Little Town Flirt (album)
Little Town Flirt | ||||
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Released | June 1963 | |||
Recorded | May 1962 – March 1963 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 29:28 | |||
Label | Bigtop Records | |||
Producer | Embee Productions | |||
Del Shannon chronology | ||||
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Alternate cover | ||||
Singles from Little Town Flirt | ||||
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Little Town Flirt is the third studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon, released in June 1963 by Bigtop Records. His final album for the label, it features the singles "Two Kinds of Teardrops" and "Little Town Flirt". They peaked at numbers 50 and 12, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, and numbers 5 and 4, respectively, in the United Kingdom.
Little Town Flirt included multiple cover songs, including "Dream Baby", "Go Away Little Girl", and "Runaround Sue". It also included Del Shannon's second U.S. top five hit, "Hats off to Larry".
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated June 22, 1963, and remained on the album chart for 26 weeks, peaking at No. 12, his highest position had achieved on that chart.[1]
The album was released on Compact Disc by Beat Goes On on August 25, 1998, paired with Shannon's 1964 album Handy Man.[2]
Reception
[edit]Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
New Record Mirror | [4] |
New Record Mirror called it "excellent album" and stated that "A few other hits will be noticed if you scan the title list. Undoubtedly another winner as Del is in top form".[6]
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic noted that "Half of the songs on Shannon's second album [...] are on Greatest Hits. These are also the best and most popular songs on Little Town Flirt, which is filled out with competent but unremarkable covers of early '60s hits [...] That means that everyone except Shannon collectors should head to Greatest Hits instead."[3]
Track listing
[edit]US release
[edit]Side one
[edit]All tracks are written by Del Shannon unless otherwise stated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Two Kinds of Teardrops" | Maron McKenzie | 2:29 |
2. | "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" | Cindy Walker | 2:35 |
3. | "Happiness" | Del Shannon, Jim Ellis | 2:20 |
4. | "Hey! Little Girl" | 2:28 | |
5. | "She Thinks I Still Care" | Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy | 2:40 |
6. | "Runaway" | Max Crook, Shannon | 2:19 |
Side two
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Runaround Sue" | Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca | 2:36 |
2. | "Hats Off to Larry" | 2:00 | |
3. | "Kelly" | Del Shannon, Marron McKenzie | 2:39 |
4. | "Hey! Baby" | Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel | 2:25 |
5. | "Go Away Little Girl" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | 2:17 |
6. | "Little Town Flirt" | Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie | 2:40 |
UK release
[edit]Side one
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Two Kinds of Teardrops" | Maron McKenzie | 2:29 |
2. | "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" | Cindy Walker | 2:35 |
3. | "Happiness" | Del Shannon, Jim Ellis | 2:20 |
4. | "Two Silhouettes" | Maron McKenzie | 2:20 |
5. | "She Thinks I Still Care" | Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy | 2:40 |
6. | "My Wild One" | Maron McKenzie | 2:02 |
Side two
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Runaround Sue" | Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca | 2:36 |
2. | "From Me to You" | Lennon–McCartney | 1:57 |
3. | "Kelly" | Marron McKenzie | 2:39 |
4. | "Hey! Baby" | Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel | 2:25 |
5. | "Go Away Little Girl" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | 2:17 |
6. | "Little Town Flirt" | Maron McKenzie | 2:40 |
Charts
[edit]Album
[edit]Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) | 12 |
Singles
[edit]Year | Title | US Hot 100[7] | UK |
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1963 | "Two Kinds of Teardrops" | 50 | 5 |
"Little Town Flirt" | 12 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 700. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
- ^ "Little Town Flirt / Handy Man". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Little Town Flirt Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (12 October 1963). "Del Shannon: Little Town Flirt" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 25. p. 10. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1250. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "BIG -NAME LP's : Lp Reviews by Jimmy Watson" (PDF). Record Mirror. October 12, 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "Del Shannon chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2023.