RUNAWAY
“Runaway” was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on Rolling Stone’ s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time from 2010. (More from Wikipedia)
The Unknowns played a gig once with Tom Petty and rock legend Del Shannon; and Bruce Joyner became good friends with Shannon as a result. Del Shannon had two fabulous hits in the early 1960’s, “Runaway” and “Hats Off to Larry” (often misheard as “Hats Off to Mary”).
(June 2011)
