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DEL SHANNON "greatest hits" cd,1997.

ok, next one out of the pile is Del Shannon....
another of those artists that really didnt make it huge but did leave us with a couple of great R+R songs...."runaway" was the obvious worldwide hit hitting the top spot in the US,UK and here in Australia...
Del only had four top10 hits in his homeland,was more popular in the UK with eight top10's, but i guess he was more popular here in Oz scoring three #1 hits(runaway, the swiss maid & little town flirt), he also managed two #2 hits here(hats off to larry & keep searchin')...
interesting notes from 'allmusic.com' is that he was the first US artist to make the billboard charts with a lennon/mccartney song, 'from me to you' was a minor hit(#77), he is also credited with having the first chart hit that encompassed the use of a synthesiser in the solo..."runaway"...
yeh, i like this album a bit more than the Dion one above because there is more variation in the styles used, shame he only had three or four years of chart success, i feel as though he really did have more to offer music than the charts show...but hey, who didnt suffer when the Beatles exploded on to the scene!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: from me to you
best track: runaway

tracks:

1. runaway ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OwkQPSsIxc live
2. so long baby **
3. cry myself to sleep **
4. little town flirt **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9kt5LxwxXg live
5. kelly **
6. two silhouettes *
7. thats the way love goes **
8. do you want to dance *
9. hats off to larry ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrNUGUXdfw audio
10.hey little girl **
11.the swiss maid **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIo6f462Y1c audio
12.two kinds of teardrops *
13.from me to you *
14.she's gotta be mine *
15.handy man **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaeKYGw8U_k live
16.keep searchin'(we'll follow the sun) ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJvoDJCW0A live

3s=3
2s=8
1s=5

rating: 1.9 or 6.3/10