"Runaway" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, compiled in 2010.
Runaway
Runaway - Del Shannon
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Runaway
ReplyDeleteDel Shannon wrote the lyrics for āRunawayā and recorded the song in New York on January 21,1961. "Runawayā was released on the Big Top label and debuted on March 6,1961. One month later Shannon sang āRunawayā on the āAmerican Bandstandā television show. The song hit the top of the pop charts on April 24,1961, and remained there for four weeks. āRunawayā sold over six million copies. In 1986 Shannon rerecorded the song as the theme for the āCrime Storyā television series, which aired from 1986 to 1988.
āRunawayā
ReplyDeleteComposers: Max Crook and Charles Westover
Original Artist: Del Shannon
Label: Big Top Records; Recording: Big Top #3067 (45)
Release Year: 1961; Chart: #1 Billboard Wot 100
Cover Artist: Lawrence Welk
Label: Dor Records; Recording: Dot #16336 (45)
Release Year: 1962; Chart: #56 Billboard Hot 100
His given name was Charles Westover, but he was known on record as Del Shannon, and he reached number 1 on the charts with his very first release, āRunawayā in 1961, featuring the haunting and unique sound of a musitron in the songās instrumental break. Shannon scored other hits such as āHats Off to Larry,ā āKeep Searchinā (Weāll Follow the Sun),ā and āLittle Town Flirt,ā but never again topped the charts.
ReplyDeleteOne year after the original Del Shannon version, a cover version emerged from a very unexpected sourceāLawrence Welk. Welkās version was instrumental, except for an occasional āOohā or āAhhā from a female chorus and a male bass singer. Welkās rendition barely penetrated the Top 60. A couple of other versions of āRunawayā by Bonnie Raitt and Tony Orlando and Dawn reached the Top 100 in the 1970s.
Del Shannon was poised for a big comeback in the early 1980s when he released a version of Phil Phillipsās āSea of Loveā (produced by Tom Petty), but despite a lot of airplay it peaked at number 33. Career disappointment led Del Shannon to take his own life on February 8, 1990.
Shannonās āRunawayā has been included in countless movie soundtracks, including American Graffiti, Good Will Hunting, and Eddie and the Cruisers.