Del Shannon

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Performer

Inducted: 1999

Inducted by: Art Alexakis

Nominated: 1987   1988   1989   1990   1998   1999

First Eligible: 1986 Ceremony


Induction Ceremony Songs:

SongPerformed By
Runaway  Bonnie Raitt
Runaway  Billy Joel with Bonnie Raitt

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2018 (ranked #272) .

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Runaway (1961)
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) (1964)

Del Shannon @ Wikipedia



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You might not know this, but Del Shannon co-founded a large indie publisher, Bug Music, after he and his manager won back their royalties. Bug started off with just his songs, but it grew to include 250,000 songs, including a few classics.

"I Walk the Line", "What a Wonderful World", "The Real Slim Shady", "Who Are You?", "Use Somebody", "The Passenger", "Fever" (in the morning), "Heaven is a Place on Earth", Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Cash, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, Wilco, Kings of Leon, The National, Iggy Pop.

Posted by fifi on Sunday, 11/29/2020 @ 23:04pm


One of the artists who marked a before and after in the history of pop music, his runaway song marked a new stage of rock

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/17/2022 @ 15:28pm


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