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Del Shannon
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American musician (1934-1990)
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Del Shannon, born Charles Weedon Westover on 30 December 1934, was an American rock music singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter and guitarist who performed under the name Del Shannon. He served in the United States Army, began his career in 1958, and recorded for Elektra and Island Records. Shannon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was represented by Broadcast Music, Inc.
He died by suicide on 8 February 1990 in Santa Clarita. His career spanned from 1958 to 1990.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Murder With Love (A Luis Mendoza Mystery)
- Captain Disaster : Book One
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Charles Weedon Westover, better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway". In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his music career, he had minor acting roles.
Known for
- Hullabaloo — Self1965
- Top of the Pops — Self1964
- Shindig! — Self - Singer1964
- It's Trad, Dad! — Himself1962
- Del Shannon: The Runaway — Himself (archive footage)
- Del Shannon Live In Austrailla
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 1990
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 574,462
- Total plays
- 4,506,872
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Del Shannon (30 December 1934–8 February 1990) (born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan) was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" (1961) which introduced the musitron, an early form of the synthesizer played by "Runaway" co-writer and keyboard player Max Crook. Shannon followed up with "Hats Off to Larry", another big hit, and the less popular "So Long, Baby", another song of breakup bitterness. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Del+Sha
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Revised effective ionic radii and systematic studies of interatomic distances in halides and chalcogenides
· 1976 · cited 61,001x
- A Mathematical Theory of Communication
· 1948 · cited 53,280x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,770x
- Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
· 2005 · cited 33,936x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,484x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Charles Weedon Westover , ( 1934-12-30 ) December 30, 1934, Coopersville, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08) (aged 55), Santa Clarita, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Rock and roll country
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1954–1990
- Labels
- Bigtop Network London Twirl Berlee Amy Liberty Dunhill United Artists Island Elektra Silvertone
- Website
- delshannon .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grand Rapids
- Place of death
- Santa Clarita
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.delshannon.com
- Image
- Del Shannon 1965.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1934-12-30
- date of death
- 1990-02-08
- manner of death
- Suicide
- birth name
- Charles Weedon Westover
- name in native language
- Charles Westover
- pseudonym
- Del Shannon
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Commons category
- Del Shannon
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), known professionally as Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway", which was covered later by various major artists, including Elvis Presley and the Traveling Wilburys. In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his music career, he had minor acting roles.
Biography
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