Del Shannon had an incredible 1961, due to such landmark hits as “Runaway” and “Hats Off To Larry.” 1962 was fairly nice for him internationally too, but when his chart showings again at residence within the US had been disappointing that 12 months, he ended on an actual upswing. One other of Del’s basic Huge High singles, “Little Town Flirt,”entered the Scorching 100 simply in time for the vacations, on the December 22 chart.
Written by the Michigan-born singer himself with Maron McKenzie, “Little Town Flirt” was one other nice car for Shannon’s trademark falsetto. Certainly, the next 12 months it will lend its title to his subsequent album. The only solely entered the Billboard chart at No.97, and provided that his two earlier releases (“Cry Myself To Sleep” and “The Swiss Maid”) had solely reached Nos.99 and 64 respectively, that supplied no nice trigger for optimism.
However this time it was totally different. “The lad’s back with another solid sounding side,” proclaimed Billboard. “His voice is smartly double-tracked and the vocal is handled brightly against an effective girls’ chorus. Flip is ‘The Wamboo.’” “Flirt” climbed to No.81 after which, after crawling to 78, it took off. The track entered the High 40 in direction of the tip of January 1963 and got here to relaxation, in late February, at No.12.
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By then, it was having fun with its peak week of No.4 in the UK, the place Shannon was a agency favourite. Moreover, the one additionally reached No.1 in Eire and Australia, and was High 10 in Canada and New Zealand. Del continued to take pleasure in higher acclaim within the UK together with his subsequent single “Two Kinds Of Teardrops,” which solely reached No.50 within the US however hit No.5 throughout the Atlantic.
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