He helehelena hāmama a ʻakaʻaka me nā maka olaola loa - ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai ka poʻe pā e pili ana i ka mea mele ʻAmelika, haku mele a me ke keaka ʻo Del Shannon. No 30 mau makahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ua ʻike ka mea hoʻokani i ka kaulana o ka honua a ua ʻike i ka ʻeha o ka poina.
ʻO ke mele ʻo Runaway, i kākau ʻia me ka pōʻino, ua kaulana ʻo ia. A he hapaha haneli ma hope mai, ma mua koke o ka make ʻana o ka mea nāna i hana, ua loaʻa iā ia ka lua o ke ola.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o ka Shannon Case ma Great Lakes
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Charles Whiston Westover ma Dekemaba 30, 1934 ma Grand Rapids, ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua o Michigan. Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ua aloha ʻo ia i ke mele, a ua aloha ke mele iā ia. I ka makahiki 7, ua aʻo kūʻokoʻa ke keiki i ka hoʻokani ʻana i ka ʻukulele - he kīkā ʻehā kaula, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi.
I ka makahiki 14 ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kīkā maʻamau a me ke kōkua ʻole. I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana koa ma Kelemānia, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokani pila no The Cool Flames.
Ma hope o ka pūʻali, ua haʻalele ʻo Westover i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Battle Creek ma kona mokuʻāina ʻo Michigan. Ma laila, loaʻa mua iā ia kahi hana ma ka hale hana mea hale ma ke ʻano he kaʻa kaʻa, a laila kūʻai aku ʻo ia i nā ʻeke. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i haʻalele i ke mele. I kēia manawa, ʻo kāna mau kiʻi: "ka makuakāne o ka ʻāina hou" ʻo Hank Williams, ka mea hoʻokani Kanada-ʻAmelika ʻo Hank Snow.
I ka ʻike ʻana e pono ana kahi hui ʻāina e pāʻani ana i ka hui Hi-Lo kūloko i kahi mea hoʻokani pila, loaʻa iā Charles kahi hana ma laila. Mahalo i ka leo maʻamau me kahi falsetto pūlima, ua kono ke alakaʻi o ka hui ʻo Doug DeMott iā ia e lilo i mea leo. I ka makahiki 1958, ua kipaku ʻia ʻo DeMott a ua lawe ʻo Westover. Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka inoa o ka hui ʻo The Big Little Show Band, a ua lawe ʻo ia i ka pseudonym Charlie Johnson nona iho.
Hānau ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo Del Shannon
ʻO ka hoʻololi i ke ola o ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻo 1959, i ka manawa i ʻae ʻia ʻo Max Kruk i ka hui. No nā makahiki he nui, ua lilo kēia kanaka i hoa hana a me kāna hoaaloha maikaʻi loa. Eia kekahi, he mea akamai ia i ka keyboardist a me ka mea hoʻopuka aʻo ponoʻī. Ua lawe pū ʻo Max Kruk me ia i kahi muzitron, kahi synthesizer i hoʻololi ʻia. I ka rock and roll, ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia kēia mea kani i kēlā manawa.
Ua lawe ka mea haku keyboard i ka "hoʻolaha" o ka hui. Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kekahi mau mele, ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia iā Ollie McLaughlin e hoʻolohe iā lākou. Ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā haku mele i ka Detroit firm Embee Productions. I ke kauwela o 1960, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa nā hoaaloha i kahi kuʻikahi me Big Top. ʻO ia ka manawa i manaʻo ai ʻo Harry Balk e lawe ʻo Charles Westover i kahi inoa ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia ke ʻano i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo Del Shannon - kahi hui pū ʻana o ka inoa o ke kumu hoʻohālike Cadillac Coupede Ville punahele a me ka inoa o ka mokomoko Mark Shannon.
I ka wā mua, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā hana ma New York. A laila ua hoʻohuli ʻo Ollie McLaughlin i nā mea hoʻokani pila e kākau hou iā Little Runaway, me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i kahi musictron kūikawā.
Mahope o ka Holo
ʻO ka mea hoʻopūʻiwa, ʻo ke mele i lilo i mea paʻa i hele mai ma ka pōʻino. Ma kekahi o nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma ka hui ʻo Hi-Lo, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Max Crook e pāʻani i ʻelua mau mele, kahi i huki ai i ka manaʻo o Shannon. Ma waho o ka "Blue Moon harmony" maʻamau, e like me kā Del Shannon i kapa ʻia ai, ua ʻohi ʻia ke mele e nā lālā a pau o ka hui.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole makemake ka mea nona ka hui i ke kumu, ua hoʻopau nā mea mele i ke mele. I ka lā aʻe, ua kākau ʻo Shannon i kahi kikokikona hoʻopā maʻalahi e pili ana i kahi kaikamahine i holo mai kahi kāne. Ua kapa ʻia ka mele ʻo Little Runaway ("Little Runaway"), akā ua pōkole ʻo ia i Runaway.
I ka wā mua, ʻaʻole i manaʻoʻiʻo nā mea nona ka hui mele ʻo Bell Sound Studios i ka kūleʻa o ka haku mele. He mea ʻokoʻa loa ia, "me he mea lā ua lawe ʻia ʻekolu mele like ʻole a hui pū ʻia." Akā, ua hiki iā McLaughlin ke hoʻomaopopo i ka mea kū'ē.
A ma Ianuali 21, 1961, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele. I Pepeluali o ia makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Runaway hoʻokahi. Ma ʻApelila, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka palapala ʻAmelika, a ʻelua mahina ma hope, ʻo ka ʻōlelo Pelekane, e noho ana ma luna no ʻehā pule.
Ua lilo kēia haku mele i ikaika loa a ua hīmeni ʻia kāna mau uhi uhi e Ratt Bonnie ma ke ʻano hippie, ka hui pōhaku Dogma ma ke ʻano metala, etc. A ʻo ka mea kaulana loa. Elvis Presley.
No ke aha i kaulana ai? ʻO kahi kikokikona maʻalahi i hui pū ʻia me kahi mele nani, ke kani kumu o ka musicron, kahi mea liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe no ka rock and roll a, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o Del Shannon.
Ke hoʻomau nei i kāu huakaʻi noʻonoʻo...
Ua ʻike ʻia nā hits ʻē aʻe ma ka piko o ka kaulana: Hats Off To Larry, Hey! ʻO ke kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole i hoʻāla hou i ka mahalo nui e like me Runaway. Ma hope o kekahi mau hemahema i ka makahiki 1962, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena kiʻi iā Little Town Flirt a paʻi hou i luna.
I ka makahiki 1963, hui ka mea hoʻokani pila me ka hoʻomaka, akā ua kaulana ʻo Pelekane ʻehā The Beatles a hoʻopaʻa i kahi uhi uhi o kā lākou mele mai iaʻu iā ʻoe.
I nā makahiki, ua kākau ʻo Shannon i kekahi mau mele maikaʻi loa: Handy Man, Strangerin Town, Keep Searchin. Akā ʻaʻole like lākou me ka mele Runaway. I ka pau ʻana o nā makahiki 1960, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hana maikaʻi, e lawe ana iā Brian Hyland lāua ʻo Smith ma ke kahua.
Oblivion Del Shannon
ʻO nā makahiki 1970 he wā pilikia no ka Shannon Case. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka haku mele Runaway i ka papa kiʻekiʻe 100, ua ʻike ʻia nā inoa hou ma USA. ʻO kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi ma ʻEulopa, kahi i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ai ʻo ia, ua hōʻoluʻolu iā ia. Ua kōkua pū ka waiʻona.
E hoʻi
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1970 i hoʻōki ai ʻo Del i ka inu ʻana. ʻO kahi hana koʻikoʻi i hoʻokani ʻia e Tom Petty, nāna i kōkua i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka album Drop Down and Get Me. I nā makahiki 1980 mua, hele ʻo Del Shannon i ka honua me nā ʻaha mele, e hōʻiliʻili ana i nā keʻena nui.
I ka makahiki 1986, ua hoʻi ka mele Runaway, i hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia no ka moʻolelo TV Crime Story. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka album Rock On no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana. Akā ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea mele ke hoʻokō i ke kaumaha. I ka lā 8 o Pepeluali i ka makahiki 1990, ua pana ʻo ia iā ia iho me ka pu panapana.
ʻO ka inoa o kahi keikikāne Michigan maʻalahi i lilo i kiʻi no nā hanauna i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A e kani ka mele Runaway no hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki.
