| Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1965 | |||
| Recorded | November 1964 | |||
| Studio | United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, country | |||
| Length | 33:52 | |||
| Label | Amy | |||
| Producer | Embee Productions | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| New Record Mirror | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. released in February 1965 by Amy Records. It is a tribute album to the songs of Country Music Hall of Fame honky tonk singer Hank Williams, whom Shannon listed among his influences.
At some point in late 1964, Shannon had decided to record a tribute album to Hank Williams.[4][5] As Harry Balk recalled, "I didn't really have much faith in the country stuff, but Del really wanted to do it."[4] Les Cooley was the engineer there that we used. Bill Ramal wasn't used to arrange, Del worked up the arrangements himself with The Royaltones."[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AllMusicwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman. "Del Shannon: Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 121. p. 10. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1250. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Young, Brian C. (2023). RUNAWAY - The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9798369401477.
- ^ "Del Shannon "Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams: Your Cheatin' Heart" (1964)". Los Angeles Times. 24 June 1993. Retrieved 2023-10-22.