Little Town Flirt
Studio album by
ReleasedJun 1963
GenreRock and Roll
Length29:28
LabelBigtop Records
ProducerEmbee Productions
Del Shannon chronology
Hats Off to Del Shannon
(1963)
Little Town Flirt
(1963)
Handy Man
(1964)
Alternate cover
Little Town Flirt (UK)
Singles from Little Town Flirt
  1. "Little Town Flirt"
    Released: November 1962
  2. "Two Kinds of Teardrops"
    Released: March 1963

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Two Kinds of Teardrops"Maron McKenzie2:29
2."Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"Cindy Walker2:35
3."Happiness"Del Shannon, Jim Ellis2:20
4."Hey! Little Girl" 2:28
5."She Thinks I Still Care"Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy2:40
6."Runaway"Max Crook, Shannon2:19

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaround Sue"Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca2:36
2."Hats Off to Larry" 2:00
3."Kelly"Marron McKenzie2:39
4."Hey! Baby"Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel2:25
5."Go Away Little Girl"Carole King, Gerry Goffin2:17
6."Little Town Flirt"Maron McKenzie2:40

UK release

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Two Kinds of Teardrops"Maron McKenzie2:29
2."Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"Cindy Walker2:35
3."Happiness"Del Shannon, Jim Ellis2:20
4."Two Silhouettes"Maron McKenzie2:20
5."She Thinks I Still Care"Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy2:40
6."My Wild One"Maron McKenzie2:02

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaround Sue"Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca2:36
2."From Me to You"Lennon–McCartney1:57
3."Kelly"Marron McKenzie2:39
4."Hey! Baby"Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel2:25
5."Go Away Little Girl"Carole King, Gerry Goffin2:17
6."Little Town Flirt"Maron McKenzie2:40

Charts

Album

Charts (1963) Peak

position

U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) 12

Singles

Year Title US Hot 100[6] UK
1963 "Two Kinds of Teardrops" 50 5
"Little Town Flirt" 12 4

References

  1. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Little Town Flirt Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  2. Reynolds, Robert (2019-12-26). The Music of Del Shannon. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-89948-7.
  3. Young, Brian C. (2023). RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9798369401477.
  4. Young, Brian C. (2023). RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9798369401477.
  5. 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.
  6. "Del Shannon chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2023.


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