RUNAWAY - THE BEST OF

Del Shannon did not fit the typical teen-idol mould other pop
singers of the early Sixties were shoehorned into. Although he
certainly had the required good looks, his songs had a
brooding intensity to them, with recurring themes of loss and
rejection that didn't sit well with the typical pop-star image of
the time. In many respects he was similar to the UK's John
Leyton and did a lot to pave the way for the British Invasion
and the huge expansion to the boundaries of what could be
considered pop music.