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| Handy Man | ||||
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| Released | October 1964 | |||
| Recorded | August 1963 – June 1964 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 28:41 | |||
| Label | Amy | |||
| Producer | Embee Productions | |||
| Del Shannon chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Handy Man | ||||
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Handy Man is the fourth studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. It features the singles "Mary Jane" and "Handy Man", the latter reaching No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1964.[1]
it included several contemporary hits with covers of "Ruby Baby", "A World Without Love", "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)", "Crying" and two Berlee Singles.[2] It reached No. 76 on the Cashbox albums chart where it stayed for 6 weeks.[3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on August 25, 1998 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's Final Bigtop album from June 1963, Little Town Flirt[4]
Edsel Records included this CD in a box set entitled Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium, which contains 14th of his studio albums and three compilation and was released on February 24, 2023.[5]
- ^ "Hot 100". Billboard. August 22, 1964.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2019-12-26). The Music of Del Shannon. Lulu.com. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-359-89948-7.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 332. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ "Little Town Flirt / Handy Man". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.