Rock 'n' roll was music for teenagers. That's what was magic about it. The best of those '50s and early '60s singles are the ones that treat teenage concerns — life-altering crushes, soul-obliterating ...

A lot of Del Shannon's hit tracks from the '60s were about heartbreak, and he never expected a track released at the start of the decade to lead him to the top of the charts. "Runaway" became one of ...

COOPERSVILLE – Del Shannon had an inkling "Runaway" might be a special rock song, so he played it again and again long before it was released in 1961 and shot to the top of the charts. His wife, ...

Enchanted by Del Shannon's "Runaway" as a boy, Tom Petty later paid the ultimate tribute to this No. 1 single and its singer: He saluted the tune in his own 1989 hit song, "Runnin' Down a Dream." ...

Charles Westover was a military veteran making ends meet as a carpet salesman in Battle Creek while moonlighting as a musician at the city's Hi-Lo Club at the Gilbert Hotel. It was 1960, and Westover ...

Charles Westover might have been from Grand Rapids. But Del Shannon, the rock and roll legend, was "born" in Battle Creek. Del Shannon, Westover's stage name, came to be when he wrote and performed ...

AVENGED SEVENFOLD is continuing to expand its latest album, "The Stage", into an evolving body of work by adding a series of new tracks over the course of several months. Today sees the release of the ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Listen to The Zutons in the studio putting their own spin on 'Runaway' by Del Shannon for triple j's ...

A lot of Del Shannon‘s hit tracks from the ’60s were about heartbreak, and he never expected a track released at the start of the decade to lead him to the top of the charts. Written by Shannon and ...