From HenryGross.com:

... For his next album he was moved to Cashman & West's new label, 
Lifesong Records. His first single release on the label, Shannon, a song 
written about the passing of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Irish Setter of the 
same name went gold and became a worldwide hit. Sales of the album 
called "Release" were big and the second single, "Springtime Mama", sold 
just short of gold.

Shannon lyric:

SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY
MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE
JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD

For the ENTIRE, and I do mean ENTIRE story of Shannon, go here:

http://www.henrygross.com/bio.htm

back to preparing this weekends island party extravaganza,

jeff t.