http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2469&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rssBorn Charles Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, Del Shannon is known today for his dramatic, atypical 1961 single "Runaway," as well as a handful of songs that charted into the 1980s. Throughout his career, Westover leaned toward darker material with often unusual instrumentation, setting him apart from the rest of the pre-British Invasion crowd. In 1968, he released the overlooked, semi- psychedelic gem <i>The Further Adventures of Charles Westover</i>, a truly strange album coming from a former teen idol. With its somber tempos and mournful orchestration, the album seems like a poppier, less unhinged mirror image of Skip Spence's <i>Oar</i>. Westover was, however, doomed to fall into similar circumstances as Spence, mental health-wise. His career stopped in the '70s while he battled alcoholism, finally making a comeback in 1983 with the Tom Petty produced <i>Drop Down And Get Me</i>, which yielded a minor hit in "Sea of Love." In February of 1990, Westover took his own life with a .22 caliber rifle. - Mike McGuirk'60s Oldiesen720Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:32 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2469&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rss Born Charles Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, Del Shannon is known today for his dramatic, atypical 1961 single "Runaway," as well as a handful of songs that charted into the 1980s. Throughout his career, Westover leaned toward darker material with often unusual instrumentation, setting him apart from the rest of the pre-British Invasion crowd. In 1968, he released the overlooked, semi- psychedelic gem <i>The Further Adventures of Charles Westover</i>, a truly strange album coming from a former teen idol. With its somber tempos and mournful orchestration, the album seems like a poppier, less unhinged mirror image of Skip Spence's <i>Oar</i>. Westover was, however, doomed to fall into similar circumstances as Spence, mental health-wise. His career stopped in the '70s while he battled alcoholism, finally making a comeback in 1983 with the Tom Petty produced <i>Drop Down And Get Me</i>, which yielded a minor hit in "Sea of Love." In February of 1990, Westover took his own life with a .22 caliber rifle. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2091395&variant=play&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rss '60s Oldies Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Del Shannon on Rhapsody Online 2091395 tra.2091395 Del Shannon art.2469 0.0 The Best Jukebox Album In The World...Ever! alb.95920 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/5/2/382597_170x170.jpg 2000-03-13 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Runaway tra.2091395 141000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2091395&variant=play&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2091395&variant=data&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3228564&variant=play&rws=%2Fdel-shannon%2Ftop-tracks.rss '60s Oldies Tue, 1 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Del Shannon on Rhapsody Online 3228564 tra.3228564 Del Shannon art.2469 0.0 Classic Masters alb.273239 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