DEL SHANNON:
DEL SHANNON's Real name : Charles Westover
Del Shannon co-wrote 1961's top record "Runaway". The song topped all three charts, spending a total of 13 weeks at No.1. A string of hits followed in the USA, the U.K. and in Australia where Del Shannon also managed two further chart toppers - "The Swiss Maid" (1962) and "Little Town Flirt" (1963). A consistent Australian chart entrant, Del Shannon's final chart action came in May, 1989 when "Walk Away" spent a single week at the No.99 spot on the Australian Top 100. Eight months later, Del Shannon died from self-inflicted gun shot wounds in his California home.
;( I hate finding things like that out about people I'm drawn to. Poor dude.
BOBBY VEE:
BOBBY VEE's Real name : Robert Veline
Bobby Vee's big break in show business came The Day the Music Died. Following the plane crash which killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper a local radio station put out a plea for a group to play at the venue Holly and co. had been bound for. Bobby Vee's band, called The Shadows, took up the challenge, played a few Buddy Holly songs they knew, and were a big hit. Vee fronted the band, which later almost included a young man called Robert Zimmerman a.k.a. Bob Dylan, before recording under his own name. Hits such as his two Australian No.1's, "Rubber Ball" and "One Last Kiss" to "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" and his 1961 US-only No.1 hit, "Take Good Care Of My Baby" established Bobby Vee as a successful solo artist in the early 1960's.
BILLYFURY:
Billy Fury link#2
I've got a big ol' crush on Lauren Graham...yes, that's right, I'm a fan of The Gilmore Girls, and proud of it.
Joe hasn't had a day off in two weeks.... that might explain my renewed interest in Tv shows.
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