It was the Spring of 1961 and Del Shannon thought his crack at the big time was all but lost … until a re-write and re-record of his song My Little Runaway propelled him to the top of the US and UK Billboard charts with a #1 hit for weeks on end.

He’d made it, and strived forth with rock 'n' roll induced alcoholism for the most part of the 70’s and “competent but mundane country-rock” during the 80’s. But nothing compared to the Wah-Wah's of 1961.

Runaway by Del Shannon polled at number #466 of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and has been covered by revered artists such as the Small Faces, Elvis and The Beach Boys.

If 1960’s femme fatale’s are your thing check out the original video clip here featuring a very young Del Shannon caught in the middle of     a  bouncing, jiving, mash-potato-ing ring-a-rosie.