A legend!! This record sold 80,000 copies a day as a 45 single when it came out. Tragically, he ended his life in 1990,, after struggling with Bipolar.... RIP, Del....💔💔
His wife testified about the drugs that were prescribed to him by his doctor. That caused to commit suicide. The day he killed himself he was to supposed to sign the contract to replace. Roy Orbison in the traveling Wilberriers
Whenever I hear this song, I think of "American Graffiti." Jamel, you and your wonderful wife should check out the movie "American Graffiti" (sometimes on Netflix). This song and many others from the early years of Rock 'n' Roll were featured in it. It was a great double-LP soundtrack that I still have on vinyl. It was George Lucas' first big hit of a movie. It starred Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack and many more -- before they became household names.
Who remembers this song as the theme for one of the best tv cop series, 1980's " Crime Story" with Dennis Farina and Anthony Denison, which also featured many top actors and many who later made it big: David Soul, Andrew Dice Clay, Julia Roberts, Christian Slater, Fred Savage, Gary Sinise, Kevin Spacey, Bill Duke, Ving Rhames, David Caruso and musicians like Miles Davis, Deborah Harry, Paul Anka. It was ultracool, flashy, cool cars, retro sets, great period music... Imagine "Miami Vice" set in the early 1960's to rockabilly Motown and jazz. Unfortunately it was cancelled after two seasons ending on a nail biting and suspenseful cliffhanger. Who hasn't seen it check it out, available on RUclips. ruclips.net/video/Is5ofSHZWTM/видео.html
Oh, gotta dive into DooWop. The Diamionds Little Darling is a fun one. The ones on the stage were called Go Go Dancers. Every little girl wanted go go boots and a mini skirt. Ah, great times.
@@angelaackerman8934 the band members names were never released to the public. From Song Facts: The record was taped in a converted living room in Bay City, Michigan. The band then had the Texas-based Pa-Go-Go Records press 500 copies so they could distribute them to the DJ's in southern Michigan. The song became the most requested record on WTAC Flint, and CKLW out of Windsor, Canada, which went into Detroit. Cameo Records, having solvency problems, picked up the record after one of its staffers heard it on CKLW. The group recorded some more but they had no further commercial success. The epitome of a one-hit wonder!
Regarding falsetto, "Stay" from that timeframe comes to mind. I had a cousin, Donnie, bless his soul, and that was his favorite song for awhile. He introduced me to it and Jackson Browne incorporates it into "The Load Out".
The girls dancing were called “go-go dancers” and worked for the TV production company. Many television shows used professional dancers like these on risers in the background.
This was my fave tune off the American Graffiti soundtrack! I love the whole Doo Wop sound in general! And the dancers are the precursors to Go-Go dancers 😊
@@Nhoj31neirbo47 Not short-shorts. Those went out in the very early 60s and came back as hot pants in the early 70s. Go-go dancers mostly wore miniskirts/dresses, especially the dresses with the fringes on them.
Historian212 -You’re right. I was thinking of hot pants. Ah yes, mini skirts. I remember my sisters and female classmates trying to see how high they could wear the hem of their skirt above their knees before getting chastised by a parent or teacher!
I sing a parody version called "Secret Asian Chef" about a secret Asian chef swapping out your American fast food for healthier Asian food. "He's giving you some sushi, and taking away your fishsticks."
Man, the joy on your face while watching this, made my heart and soul smile. Such a wonderful, natural reaction. It was a real joy just watching you. Thanks brother.
I watched a video of Del Shannon performing this song in 1987 on David Letterman and he still looked good and sounded great, falsetto and all! When David was introducing him, he said when this song was #1 in '61, it was selling 80,000 singles a day!!! That is amazing!! I was 6 yrs old at the time! Man, I grew up through all the great music, late '50's, '60's, '70's, & '80's!!! I have no idea what happened to rock & roll after that, but nothing original has even come close in the last 30 yrs in my opinion!
@Fiach McHugh Ó Bruadair Yes, unfortunately. I always like listening to Tom Petty's Running Down the Dream, because it has a nice shoutout to Del: 'Me and Del was singin' 'little runaway.' Tom and Del were good friends, and Tom was devastated by the loss.
Songfacts: Shannon and his keyboard player, Max Crook, came up with this while they were playing a club in their hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan. Crook played a keyboard called a "Musitron" on the song. Del Shannon (from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh): "We were on stage and Max (Crook) hit an A minor and a G and I said, 'Max, play that again, it's a great change.'" The drummer, Dick Parker, followed them and after 15 minutes, the manager of the club shouted, 'Knock it off, play something else.'" The next day Shannon wrote some lyrics: "That night I went back to the club and I told Max to play an instrumental on his musitron for the middle part, and when he played that solo, we had 'Runaway.'"
Yeah, Jeff Lynne produced Shannon's "Rock On!" album during the Traveling Wilburys era. Shannon would have been a perfect replacement for Roy Orbison. I use the term "replacement" loosely, as no one could replace Orbison; however, Shannon had such a wonderful voice that suited the Jeff Lynne production style so well.
Just going by his voice, I always thought that Eddie was a little older. It was fairly recent that I discovered that he never made it to his 22nd birthday. I hate car wrecks.
OMG, you did my request!!! Maybe I wasn’t the only one - I don’t know. But I’m so happy!! THANK YOU!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Del Shannon really stands out to me among the rock n’ roll stars of that era. He was such an excellent songwriter! This song was co-written with his bandmate Max Crook, who invented the instrument that played the bridge. It was a monophonic synthesizer that he called the “Musitron.” He built it by adding things to a simple electronic keyboard called a clavioline. He added extra resistors plus TV tubes and parts from household appliances, amplifiers, and reel-to-reel tape machines. This is the first song ever released where you can hear the Musitron! American Bandstand had a contest where people tried to figure out what it was. (This was all way before my time, but I love it!) Del Shannon recorded a lot of other great songs, too. My favorite is “Keep Searching (Follow the Sun),” which ends with a truly exceptional falsetto note! Here’s a fuzzy old video of it: ruclips.net/video/47VBtAqPd00/видео.html Thanks again! 🥰 Ok, I’m back with another edit. Del Shannon’s cover version of Hank Williams’ “Ramblin’ Man” is so hauntingly beautiful that I can’t bear not to mention it! Here it is. ruclips.net/video/DFFJFL_mtDw/видео.html
@@dicklindell948 Petty had great respect for the guys who came before him. Check out the awesome documentary "Runnin' Down A Dream". There a scene in there where I believe Roger McGuinn , of The Byrds, is working on a solo album and Petty shows up at the studio and gets pissed at the record guys because he thinks they're not giving McGuinn the respect he has earned and deserves. It's pretty cool.
That was such a freeing time. I was the 3rd in a family of 9 children and the oldest daughter with tons of responsibility. Getting a few minutes with my transistor radio now and then or watching the Ed Sullivan Show to see him feature rock and roll acts, was a needed respite in a daily world of cooking, cleaning, laundry, changing diapers, and helping feed a huge family. Thanks for the memory.
Del Shannon is awesome. My favorite song of his is "Follow the Sun". It's another banger with more of his raspy vocals and of course the high notes are in there too.
@@lanya47 I heard a story of him playing a right handed guitar and strumming it upwards. It was Les Paul or Gibson or someone like that telling the story but they went out and got him a left handed guitar , they were THAT impressed.
It's interesting that you react to this song right now after reacting to Tom Petty because this song was mentioned in the Tom Petty song, "Running Down A Dream." If you listen to the song "Runnin' Down a Dream" Tom Petty says "Me and Del were singing a little Runaway..."
@@evilconvictpressley No, the two criminals survived one but it ended on everyone fighting in a plane, the pilot accidentally getting shot and the plane crashing into the ocean. :D
Jamel, Back through the mists of time.May 1961 a travelling Fair ground came to town. The B.B.C. in England only played popularsongs at certain times of the day. It was Saturday Afternoon when with my pocket money I went to the fair and heard this song for the first time. The guy playing the records would take requests and people kept asking for this song.By evening I'd spent all my money. But by now so many had asked for this song that it was the only record he played for the rest of the night. I finally got home by 11.30 to be greated with the biggest smacked backside I ever had. Happy Times. Many years later, The group, The Travelling Willbury's just sitting around jamming trying out things and they all went and did a mean version of this song with no rehersal. Everytime I hear this song I'm an 9 year old boy back at the Fairground Riding the Dodgem's or Ferris Wheel. Magic, Thank you. cheers, Chris Perry.
Grew up listening to the older brothers 45's; Del Shannon, Eddie Cochran & Billy Fury = All time greats ! No random play listening to, 'Daryl Hall & John Oates'.We both thought of Jamal checking out one of their many great tunes, 'I Cant Go For That' . Soulful, funky & rockin' all in one fantastic groove. Y'all love it ;)
I just seen the one where he did this on the Letterman Show and then I seen this. They said he sold 80,000 records per day when this came out in 57 I think. I remember this SO WELL, I loved it when I was a little girl. I was born in 56. It's still one of my favorites. Loved that organ when I was little. Thanks Jamal! 😉❤🙏 P.S. I loved Elvis' version that he did too.
I loved your reaction, had me smiling. Back then The Dick Clark show was so popular, and he use to ask the kids in the audience what they liked most in a song, and they would say; it has a great beat and we can dance to it.I remember dancing to this and not even listening to the words. I believe they were doing the dances: the jerk and the swim.
I love this song, it's a classic! There was a show in the eighties called Crime Story that used this as its theme song, Michael Mann was the producer, he also produced Miami Vice, the mega popular and stylish eighties cop drama. This song has been used in so many movies and TV shows that you've probably heard it from one of those. 💖💖
20+ years later, when the TV series Crime Story came out, they used this song as the song open to the show and Del Shannon re-recorded it, and 25 years later, he still sounded GREAT and the only difference was that he changed a couple words in it. You ought to give it a listen. . . not to mention the fact that the show itself was pretty damn good. (it also featured Dice Clay as one of the mob guys)
GASP! You were allowed to touch the record player?! We had this monster long stereo cabinet(I think it would count as an efficiency apt these days) I was only allowed to dust/clean on the outside. If we wanted to listen to a record, the adults had to load it. Smart of them, because when I finally got my own record player for the 'beep, turn the page record books or disney movies on 33rpm, everything got trashed... fast Lol.
Around 1960 when I was in the 7th grade (jr high), our cafeteria had a jukebox of all things, and this song was played constantly. Every time I hear it, it takes me right back there.
Ooo BABY! This song is the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, sun going down, the wooden rollercoaster slinging you out over the ocean, hot french fries grease, and the Beachboys and Del Shannon cementing you to a time and a place. The gogo dancers were a staple on these shows. They were great, because you could practice these new ways to move before you showcased your moves at the school dance
I saw both Del Shannon and Lou Christie in concert together along with The Coasters in 1987 and those guys were the real deal no autotune no special tech just the voices and instruments and amps
Ok..... I can't be the only lady on here that had " white go-go boots " back in the day. And mini dresses.... such fun remembering all these old songs. Thank you Jamal
RUNAWAY is sung from the point of view of a man whose girlfriend has left him. She is mostly referred to in the third person, but she is briefly addressed in the second person in the lyric "wishin' you were here by me". My dad was 17 when this song was recorded on January 21, 1961...so when I was growing up, every time this song came on the radio... he turned the radio all the way up. RUNAWAY is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It was No. 472 on the 2010 version of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian". Del Shannon re-recorded it in 1967. This version was issued as a single, and reached No. 122 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100. Appearing on Late Night With David Letterman on February 10, 1987, Shannon reprised his hit backed by Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. Letterman introduced Shannon as having sold as many as 80,000 singles of RUNAWAY per day at its height. Del Shannon re-recorded the song in 1986, as the theme for the NBC television series Crime Story starring Dennis Farina, which was set in the early 1960s. The lyrics, however, were rewritten for this version to better reflect the show's subject matter. The best-known original version is in mono. However, in subsequent compilations a different take from the same recording sessions is available in stereo.
My Dad's all time favourite singer. Such a unique sound. If you ever get a chance to listen to some of his other songs, you won't be disappointed. The Swiss Maid, Stranger in Town, The Prom...The list goes on... Keep up the great work Brother.
Hey Jamal you need to check out this video Dion "Runaround Sue another 60's classic! You'll enjoy this one, and this song is from the tv series "Crime Story from the 80's! I loved that tv series! Thanks again for giving us another AWESOME video, Great job Jamal!
Thank you Jamel, This is one of the old 45's from my Childhood that I had lost during the passage of time and forgotten about. Amazing to hear it again.
Del Shannon was great and had quite a few big hits. Unfortunately he was one of those acts that was totally pushed aside when the British Invasion hit. However, he found a unique way to deal with it. He said if all the British acts are coming over here, maybe I can go over there and they will still listen to me. He was right. He had a very successful career in Europe and the UK for the next 10 years or so before returning to the USA and getting rediscovered in the 1980's. Check out the songs "Little Town Flirt" and "Hats off to Larry." "Follow the Sun" is also a great one.
😄 I was 2!! And yet this song was popular into the 70s! The dances they were doin'! The pony, the twist, the shimmy, the swim! 😄 Dang, they were carefree back then!
He was going to be a Wilbury before he left too soon...I'd like to think there's an alternate universe where he and Petty saved each other and stuck around...
The keyboard instrument in the instrumental part of the song, is an early version of the keyboard synthesizer in 1961!! This instrument was invented in 1947 but were only in studios by the late fifties they became mobile & music stores started selling them!! They became more advanced as the sixties & seventies progressed!!
A group that influenced many other bands in the 60’s was Sha Na Na. Anyone of their greatest hits are well worth checking out. They are all short songs.
Had the absolutely wonderful chance to attend their concert (original members) at the Circle Star theatre near San Jose, CA..Best experience..stage revolves so NO bad seats and the seats are stadium style! Name 0f town was San Carlos!
You nailed it Jamel - "not a care in the world." Back when it was fun to be young. We were very lucky back in the day. We got to really enjoy being young. It doesn't last forever.
The early 60's had some great music! Del wrote and performed many fine songs. He ended his own life in 89 or so....too bad he was one of a kind. Thanks for the memories...Steve Wasilla,AK
"They haven't got a care in the world."... Ah, the good ole days when the only thing we had to worry about was nuclear war and the "Red Communists". L.O.L... Love the videos. William C.
This song was one of the highlights of the period between the end of the first generation of rock 'n' roll and the rise of the Beatles. within a couple of years' time, Elvis got drafted, Jerry Lee Lewis got disgraced, Little Richard got religion, Chuck Berry got busted, Buddy Holly got killed, and Carl Perkins got badly injured in a car crash. This left a vacuum to be filled, which in a large part got filled by Professional musicians and Professional songwriters with Professional management and Professional publicity. Many of the teen-heartthrob singers who rose during this period were managed by Dick Clark, who also held the rights to their music publishing. Naturally, Clark would feature them on American Bandstand, thus pushing up their record sales. Most of those artists were Italian-Americans from Philadelphia. This was the beginning of music celebrity arising as a result of Television. Some of these artists didn't even actually sing on their records; they were hired mostly for their looks, rather than their ability to do anything. Does that sound Kardashian to you?
My dad told stories about seeing 'Del' in tiny bars around Coopersville in the '50s, and I was lucky enough to see him on a caravan tour. It was a sad, sad day when he passed in the hills of southwestern Michigan.
I can remember this song when I was 4 years old we had a camp and the song just reminds me of that very small time frame in my life as a young child always liked the organ in the song del Shannon had an amazing voice tragedy to have lost him so early I believe suicide but he had some really good songs lot of people thought of it kind of as a bubble gummy kind of music I actually I really like it hats off to Larry little town flirt Keep bringing the music to the masses brother great job great reaction.
@@Nhoj31neirbo47 cool--been listening to this song for almost 50 years and didn't know that. So what was this one? Was it something developed by Moog or??
The synth was called the Musitron and it was homemade by the band's keyboardist Max Crook, based on a French synth designed in 1947 called a 'clavioline'. A number of companies made those under license. Moog synths didn't happen until 1964 - they obviously were not the fist synths, but they had some significant technical advances and got popularized the 60s.
Jamel if you want to check out an all time vocal performance you have to watch Shirley Bassey live at The Royal Albert Hall performing Goldfinger (song from the James Bond movie).
Sadly this great talent left us behind to join the greats beyond the other side. Always missed by we mortals. Thank you for bringing us the warm memories Jamel_AKA_Jamal.
WOW! Love ur show. You just popped up. These songs are from my parents age and I love the music. Love how ur exploring these wonderful groups. Thank you, you have an amazing thing going on here. My maim favs are 80s and 90s which I grew up.
Hey Jamel, please also react to: Ben E. King (original version) and Tom Jones (cover version) - Spanish Harlem, Frankie Avalon - Venus The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
If you like the falsetto, check out Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
How about Lou Christie ,The gypsy cried
Was just going to suggest that and saw you already had. The Four Seasons is yet another rabbit hole that has yet to be traversed.
Frankie had a set of pipes second to none.
The Four Seasons is a great recommendation!
Walk Like a Man!!!! please!!
A legend!! This record sold 80,000 copies a day as a 45 single when it came out. Tragically, he ended his life in 1990,, after struggling with Bipolar.... RIP, Del....💔💔
His wife testified about the drugs that were prescribed to him by his doctor. That caused to commit suicide. The day he killed himself he was to supposed to sign the contract to replace. Roy Orbison in the traveling Wilberriers
I love that Jamal can’t contain himself, he HAS to move to the beat. I love his reaction to the keyboard solo! 👍👍👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️💥
The Everly Brothers are a must! "Cathy's Clown," "All I Have to Do is Dream," and "Bye Bye Love" to get you started. Amazing melodic harmonies
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Whenever I hear this song, I think of "American Graffiti." Jamel, you and your wonderful wife should check out the movie "American Graffiti" (sometimes on Netflix). This song and many others from the early years of Rock 'n' Roll were featured in it. It was a great double-LP soundtrack that I still have on vinyl. It was George Lucas' first big hit of a movie. It starred Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack and many more -- before they became household names.
On Hulu right now. Plus More American Graffiti too!
@@mikeanglim8093 - I just checked ... 41 songs in that soundtrack set! That would keep Jamel busy right through retirement!
I think of Eddie and The Cruisers movie
Who remembers this song as the theme for one of the best tv cop series, 1980's " Crime Story" with Dennis Farina and Anthony Denison, which also featured many top actors and many who later made it big: David Soul, Andrew Dice Clay, Julia Roberts, Christian Slater, Fred Savage, Gary Sinise, Kevin Spacey, Bill Duke, Ving Rhames, David Caruso and musicians like Miles Davis, Deborah Harry, Paul Anka.
It was ultracool, flashy, cool cars, retro sets, great period music... Imagine "Miami Vice" set in the early 1960's to rockabilly Motown and jazz. Unfortunately it was cancelled after two seasons ending on a nail biting and suspenseful cliffhanger.
Who hasn't seen it check it out, available on RUclips.
ruclips.net/video/Is5ofSHZWTM/видео.html
@@curtisthomas2670 - Yes, "Crime Story," it's gritty. It's included in Amazon Prime Video in Canada!
Oh, gotta dive into DooWop. The Diamionds Little Darling is a fun one. The ones on the stage were called Go Go Dancers. Every little girl wanted go go boots and a mini skirt. Ah, great times.
"My darlin', I Neeeeed You"
Definitely...
You gotta hear 96 Tears by ? and the Mysterians. The organ intro is a well known “garage” classic.
Little Darling definitely is up Jamal's alley... he'd dig on it!
@@angelaackerman8934 the band members names were never released to the public. From Song Facts: The record was taped in a converted living room in Bay City, Michigan. The band then had the Texas-based Pa-Go-Go Records press 500 copies so they could distribute them to the DJ's in southern Michigan.
The song became the most requested record on WTAC Flint, and CKLW out of Windsor, Canada, which went into Detroit. Cameo Records, having solvency problems, picked up the record after one of its staffers heard it on CKLW.
The group recorded some more but they had no further commercial success. The epitome of a one-hit wonder!
The falsetto was a big part of late 50s and early 60s rock, particularly the subgenre known as doo wop
Regarding falsetto, "Stay" from that timeframe comes to mind. I had a cousin, Donnie, bless his soul, and that was his favorite song for awhile. He introduced me to it and Jackson Browne incorporates it into "The Load Out".
Brilliant music how sad we lost that kind of pure musical gold
Ever since I saw American Graffiti in the mid 70's, this song will always remind me of the scene where they're cruising the boulevard strip. Classic.
The girls dancing were called “go-go dancers” and worked for the TV production company. Many television shows used professional dancers like these on risers in the background.
The girl in the back round was flossing before it was called flossing
I remember this - Mom gave me great music love. Go-go dancer did some of "the swim" & "the jerk". Thus, I wanted to be on Soul Train, lol.
@@docmarty809 that girl was having a ball
"He's crying his heart out and everybody's dancing" I felt that
We were young and had the best singers that didn’t need auto tune.They just had talent.The 60and 70 were great.
I so wish I was a teen in the 60's 😭
This was my fave tune off the American Graffiti soundtrack!
I love the whole Doo Wop sound in general!
And the dancers are the precursors to Go-Go dancers 😊
All the dancers needed were cages , boots and short-shorts and they would be Go-Go dancers.
Was it during the shaving cream scene?
@@Nhoj31neirbo47 Not short-shorts. Those went out in the very early 60s and came back as hot pants in the early 70s. Go-go dancers mostly wore miniskirts/dresses, especially the dresses with the fringes on them.
Historian212 -You’re right. I was thinking of hot pants. Ah yes, mini skirts. I remember my sisters and female classmates trying to see how high they could wear the hem of their skirt above their knees before getting chastised by a parent or teacher!
proto go go has a ring to it ;)
How about doing some Johnny River "Poor Side of Town," "Secret Agent Man," to name a couple!!!
I think he has
That live club album, Live at the Whiskey a Go Go is just so much fun!
He's already done those.
I sing a parody version called "Secret Asian Chef" about a secret Asian chef swapping out your American fast food for healthier Asian food. "He's giving you some sushi, and taking away your fishsticks."
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Man, the joy on your face while watching this, made my heart and soul smile. Such a wonderful, natural reaction. It was a real joy just watching you. Thanks brother.
I watched a video of Del Shannon performing this song in 1987 on David Letterman and he still looked good and sounded great, falsetto and all! When David was introducing him, he said when this song was #1 in '61, it was selling 80,000 singles a day!!! That is amazing!! I was 6 yrs old at the time! Man, I grew up through all the great music, late '50's, '60's, '70's, & '80's!!! I have no idea what happened to rock & roll after that, but nothing original has even come close in the last 30 yrs in my opinion!
Runaway, one of the best songs of the early 60s. Thanks for doing this one my friend!
Del Shannon, AKA Charles Westover was arguably a really early singer-songwriter. He did some great songs!
Fiach McHugh Ó Bruadair yes he did
@Fiach McHugh Ó Bruadair Yes, unfortunately. I always like listening to Tom Petty's Running Down the Dream, because it has a nice shoutout to Del: 'Me and Del was singin' 'little runaway.' Tom and Del were good friends, and Tom was devastated by the loss.
Del Shannon was the first American artist to record a Beatles' song, in the early '60's! He saw their magic early!
Being a teen back then was “ Groovy Man” and yes I did all the cool dances. Fun!!
Songfacts: Shannon and his keyboard player, Max Crook, came up with this while they were playing a club in their hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan. Crook played a keyboard called a "Musitron" on the song.
Del Shannon (from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh): "We were on stage and Max (Crook) hit an A minor and a G and I said, 'Max, play that again, it's a great change.'" The drummer, Dick Parker, followed them and after 15 minutes, the manager of the club shouted, 'Knock it off, play something else.'" The next day Shannon wrote some lyrics: "That night I went back to the club and I told Max to play an instrumental on his musitron for the middle part, and when he played that solo, we had 'Runaway.'"
Del Shannon was such a good singer.another one of his is Hats off to Larry.Jeff(ELO) Lynne loved Del Shannon.
Don't forget "Little Town Flirt."
Yes. Tom Petty also loved Del Shannon.
Yeah, Jeff Lynne produced Shannon's "Rock On!" album during the Traveling Wilburys era. Shannon would have been a perfect replacement for Roy Orbison. I use the term "replacement" loosely, as no one could replace Orbison; however, Shannon had such a wonderful voice that suited the Jeff Lynne production style so well.
Hats off to Larry was the sequel to Runaway.
I love: Hats Off To Larry
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"Don't worry dog. She'll come back to you!"
I almost died when you started dancing.
If you like Falsettos and High Notes, try listening to Lou Christie's "Lightning Strikes".
Yes, and "Two Faces Have I" and "Rhapsody in the Rain".
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@@MeanMrMustard1 Also, "The Gypsy Cried."
Love that song!
Plus Frankie Valli, with or without the Four Seasons and the Bee Gees 😎.
Running down a Dream by Tom Petty,he mentions Del and this song.
Tom Petty produced his last album 1982's Drop Down and Get Me and there was talk of Shannon joining the Travelling Wilburys after Roy Orbison's death.
That alone is worth him reacting to Runnin down a dream by Tom Petty
jeff lee 😩🤧
recycler1955 hopkins lol what mama dont k ow whast hurt here. . .. Winkler. lol nicky
I was just about to say the same thing. "Me and Del were singing, 'little runaway'". My favourite Tom Petty song.
Eddie Cochran "C'mon Everybody" "Summertime Blues"
Great songs
Just going by his voice, I always thought that Eddie was a little older. It was fairly recent that I discovered that he never made it to his 22nd birthday. I hate car wrecks.
Lou Christie singing Lightning Strikes has what you need to listen to.
Also The Gypsy Cried by Lou Christie, which is my favorite of his.
OMG, you did my request!!! Maybe I wasn’t the only one - I don’t know. But I’m so happy!! THANK YOU!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Del Shannon really stands out to me among the rock n’ roll stars of that era. He was such an excellent songwriter! This song was co-written with his bandmate Max Crook, who invented the instrument that played the bridge. It was a monophonic synthesizer that he called the “Musitron.” He built it by adding things to a simple electronic keyboard called a clavioline. He added extra resistors plus TV tubes and parts from household appliances, amplifiers, and reel-to-reel tape machines. This is the first song ever released where you can hear the Musitron! American Bandstand had a contest where people tried to figure out what it was. (This was all way before my time, but I love it!) Del Shannon recorded a lot of other great songs, too. My favorite is “Keep Searching (Follow the Sun),” which ends with a truly exceptional falsetto note! Here’s a fuzzy old video of it:
ruclips.net/video/47VBtAqPd00/видео.html
Thanks again! 🥰
Ok, I’m back with another edit. Del Shannon’s cover version of Hank Williams’ “Ramblin’ Man” is so hauntingly beautiful that I can’t bear not to mention it! Here it is. ruclips.net/video/DFFJFL_mtDw/видео.html
Del Shannon was so precious, and it's sad he didn't get help to overcome his issues.
God Bless him!
When you listen to Tom Petty's "Runnin Down A Dream", one of the best lines is "Me and Del were singing Little Runaway"!
I always wondered how many people got that line. Tom was great with the old stuff references.
I'm guess Petty was the one who decided the Traveling Wilburys should do a cover of it.
They were recruiting Del for the Wilburys after Roy passed, but of course, it wasn't meant to be.
@@dicklindell948 Petty had great respect for the guys who came before him. Check out the awesome documentary "Runnin' Down A Dream". There a scene in there where I believe Roger McGuinn , of The Byrds, is working on a solo album and Petty shows up at the studio and gets pissed at the record guys because he thinks they're not giving McGuinn the respect he has earned and deserves. It's pretty cool.
@@dicklindell948 I SURE DID!!!
Doing the decades. Gotta love the history of our favourite medium.
That was such a freeing time. I was the 3rd in a family of 9 children and the oldest daughter with tons of responsibility. Getting a few minutes with my transistor radio now and then or watching the Ed Sullivan Show to see him feature rock and roll acts, was a needed respite in a daily world of cooking, cleaning, laundry, changing diapers, and helping feed a huge family. Thanks for the memory.
catholic eh?!
@@annother3350 Mormon.
Del Shannon is awesome. My favorite song of his is "Follow the Sun". It's another banger with more of his raspy vocals and of course the high notes are in there too.
You might like to check out Dick Dale and the Del tones doing "Misirlou". Dick was a stunningly good guitar player.
My sons and I saw him play about 10 years ago in Columbus, Ohio. Just astonishing!
@@lanya47 I heard a story of him playing a right handed guitar and strumming it upwards. It was Les Paul or Gibson or someone like that telling the story but they went out and got him a left handed guitar , they were THAT impressed.
The King of surf guitar!! a bad bad man!!
Don, nice to see another Dick Dale fan! Good taste sir......
@@briann1181 Thank you and right back at you.
It's interesting that you react to this song right now after reacting to Tom Petty because this song was mentioned in the Tom Petty song, "Running Down A Dream."
If you listen to the song "Runnin' Down a Dream" Tom Petty says "Me and Del were singing a little Runaway..."
I was flyin'...
I was just going to mention this too!!!😃
Petty was the shit
Shannon was a musical hero to Petty and Jeff Lynne. They both wrote songs for and produced a Del Shannon album.
"Runaway" is my favorite song, and it may only be Tuesday afternoon but I am pretty sure this is the best thing I will see all week.
Patches was one of my favs
Talking of crying - how about Roy Orbison's song crying.
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Del Shannon also did that song
KD Lang's version is amazing!!!
You can not comment on falsetto with out hear Roy Orbison
Speaking of Roy, what about "In Dreams"?
The theme song to the late 80's TV series "Crime Story".
Fun fact: Del Shannon re-recorded the song (decades after the original) for "Crime Story."
If I remember that show they got blown up by one of those nuke that were being tested in the desert?
Starring Stacy Keech!
@@evilconvictpressley No, the two criminals survived one but it ended on everyone fighting in a plane, the pilot accidentally getting shot and the plane crashing into the ocean. :D
Great show. Glad to know someone else remembers it.
Tom Petty gave a shout out to Del Shannon in "Running down a dream". One of my favorites. Jamel, I would love to see you react to it.
Jamel, Back through the mists of time.May 1961 a travelling Fair ground came to town. The B.B.C. in England only played popularsongs at certain times of the day. It was Saturday Afternoon when with my pocket money I went to the fair and heard this song for the first time. The guy playing the records would take requests and people kept asking for this song.By evening I'd spent all my money. But by now so many had asked for this song that it was the only record he played for the rest of the night. I finally got home by 11.30 to be greated with the biggest smacked backside I ever had. Happy Times. Many years later, The group, The Travelling Willbury's just sitting around jamming trying out things and they all went and did a mean version of this song with no rehersal. Everytime I hear this song I'm an 9 year old boy back at the Fairground Riding the Dodgem's or Ferris Wheel. Magic, Thank you. cheers, Chris Perry.
You would love " the lion sleeps tonight" by the Tokens....
The one on the stage is doing "The Swim", the ones dancing round the stage at the beginning were doing "The Pony". Snazzy, huh? lol
Your Right
@Michelle Cole I still do those dances even though I wasn't born then :)
That wasn't the swim
@@CanadianGuy2004 some of them were doing it.
I am a 60s kid...AND yes, she was doing the swim and a combination of other dances. You go gurl!
As a 15 year old, my friends and I loved singing along with the wa, wa's and why, why, why's. You want Dee Clark's,"Raindrops"
Yes! A second vote on Raindrops... that ending!!...
@@murphypizza6134 Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops", too.
So Many Raindrops Fallin' From My Eyes.....
@@jeffcowdrey1578 Heck, ANYTHING by Jackie Wilson.
His version of "Danny Boy"... yeah...
Grew up listening to the older brothers 45's; Del Shannon, Eddie Cochran & Billy Fury = All time greats !
No random play listening to, 'Daryl Hall & John Oates'.We both thought of Jamal checking out one of their many great tunes, 'I Cant Go For That' . Soulful, funky & rockin' all in one fantastic groove. Y'all love it ;)
I just seen the one where he did this on the Letterman Show and then I seen this. They said he sold 80,000 records per day when this came out in 57 I think. I remember this SO WELL, I loved it when I was a little girl. I was born in 56. It's still one of my favorites. Loved that organ when I was little. Thanks Jamal! 😉❤🙏
P.S. I loved Elvis' version that he did too.
How much y'all want to bet Jamal will be walking around all day singing I WaWaWaWaWonder!
You're right. A perfect "earwig" moment!
You are right Ken 😂...as a matter of fact I am doing it now 😂
"Time out!! What?!!!" 🤣
del was my favorite musician when i was 11. as for the dancing, it was their emotional outlet for feelings of heartbreak.
I loved your reaction, had me smiling. Back then The Dick Clark show was so popular, and he use to ask the kids in the audience what they liked most in a song, and they would say; it has a great beat and we can dance to it.I remember dancing to this and not even listening to the words. I believe they were doing the dances: the jerk and the swim.
I love this song, it's a classic! There was a show in the eighties called Crime Story that used this as its theme song, Michael Mann was the producer, he also produced Miami Vice, the mega popular and stylish eighties cop drama. This song has been used in so many movies and TV shows that you've probably heard it from one of those. 💖💖
Damn, going back for some of these, brings back memories of my father's music. Check out Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes.
Lou Christie: I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Makes ya wanna cruise the streets in a yellow '32 Deuce Coupe!
Lookin' like James Dean.
Looking like John Milner and Carol
"YOUR CAR'S UGLIER THAN I AM!...Oops! That didn't come out right!" 🤣🤣🤣
@@GirlWithAnOpinion atleast it's not a field car lol
20+ years later, when the TV series Crime Story came out, they used this song as the song open to the show and Del Shannon re-recorded it, and 25 years later, he still sounded GREAT and the only difference was that he changed a couple words in it. You ought to give it a listen. . . not to mention the fact that the show itself was pretty damn good. (it also featured Dice Clay as one of the mob guys)
I love those go go dancers. I could watch them all day!
This reminds me of when I was a kid in the early 70s playing my dads 45s on the record player. lol
45s on the stereo...sweet memories
GASP! You were allowed to touch the record player?! We had this monster long stereo cabinet(I think it would count as an efficiency apt these days) I was only allowed to dust/clean on the outside. If we wanted to listen to a record, the adults had to load it. Smart of them, because when I finally got my own record player for the 'beep, turn the page record books or disney movies on 33rpm, everything got trashed... fast Lol.
Always reminds me of the Movie AMerican Graffetti. It had a great sound track.
One of the best!
@@veggietrish I wore out that tape when I was a teen.
@@baldeagle5297 Somewhere in this house I have the album that was my Dad's lol
@@veggietrish Lucky!
60 years ago, Del Shannon, Dion and The Big Bopper were played every Friday night at our Sock Hops....still have these on 45's
Around 1960 when I was in the 7th grade (jr high), our cafeteria had a jukebox of all things, and this song was played constantly. Every time I hear it, it takes me right back there.
Favorite song of mine during my freshman year in high school....still love it.
OK, if you like that falsetto sound, next stop is Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes, Rhapsody in the Rain, I'm Gonna Make You Mine...
Ooo BABY! This song is the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, sun going down, the wooden rollercoaster slinging you out over the ocean, hot french fries grease, and the Beachboys and Del Shannon cementing you to a time and a place. The gogo dancers were a staple on these shows. They were great, because you could practice these new ways to move before you showcased your moves at the school dance
I saw both Del Shannon and Lou Christie in concert together along with The Coasters in 1987 and those guys were the real deal no autotune no special tech just the voices and instruments and amps
Please react to: '96 Tears' by They Mysterians 1966 - Thanks!!!
? And The Mystersions
YESSSS!!
Rudy Martinez on leads
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Question mark and the mysterians ya mean?
You should do some Tommy James & the Shondells, Crimson & Clover, Draggin' the Line, Crystal Blue Persuasion if you like this one.
Crimson And Clover is a MASTERPIECE!!! I like Sweet Cherry Wine
@@yolandajohnson8685 That's another good one. I'm sure there's more I just can't remember them all right now.
Love Draggin' The Line.
@@labyfan1313 I had Draggin The Line on an album: Billboard 1971 Hits
Crystal Blue Persuasion!! That is a great song!
This was such an innocent time, before assassinations, Viet Nam, etc.
Ok..... I can't be the only lady on here that had " white go-go boots " back in the day. And mini dresses.... such fun remembering all these old songs. Thank you Jamal
HAT OFF TO LARRY- Del Shannon
A song that basically says F U to the one that did him wrong.
I love Hats Off To Larry
You got what you deserve song.
Lol! Right.
Yep... that's a great one!
One of my earliest memories is of traveling in the '57 Ford with my Dad when I was about 3 years old, with this song playing on the radio.
Thank you for sharing this sweet memory.
RUNAWAY is sung from the point of view of a man whose girlfriend has left him. She is mostly referred to in the third person, but she is briefly addressed in the second person in the lyric "wishin' you were here by me".
My dad was 17 when this song was recorded on January 21, 1961...so when I was growing up, every time this song came on the radio... he turned the radio all the way up.
RUNAWAY is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It was No. 472 on the 2010 version of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian".
Del Shannon re-recorded it in 1967. This version was issued as a single, and reached No. 122 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Appearing on Late Night With David Letterman on February 10, 1987, Shannon reprised his hit backed by Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. Letterman introduced Shannon as having sold as many as 80,000 singles of RUNAWAY per day at its height.
Del Shannon re-recorded the song in 1986, as the theme for the NBC television series Crime Story starring Dennis Farina, which was set in the early 1960s. The lyrics, however, were rewritten for this version to better reflect the show's subject matter.
The best-known original version is in mono. However, in subsequent compilations a different take from the same recording sessions is available in stereo.
My Dad's all time favourite singer. Such a unique sound. If you ever get a chance to listen to some of his other songs, you won't be disappointed. The Swiss Maid, Stranger in Town, The Prom...The list goes on... Keep up the great work Brother.
Hey Jamal you need to check out this video Dion "Runaround Sue another 60's classic! You'll enjoy this one, and this song is from the tv series "Crime Story from the 80's! I loved that tv series! Thanks again for giving us another AWESOME video, Great job Jamal!
You beat me to it! When i hear this i think of Crime Story. God i love that show.
They changed up the lyrics a bit for the Crime Story (1987, I think) theme but those opening credits with this song were brilliant
Love hearing the music from when I was growing up I was 6 when this was released great music back then
I was 5 and can remember listening to this and other hits on a little transistor radio I got for Christmas.
Me too, born in 54
This song always makes me think of my dad. He LOVED Del Shannon. I grew up with this song.
Dobie Gray "DRIFT AWAY" Gene Pitney "A TOWN WITH NO PITY"
gene Pitney yes
Jamel-please, please do Time has Come Today by the Chambers Brothers. A great psychedelic song by a black band who had a great white drummer!
Yes!! Great tune please play this one full of soul rock and roll!
Time has come today........
Long version please
Yes, a great request
Thank you Jamel, This is one of the old 45's from my Childhood that I had lost during the passage of time and forgotten about. Amazing to hear it again.
Del Shannon was great and had quite a few big hits. Unfortunately he was one of those acts that was totally pushed aside when the British Invasion hit. However, he found a unique way to deal with it. He said if all the British acts are coming over here, maybe I can go over there and they will still listen to me. He was right. He had a very successful career in Europe and the UK for the next 10 years or so before returning to the USA and getting rediscovered in the 1980's. Check out the songs "Little Town Flirt" and "Hats off to Larry." "Follow the Sun" is also a great one.
This takes me right back to when I was tiny. My dad would play this on the radiogram all the time. Happy memories :)
I was just a kid when this was popular, but I remember liking it. That’s American Bandstand.
If we're going that far back, do Little Anthony and The Imperials - "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop". 😏😊
The one uploaded by NRRA is a "live" performance.
Or Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops 🙂
@@mamamurray2 Jackie Wilson "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher & Higher"
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TEARS ON MY PILLOW
😄 I was 2!! And yet this song was popular into the 70s! The dances they were doin'! The pony, the twist, the shimmy, the swim! 😄 Dang, they were carefree back then!
Tom Petty was listening to this whe he was Running Down A Dream driving down the freeway...
He was going to be a Wilbury before he left too soon...I'd like to think there's an alternate universe where he and Petty saved each other and stuck around...
Petty covered this with The Wilburys
Those young ladies dancing round him... remember the lyrics to "The Wanderer"? All his ;-)
And to think, those people dancing are someones grandmother and grandfathers.
My mom had this on a 45. I used to listen to it all the time when I was a kid. Now I'm the grandma and my mom is the great grandma.
And some are dead!
But they sure bring back memories!
Try Great-grandmothers and -fathers.
The keyboard instrument in the instrumental part of the song, is an early version of the keyboard synthesizer in 1961!! This instrument was invented in 1947 but were only in studios by the late fifties they became mobile & music stores started selling them!! They became more advanced as the sixties & seventies progressed!!
Man you always make me smile. Love to see your appreciation for music! Keep it alive.
A group that influenced many other bands in the 60’s was Sha Na Na. Anyone of their greatest hits are well worth checking out. They are all short songs.
LOVE OF PLANTS 🌻 sha na na another good one
I love sha na na. (The band at the high school dance in the movie grease). I've talked to Johnny a few times on Twitter.
Had the absolutely wonderful chance to attend their concert (original members) at the Circle Star theatre near San Jose, CA..Best experience..stage revolves so NO bad seats and the seats are stadium style! Name 0f town was San Carlos!
any of you remember the sha na na tv show?
@@mil2k11 I watched every week!
I appreciate when you do these videos, back when music was actually music.
You nailed it Jamel - "not a care in the world." Back when it was fun to be young. We were very lucky back in the day. We got to really enjoy being young. It doesn't last forever.
The early 60's had some great music! Del wrote and performed many fine songs. He ended his own life in 89 or so....too bad he was one of a kind. Thanks for the memories...Steve Wasilla,AK
"They haven't got a care in the world."... Ah, the good ole days when the only thing we had to worry about was nuclear war and the "Red Communists". L.O.L... Love the videos. William C.
I remember those air raid drills during the Cuban Missile Crisis, where we hunkered down under our desks.
🤔😂😜😍
@@ncexnyc4466 Duck and cover!
The government worried, we sure as hell didnt care at all. Our only worry was how to get out of getting drafted so we could go on living.
Before JFK was assassinated, before Vietnam escalated, the World was overall pretty damn good...
This song was one of the highlights of the period between the end of the first generation of rock 'n' roll and the rise of the Beatles. within a couple of years' time, Elvis got drafted, Jerry Lee Lewis got disgraced, Little Richard got religion, Chuck Berry got busted, Buddy Holly got killed, and Carl Perkins got badly injured in a car crash. This left a vacuum to be filled, which in a large part got filled by Professional musicians and Professional songwriters with Professional management and Professional publicity.
Many of the teen-heartthrob singers who rose during this period were managed by Dick Clark, who also held the rights to their music publishing. Naturally, Clark would feature them on American Bandstand, thus pushing up their record sales. Most of those artists were Italian-Americans from Philadelphia.
This was the beginning of music celebrity arising as a result of Television. Some of these artists didn't even actually sing on their records; they were hired mostly for their looks, rather than their ability to do anything. Does that sound Kardashian to you?
My dad told stories about seeing 'Del' in tiny bars around Coopersville in the '50s, and I was lucky enough to see him on a caravan tour. It was a sad, sad day when he passed in the hills of southwestern Michigan.
I can remember this song when I was 4 years old we had a camp and the song just reminds me of that very small time frame in my life as a young child always liked the organ in the song del Shannon had an amazing voice tragedy to have lost him so early I believe suicide but he had some really good songs lot of people thought of it kind of as a bubble gummy kind of music I actually I really like it hats off to Larry little town flirt Keep bringing the music to the masses brother great job great reaction.
great work Jamel. yes, it's called falsetto. also, the little solo in the middle is the first use of an early version of the synthesizer
Yes, this was before the Moog synthesizer was fully developed.
I love that solo
@@Nhoj31neirbo47 cool--been listening to this song for almost 50 years and didn't know that. So what was this one? Was it something developed by Moog or??
The synth was called the Musitron and it was homemade by the band's keyboardist Max Crook, based on a French synth designed in 1947 called a 'clavioline'. A number of companies made those under license. Moog synths didn't happen until 1964 - they obviously were not the fist synths, but they had some significant technical advances and got popularized the 60s.
@@kindablue1959 great info!
Jamel if you want to check out an all time vocal performance you have to watch Shirley Bassey live at The Royal Albert Hall performing Goldfinger (song from the James Bond movie).
I still have this album
Sadly this great talent left us behind to join the greats beyond the other side. Always missed by we mortals. Thank you for bringing us the warm memories Jamel_AKA_Jamal.
WOW! Love ur show. You just popped up. These songs are from my parents age and I love the music. Love how ur exploring these wonderful groups. Thank you, you have an amazing thing going on here. My maim favs are 80s and 90s which I grew up.
I think we've graduated to some Jay Black and the Americans..that fella's voice is earth-shattering ! I suggest Cara Mia from them...xoxo
I agree! What a voice!
Lightening Strikes! Yes
I saw them in concert with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, my first concert and really amazing!! 💖💖💖
Yes, please!!
Hey Jamel, please also react to:
Ben E. King (original version) and Tom Jones (cover version) - Spanish Harlem,
Frankie Avalon - Venus
The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
He should do the original "Spanish Harlem," recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King.
That was music in the 60,70 80. And we still listen to it. I like that you listen to that music and decide for your self what you like bless you
I love this song. Fell in love with it when I was a teenager and it was used as the theme song for the television show Crime Story.