Artist	Song
Del Shannon	Two Kinds of Tear Drops
from Little Town Flirt (1963)
Del Shannon	Cheap Love
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	Distant Ghost
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	That's the Way Love Is
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	I Go to Pieces
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	I Won't Be There
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Jody
from Runaway With del Shannon (1961)
Del Shannon	So Long Baby
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Mary Jane
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	Who Left Who?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	Why Don't You Tell Him
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	The Answer to Everything
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	You Never Talked About Me
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Drop Down and Get Me
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	Two Kinds of Tear Drops
from Little Town Flirt (1963)
Del Shannon	Cheap Love
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	Distant Ghost
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	That's the Way Love Is
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	I Go to Pieces
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	I Won't Be There
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Jody
from Runaway With del Shannon (1961)
Del Shannon	So Long Baby
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Mary Jane
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	Who Left Who?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	Why Don't You Tell Him
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	The Answer to Everything
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	You Never Talked About Me
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Drop Down and Get Me
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	Two Kinds of Tear Drops
from Little Town Flirt (1963)
Del Shannon	Cheap Love
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	Distant Ghost
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)
Del Shannon	That's the Way Love Is
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	I Go to Pieces
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	I Won't Be There
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Jody
from Runaway With del Shannon (1961)
Del Shannon	So Long Baby
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Mary Jane
from Handy Man (1964)
Del Shannon	Who Left Who?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	Why Don't You Tell Him
from 1,661 Seconds With Del Shannon (1965)
Del Shannon	What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?
from Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon	The Answer to Everything
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	You Never Talked About Me
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Del Shannon	Drop Down and Get Me
from Drop Down and Get Me (1982)

Comment:

Listen to the breathtaking backbeat of "You Never Talked About Me" or the sock-hop stroll of "The Answer to Everything," and it's easy to see how Del Shannon's way with turning a mere song into something more came to define the sounds of the early '60s. Crazy to think that some of his best was yet to come, like the 1981 stunner "Distant Ghost," produced by Tom Petty and backed by the Heartbreakers, or "Who Left Who?," a devastating dose of heartbreak waxed in 1990 — the year Shannon died by his own hand — and sung with a voice made of pure, staggering emotion.

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