Little Town Flirt (album)
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| Released | June 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 29:28 | |||
| Label | Bigtop Records | |||
| Producer | Embee Productions | |||
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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, number 55, and 12, on the Cashbox Single Charts 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. It reached No. 19 on the Cashbox albums chart, where it stayed for 22 weeks. It entered the UK albums chart on November 2, 1963, reaching number 15 over the course of five weeks.
The album was released on Compact Disc by Beat Goes On on August 25, 1998, paired with Shannon's 1964 album Handy Man. Bear Family included also the album in the 2004 Home and Away box set. Edsel Records included the album in the 2023 Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium box set.