Dig That Organ Solo

Happy birthday to Michigan boy Del Shannon.  He had his greatest success in the first half of the 60s. He enjoyed comeback moments in the 70s and 80s, but, suffering from depression, shot himself in 1990.

He was bigger in Britain than America, with a string of top ten hits.  Over here, he didn't have a lot of hits, but he had one big one--"Hats Off To Larry." I'm kidding (and making a reference to a Richard Lewis joke no one knows), even though "Larry" did go to #5.  But his big hit, which sounds as great today as it did then, was "Runaway."