Del Shannon Autograph LP - Signed Last Concert 02/03/90 - UACC (Certified)

Description

Del Shannon
(Was purchased from an Estate.
Comes with
Signed Album
with
LP
)
February 3rd, 1990
On February 3rd, 1990,
Del Shannon
played his
last concert
. It was at the Civic Center in Fargo. At age 55, and despite coming off a bout with the flu, his playing and singing were still in prime condition. Clips on YouTube show him jamming out to his hits and joking around with the lighting crew.
He was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1999.
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Born "Charles Westover" in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1934.  In a period when the American pop charts were dominated by cookie-cutter teen idols and novelty acts, he stood out as an all-too-rare example of an American pop star whose work reflected real originality. His heyday as a chart-friendly star in the United States may have been brief, but on the strength of his biggest hit alone he deserves to be regarded as one of rock and roll’s greatest.
Legend has it that while on stage one night at the Hi-Lo Lounge in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1960, the young and unknown
Del Shannon
stopped his band mid-song to have his organ player repeat, over and over, an unusual chord sequence he had just ad-libbed: A-minor to G. Charlie went to work the next day in his job as a carpet salesman with those chords stuck in his mind, and by the time he took the stage that night, he’d written a song called
“Little Runaway”
around them—(A-minor)
As I walk along I
(G)
wonder, what went wrong
…”. It would be three more months before Shannon and his band could make it to a
New York
recording studio to record the song that Shannon now saw as his best, and possibly last, shot at stardom.
As he told
Billboard
magazine years later,
“I just said to myself, if this record isn’t a hit, I’m going back into the carpet business.”
Del Shannon sold his last carpet a few months later, as “Runaway” roared up the pop charts on its way to #1 in April 1961.
Signed as:
"Dave, all the best !, Del Shannon"
Certificate
of Authenticity
This item is accompanied by a
UACC
Certificate of Authenticity
with Registration number.
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