 DelRocksMySpace 26,661 views Del Shannons encore performance of "Do You Wanna Dance". Filmed during his "Crime Story Tour" of Australia at the Rooty Hill RSL Club, New South Wales, March 11, 1989. T...
Del Shannon Entertainment Tonight Report 1990 DelRocksMySpace 31,058 views Entertainment Tonight's "Inside Story - Del Shannon: The Ups And Downs Of Stardom" from February 1990. ET interviews Del Shannon's first wife Shirley Westover, second wife,...
Del Shannon Walk Away on Hey Hey It's Saturday 1989 DelRocksMySpace 24,779 views Del Shannon lip synchs his latest RCA single, "Walk Away" for the very first time. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia on March 4, 1989 at the studios of GTV9 for the popular ...
Del Shannon Runaway live Hey Hey It's Saturday 1989 DelRocksMySpace 55,254 views Del Shannon performs the classic "Runaway" live. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia on March 4, 1989 at the studios of GTV9 for the popular variety television show "Hey! Hey!...
Del Shannon Crying Live 1989 DelRocksMySpace 63,283 views Del Shannon performs "Crying" in tribute to Roy Orbison who died suddenly only weeks before this concert took place in Australia. This footage is also the last professio...

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One of the best and most original rockers of the 1960s 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.

Born Charles Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 30, 1934, the son of Bert and Leone, Westover grew up in nearby Coopersville, a small farming town where he married his childhood sweetheart when he was seventeen. Shannon was fourteen when he learned to play the guitar and began performing in local school shows. After graduating from high school, he took his stage name from a friend (Mark Shannon) and his bosses car (a Cadillac Coupe DeVille) Shannon happened upon a gripping series of minor chords while playing with his band in Battle Creek, MI. The chords would form the basis for his 1961 debut single, "Runaway," one of the greatest hits of the '60s.

Other global hits include "Hats Off To Larry", "So Long Baby", Hey Little Girl", "Swiss Maid", "Little Town Flirt", "Two Kinds Of Teardrops", "Handy Man", "Keep Searchin' (we'll follow the sun)" and "Sea Of Love".

On February 3, 1990, Shannon performed his final concert at the annual Buddy Holly Tribute in Clear Lake, Iowa. Just five days later back home in Santa Clarita Valley, California, Del Shannon took his own life by shooting himself in the head while on anti-depressant drugs. He was 55.

Del Shannon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 1999.

May He Rest In Peace.

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