Did you know .........

[chappie]

that Del Shannon (real name Charles Westover) committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in 1990?

I didn't know and I was gutted when my brother told me a short time ago.

Tragic.

[wee willie]

and he played the ukulele
how sad is that? lol

[ELVIS68]

And the bloke who found him Runaway

[ELVIS68]

A run run run run runaway

[Rtaxron]

I thought he was great, here are some of his other hits.

Release date Title Chart Positions
3/61 "Runaway" #1 #1
6/61 "Hats Off to Larry" #5 #6
9/61 "So Long Baby" #28 #10
11/61 "Hey! Little Girl" #38 #2
6/62 "Cry Myself to Sleep" #45 #29
9/62 "The Swiss Maid" #64 #2
12/62 "Little Town Flirt" #10 #4
4/63 "Two Kinds of Teardrops" #50 #5
6/63 "From Me to You" #77 -
8/63 "Two Silhouettes" - #23
11/63 "Sue's Gotta Be Mine" #71 #21
3/64 "Mary Jane" - #35
7/64 "Handy Man" #22 #36
9/64 "Do You Want To Dance" #43 -
11/64 "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" #9 #3
2/65 "Stranger in Town" #30 #40
5/65 "Break Up" #95 -
5/66 "The Big Hurt" #94 -
12/81 "Sea of Love" #33 -

[chappie]

Wow!, thanks for that Rtaxron. I thought he was great, too.

knobby, what exactly has happened to your nuts?

[wee willie]

he was neutralized in the great war chappie

[Rtaxron]

Naaaa knobbyn0nuts,

I just looked him up on Google, there is also old video clips of him as well.