Del Shannon

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human recording artist rock and roll musician singer-songwriter song studio album

Del Shannon was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter best known for his 1961 hit single "Runaway."

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Runaway 0
Hats Off to Larry 0
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
song ⓘ
song ⓘ
song ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Max Crook ⓘ
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
birthName Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-12-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-02-08 ⓘ
familyName Westover ⓘ
genre country rock ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1999 ⓘ
influenced Jeff Lynne ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
name Del Shannon self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Runaway with Del Shannon ⓘ
notableWork Hats Off to Larry ⓘ
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) ⓘ
Runaway ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performer Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Rapids, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Clarita, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Amy Records ⓘ
Big Top Records ⓘ
Liberty Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1961 ⓘ
spouse Shirley Nash ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jeff Lynne → collaboratedWith → Del Shannon ⓘ
Shannon → hasNotableBearer → Del Shannon ⓘ
Del Shannon → name → Del Shannon self-link ⓘ
Del Shannon → performer → Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Hats Off to Larry
Del Shannon → performer → Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)
Del Shannon → performer → Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Runaway
Del Shannon → performer → Del Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Runaway with Del Shannon