Hats Off to Del Shannon
| Hats Off to Del Shannon | ||||
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| Released | May 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 28:14 | |||
| Label | London | |||
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Hats Off to Del Shannon is the second studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. It was released in May 1963 in the UK to coincide with Shannon's tour.
This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada. It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on. It entered the UK albums chart on May 11, 1963, reaching number nine over the course of 17 weeks.
The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on September 27, 1997, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's 1962 debut album, Runaway with Del Shannon. Bear Family included the album in the 2004 box set Home and Away. Edsel Records included the album in the 2023 Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium box set.