|
|
 |
Del Shannon was born Charles Weedon Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 30, 1934. The son of Bert and Leone, Westover grew up in nearby Coopersville, a small farming town. Taught to play the ukulele by his mother as a child, young Charles soon flowered into guitar picking at 14 years of age.
The song Runaway, was a number one hit in 1961 in both the US and the UK.
Runaway was
featured in the following television shows:
Beverly Hills 90210: Episodes: Mexican Stand Off,
Sweating It Out,
Laverne & Shirley (Episode: Diner)
CHiPs (The old 70s TV show with Erik Estrada)
WKRP In Cincinnati (starring Howard Hessman):
Filthy Pictures Episode,
Benny Hill Show (Episode 28),
South Of Sunset: Dream Girl
Runaway is featured in the following movies:
Good Will Hunting (Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams),
Christine (Bonnie Raitt's version),
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,
Kids Of Degrassi Street,
Running Scared (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal),
That ll Be The Day,
Catch Me If You Can,
Buddy System,
Children Of The Corn,
Born On The Fourth of July (Tom Cruise),
Roseaux Sauvages (French Film)
Runaway was also used as the theme to
Crime Story, the hit U.S. television
series from '86 to '88.
Tags:
del
shannon
runaway
pop
music
Added: 15th October 2007
Views: 3666
Rating: 
Posted By: Tony |
 
|
 |
Joan Jett first heard this song when she was touring England with The Runaways in 1976. She recorded a version with 2 members of The Sex Pistols in 1979, but it was her rerecording of it with The Blackhearts released in 1982 that finally put the song on the charts. The record label that The Arrows belonged to didn't promote the song, so it remained in relative obscurity until Joan recorded it, the second time. It still seems weird to hear a male version, although this is the original.
Tags:
i
love
rock
and
roll
the
arrows
Added: 26th November 2008
Views: 1467
Rating:
Posted By: nbmike |
|
|
 |
It's funny how this time of year throws up some strange memories. This song I can remember as a very young child and it takes me back to when things were so much simpler.
Tags:
Vernon
Dalhart
The
Runaway
Train
Added: 25th December 2008
Views: 1487
Rating:
Posted By: donmac101 |
|
|
 |
Taped in 1988..not bad at all after 27 years. This was Del's biggest hit from 1961. His career trailed off a few years later, and he committed suicide in 1990.
Tags:
del
shannon
runaway
Added: 8th May 2009
Views: 2022
Rating:
Posted By: Naomi |
|
|
 |
In 1976, Eve Plumb, two years removed from The Brady Bunch, played the lead role in the made-for-TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teeange Runaway. It aired on Monday, September 27, 1976. The previous year NBC had been successful with Sarah: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic. Accordingly, another movie about bad teen lifestyle choices was made. In this one, Eve Plumb (who was 18 at the time) played Dawn Wetherby, a naive 15-year-old girl who leaves her single-parent, alcoholic, domineering mother for the bright lights of LA. Not long afterwards, she is forced to fend for herself as a street prostitute. The movie was successful enough to merit a sequel called Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn. Because Plumb was committed to her made-for-TV movies, she could not participate in the much-maligned Brady Bunch Variety Hour and avoided that catastrophe.
Tags:
Eve
Plumb
teenage
runaway
hooker
Added: 25th June 2012
Views: 5110
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links