Del Shannon should have been having blended feelings within the autumn of 1962. After his enormous preliminary success with “Runaway” and “Hats Off To Larry,” he’d gone distinctly off the boil within the US, with 4 consecutive singles that didn’t make the High 20. Certainly one of them, “Cry Myself To Sleep,” barely made the Sizzling 100 in any respect. The most important comfort was that within the U.Ok., the singer-writer from Coopersville, Michigan may do little or no incorrect.
Following that opening double-header, Del had made the British High 10 once more with each “So Long Baby” and “Hey! Little Girl.” Admittedly, his followers throughout the Atlantic weren’t too eager on “Cry Myself To Sleep” both, and it peaked at No.29 there. However his U.Ok. label, London, acted swiftly and launched “The Swiss Maid” as his subsequent single there inside a matter of weeks.
The music was penned by the vastly gifted writer-performer Roger Miller, who had recorded it the yr earlier than underneath the title “Fair Swiss Maiden.” Shannon’s model swiftly ran its course within the U.S., with a mere No.64 peak.
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However Del had the main promotional profit within the U.Ok. of beginning his first tour there in September 1962, on a beautiful double invoice with Dion, and a supporting solid together with Joe Brown, the Allisons, and others. In mid-October, “The Swiss Maid” began its climb up the British charts, albeit with a cautious No.42 entry.
It moved quick, climbing to No.19 after which spending a formidable 9 weeks within the High 10. In early December, it peaked at No.2 – blocked from the No.1 spot by Frank Ifield’s “Lovesick Blues” – and was the fifth of what could be seven High 10 U.Ok. hits for Del inside two years. In one other bonus for his worldwide credentials, the one spent three weeks at No.1 in Australia.
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