| Little Town Flirt | ||||
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| Released | Jun 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock and Roll | |||
| Length | 29:28 | |||
| Label | Bigtop Records | |||
| Producer | Embee Productions | |||
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 Little Town Flirt (UK) | ||||
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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.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
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".[2] because the Hats Off to Del Shannon album was released only in England, the U.S. and U.K. Little Town Flirt albums would have three track variances. in America, it was decided with Bigtop to include the big hits "Runaway", "Hats Off to Larry", and "Hey! Little Girl".[3] London Records opted to insert in their place "From Me To You" (having been omitted in England as a single purposely, due to The Beatles" own Version), "Two Silhousettes", and "My Wild One", which would be the current single in England [4]
The album made its first appearance on Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated June 22 of that year and remained on the album chart for 26 weeks, peaking at #12.[5]
Reception
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."[1]
Track listing
US release
Side one
All tracks are written by Del Shannon
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Runaround Sue" | Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca | 2:36 |
| 2. | "Hats Off to Larry" | 2:00 | |
| 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 |
UK release
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Album
| Charts (1963) | Peak
position |
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| U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) | 12 |
Singles
| Year | Title | US Hot 100[6] | UK |
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| 1963 | "Two Kinds of Teardrops" | 50 | 5 |
| "Little Town Flirt" | 12 | 4 |
References
- 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Little Town Flirt Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ Reynolds, Robert (2019-12-26). The Music of Del Shannon. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-89948-7.
- ↑ Young, Brian C. (2023). RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9798369401477.
- ↑ Young, Brian C. (2023). RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9798369401477.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Del Shannon chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2023.