Little Town Flirt (album)

Little Town Flirt
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1963
RecordedMay 1962 – March 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.

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.[1]

The album was released on Compact Disc by Beat Goes On on August 25, 1998, paired with Shannon's 1964 album Handy Man.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Little Town Flirt / Handy Man". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.