Del Shannon was vastly fashionable within the UK. His British followers helped him place no fewer than eight singles within the Prime 10 there. Two of these reached No.2, the primary of them making its chart debut on March 15, 1962 – and it was a tune that hardly made the US Prime 40, “Hey! Little Girl.”
The singer from Coopersville, Michigan was on a sizzling streak on the opposite facet of the Atlantic on the time, with three main hits earlier than this one within the area of simply eight months. After “Runaway” blasted to No.1, each “Hats Off To Larry” and “So Long Baby” made the UK Prime 10, earlier than “Hey! Little Girl” began its run.
By the point the tune debuted at No.43, it had been and gone on the American charts, working out of steam at No.38 within the first week of January. However it’s justly praised in Ritchie Unterberger’s overview for the allmusic.com web site as an “exceptional performance, deserving of a hearing by those listeners only familiar with the three or four Shannon songs that have made it into oldies rotation.”
Del’s British buddies
Del had constructed up a considerable British following, who helped the London single climb the charts steadily over the following seven weeks. He carried out the UK B-side, “You Never Talked About Me,” within the movie It’s Trad, Dad, identified in America as Ring-A-Ding Rhythm. “Hey! Little Girl” landed at No.2 in early Might, coming to relaxation behind the Shadows’ “Wonderful Land.”
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In September 1962, Shannon was in a position to thank his British followers for his or her assist in individual, beginning his first tour there with Dion. Earlier than the top of 1962, Del was again within the runner-up spot within the UK with “Swiss Maid,” this time dropping out on the highest spot to Frank Ifield’s “Lovesick Blues.”
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