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Hats Off to Del Shannon
Hats Off to Del Shannon
Studio album by Del Shannon
Released	May 1963
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	28:14
Label	London
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Hats Off to Del Shannon is the second studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. It was released in May 1963 in the UK to coincide with Shannon's tour.^[4]

This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada.^[4] It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on.^[4]^[5]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on September 27, 1997 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's Debut's album from June 1961, Runaway with Del Shannon,^[6] Bear Family included also the album in the 2004 Home and Away box set.^[7] Edsel Records included the album in the 2023 Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium box set.^[8]

Reception

New Record Mirror described the album "as entertaining a collection of contemporary pop"^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Del Shannon, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Swiss Maid"	Roger Miller	2:07
2.	"Cry Myself to Sleep"		2:22
3.	"Ginny in the Mirror"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:11
4.	"You Never Talked About Me"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:12
5.	"Don't Gild the Lily, Lily"	Arthur Altman	2:21
6.	"I Won't Be There"		2:02

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hats Off to Larry"		2:02
2.	"The Answer to Everything"	Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard	2:46
3.	"Hey! Little Girl"		2:31
4.	"I'm Gonna Move On"		2:49
5.	"I Don't Care Anymore"		2:52
6.	"So Long Baby"		1:59

References

^ ""Hats Off to Del Shannon" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ ^a ^b Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1250. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.
^ Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
^ "Runaway With Del Shannon / Hats Off To Del Shannon". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Home and Away: The Complete Recordings 1960-1970". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

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[OMG-1] ""Hats Off to Del Shannon" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

[:1-2] Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1250. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[:0-4] RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.

[5] Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

[6] "Runaway With Del Shannon / Hats Off To Del Shannon". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[7] "Home and Away: The Complete Recordings 1960-1970". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

[8] "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

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v t e Del Shannon
Studio albums	Runaway with Del Shannon Hats Off to Del Shannon Little Town Flirt Handy Man Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams 1,661 Seconds with Del Shannon This Is My Bag Total Commitment The Further Adventures of Charles Westover Drop Down and Get Me Rock On! Home and Away The Dublin Sessions
Live albums	Live in England
Songs	"Runaway" "Hats Off to Larry" "The Swiss Maid" "Little Town Flirt" "Two Kinds of Teardrops" "From Me to You" "Handy Man" "Do You Want to Dance" "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" "Stranger in Town "Sea of Love"
Related articles	Discography