Friday, March 1, 1991

Rock On!, Del Shannon, 1991

01 March 1991 (original release)













The Tracks
1. Walk Away (Del Shannon/Tom Petty/Jeff Lynne) 3:37
2. Who Left Who (Del Shannon) 3:20
3. Are You Lovin' Me Too (Del Shannon) 3:14
4. Callin' Out My Name (Del Shannon) 3:44
5. I Go To Pieces (Del Shannon) 3:59
6. Lost In A Memory (Del Shannon) 3:35
7. I Got You (The Bird's Song) (Del Shannon) 3:41
8. What Kind Of A Fool Do You Think I Am? (Ray Whitley) 3:09
9. When I Had You (Del Shannon) 4:17
10. Let's Dance (Del Shannon) 3:31


Album Overview



Highlights

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The Players


Production staff


Liner Notes


Multimedia
What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am? video
Rock On! Billboard review

Crime Story TV Show-1986
Crime Story

born 12/30/34, died 2/8/90

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction-1999

Tom Petty produced album in early 1980s
Mentioned in the Petty song, "Runnin' Down a Dream"
The Wilburys recorded a version of Shannon's "Runaway" which existed as a bootleg recording until it's official release in 2007.
Released a version of "Sea of Love" in 1982(?)-later released by Robert Plant (Honeydrippers) in 1985-one of the biggest hits of Plant's post-Led Zeppelin career.
Led Zeppelin had a song called "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" on Led Zeppelin III (1970).
Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
Shannon had a US hit with a Beatles song prior to Beatles decent on America-learned it while on tour in Europe
Early influence of Jeff Lynne
Rumored to be a possible replacement for Roy Orbison in the Wilburys after his death
Little Town Flirt appeared on ELO reissue of Discovery (1979) in 2001.
Appeared on Lynne's solo album, Armchair Theatre.


http://www.delshannon.com/notes.htm