Handy Man - Del Shannon (front)
American singer born Charles Westover on 30th December 1934.
Sprang to fame in 1961 with his single "Runaway", a highly distinctive recording featuring his trademark falsetto. Accompanied by Max Crook, his keyboard player on 'Mellotron', they fashioned a new sound that gave Del a number one hit in both the USA and Great Britain.
Del, who described himself as a sort of 'Pop Rock 'n' Roller', was probably more popular in Britain & Australia than he was in his own country.
Sadly, Del passed away on 8th February 1990 of a self inflicted gunshot wound, aged 55.
The above album, Del's 4th, was released in 1964 on the "Stateside Label", a division of EMI and included his hit version of "Handy Man", a song that was originally recorded earlier by Jimmy Jones who had great success with it.
The other tracks on the album also include material made famous by other artistes.
Handy Man - Del Shannon (front)
American singer born Charles Westover on 30th December 1934.
Sprang to fame in 1961 with his single "Runaway", a highly distinctive recording featuring his trademark falsetto. Accompanied by Max Crook, his keyboard player on 'Mellotron', they fashioned a new sound that gave Del a number one hit in both the USA and Great Britain.
Del, who described himself as a sort of 'Pop Rock 'n' Roller', was probably more popular in Britain & Australia than he was in his own country.
Sadly, Del passed away on 8th February 1990 of a self inflicted gunshot wound, aged 55.
The above album, Del's 4th, was released in 1964 on the "Stateside Label", a division of EMI and included his hit version of "Handy Man", a song that was originally recorded earlier by Jimmy Jones who had great success with it.
The other tracks on the album also include material made famous by other artistes.