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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Hats Off to Larry
| name = Hats Off to Larry
| Cover =
| cover =
| Cover size =
| alt =
| Border =
| type = single
| Alt =
| artist = [[Del Shannon]]
| Caption =
| album =
| Artist = [[Del Shannon]]
| B-side = Don't Gild The Lily, Lily
| released = May [[1961 in music|1961]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry |url=https://www.discogs.com/Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry/release/1324854 |website=discogs.com |date=May 1961 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
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| Album =
| A-side =
| recorded =
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| studio =
| B-side = "Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
| Released = [[1961 in music|1961]]
| venue =
| Format = Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
| genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| Recorded =
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=00}}
| Genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| label = [[Bigtop Records|Bigtop]]
| writer = [[Del Shannon]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=2|s=00}}
| producer =
| Label = [[Bigtop Records|Bigtop]]
| Writer = [[Del Shannon]]
| prev_title = [[Runaway (Del Shannon song)|Runaway]]
| Producer =
| prev_year = 1961
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| next_title = So Long, Baby
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| next_year = 1961
| Last single = "[[Runaway (Del Shannon song)|Runaway]]"<br>(1961)
| This single = "'''Hats Off to Larry'''"<br>(1961)
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| Next single = "So Long, Baby"<br>(1961)
| Misc =
}}
}}


'''"Hats Off to Larry"''' is a song written and sung by [[Del Shannon]], which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, peaking at No. 5,<ref>"[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300710/del-shannon/chart Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100]", ''Billboard.com''. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> while reaching No. 1 on [[Canada]]'s [[CHUM Chart|CHUM Hit Parade]],<ref>{{Wayback|title= 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts |date= 20061107 |url= http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8527}}. [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]]. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> No. 2 on [[New Zealand]]'s "Lever Hit Parade",<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=Aug&qweek=31-Aug-1961#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961], ''Flavour of New Zealand''. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> No. 2 in [[Australia]],<ref>[[David Kent (historian)|David Kent]], Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961.</ref> No. 6 on the [[United Kingdom|UK]]'s ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart,<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9683/del%20shannon/ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History], [[Official Charts Company]]. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> and No. 8 in [[South Africa]].<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-10-09.pdf Billboard Music Week Hits of the World]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref>
'''"Hats Off to Larry"''' is a song written and sung by [[Del Shannon]], which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, peaking at No. 5,<ref>"[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300710/del-shannon/chart Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100]", ''Billboard.com''. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> while reaching No. 1 on [[Canada]]'s [[CHUM Chart|CHUM Hit Parade]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8527 |title=1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts |accessdate=2016-07-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107232441/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8527 |archivedate=November 7, 2006 |publisher=[[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] }}</ref> No. 2 on [[New Zealand]]'s "Lever Hit Parade",<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=Aug&qweek=31-Aug-1961#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961], ''Flavour of New Zealand''. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> No. 2 in [[Australia]],<ref>[[David Kent (historian)|David Kent]], Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961.</ref> No. 6 on the [[United Kingdom|UK]]'s ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart,<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9683/del%20shannon/ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History], [[Official Charts Company]]. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref> and No. 8 in [[South Africa]].<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-10-09.pdf Billboard Music Week Hits of the World]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref>

The song was ranked No. 68 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s end of year "[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1961|Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year]]"<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-12-25.pdf Chart Toppers]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 12, 2018.</ref> and No. 35 on ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''{{'}}s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-12-30.pdf Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961]", ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'', December 30, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved March 12, 2018.</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1961)
!Chart (1961)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br>position
!Peak<br>position
|-
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|5
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|-
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|Australia – [[David Kent (historian)|David Kent]]
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|align="left"|Canada - CHUM Hit Parade
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
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|-
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|Canada – CHUM Hit Parade
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
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|New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade
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|align="left"|Australia - [[David Kent (historian)|David Kent]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
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|South Africa
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|align="left"|New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|-
|align="left"|UK - ''Record Retailer''
|UK – ''Record Retailer''
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|-
|align="left"|UK - ''[[New Musical Express]]''<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-09-25.pdf Billboard Music Week Hits of the World]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', September 25, 1961. p. 20. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref>
|UK – ''[[New Musical Express]]''<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-09-25.pdf Billboard Music Week Hits of the World]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', September 25, 1961. p. 20. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|8
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|-
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|align="left"|South Africa
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|}
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:03, 13 August 2024

"Hats Off to Larry"
Single by Del Shannon
B-side"Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
ReleasedMay 1961[1]
GenreRock and roll
Length2:00
LabelBigtop
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon
Del Shannon singles chronology
"Runaway"
(1961) 		"Hats Off to Larry"
(1961) 		"So Long, Baby"
(1961)

"Hats Off to Larry" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5,[2] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[3] No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[4] No. 2 in Australia,[5] No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[6] and No. 8 in South Africa.[7]

The song was ranked No. 68 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year"[8] and No. 35 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".[9]

Chart performance

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Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 5
Australia – David Kent 2
Canada – CHUM Hit Parade 1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade 2
South Africa 8
UK – Record Retailer 6
UK – New Musical Express[10] 8

References

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  1. ^ "Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry". discogs.com. May 1961. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  5. ^ David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961.
  6. ^ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "Chart Toppers", Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  9. ^ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961", Cash Box, December 30, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, September 25, 1961. p. 20. Accessed July 29, 2016.


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