Del's catalog is a real mess because he recorded for many labels. There are
plenty of hits compilations to be found (check Amazon.com), but stay away from
older CD's from budget labels and some imports, because they used poor quality
master tapes or worn 45's as the source. 

My personal favorite is Rhino's "Greatest Hits", but it runs from '61-to-69
and
leaves out some very good records. I heard via Specrtopop that Raven
records in
Australia has put together a more comprehensive 2-CD compilation that covers
his entire career. Also look in cut-out bins for "The Liberty Years" on EMI,
which covers a excellent, though unsuccessful run with that label. Also his
early albums for Big Top and Amy records are outstanding.

Del committed suicide in 1989 - Its been said he was taking Prozac for
depression and had a bad reaction to them. I also remember seeing a story on a
tabloid TV show about his wife suing the makers of the drug. I never found out
if she won, lost or settled out of court.

Billy


At 11:46 PM 6/30/03 -0700, you wrote:
>~~~~is there some sort of del shannon's greatest
>hits/comp or something??? just seeing all these titles
>makes me go...oh yeah!!! awesome!  much like sam
>cooke, who i know so much of his music but didn't
>necessarily know at the time that it was all sam
>cooke, i'm thinking that i need to get at least a grt.
>hits of del shannon.
>
>early death on del..?? car crash? suicide??  
>
>jocelyn who is wondering what up with all the death
>lately:  david brinkley, gregory peck, leon uris,
>katharine hepburn, and now buddy hackett.  
>
>
>--- "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
>wrote:
>> From what I read (I think it was Rhino's Greatest
>> Hits) Del toured with the
>> Beatles in the UK in 1963. When he got back to the
>> USA he recorded that song
>> and released it as a single in late 63. It was the
>> first american cover of a
>> Beatles song, but wasnt a big hit. 
>> 
>> 
>> Billy
>> 
>> At 11:43 AM 6/30/03 -0400, you wrote:
>> >I just downloaded a bunch of Del Shannon singles,
>> pretty much all I can
>> >remember (runaway, hats off to larry, little town
>> flirt, stranger in town,
>> >do you wanna dance, keep searchin, sue's gotta be
>> mine, and from me to you.)
>> >
>> >Listening to From Me to You, it sure sounds like
>> Ringo on drums and John on
>> >harmonica. Did the Beatles back him up on that
>> single? I've never heard
>> >anyone mention it before, and hadn't heard the
>> single in a REAL long time.
>> >
>> >I put it up at
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~fmsorigray for a bit if
>> you want
>> >to check it yourself.
>> >
>> >Ray
>> >  
>> 
>> 
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