Hats Off to Larry

"Hats Off to Larry"
Single by Del Shannon
B-side "Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
Released 1961
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:00
Label Bigtop
Writer(s) Del Shannon
Del Shannon singles chronology
"Runaway"
(1961)
"Hats Off to Larry"
(1961)
"So Long, Baby"
(1961)

"Hats Off to Larry" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5,[1] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[2] No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[3] No. 2 in Australia,[4] No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[5] and No. 8 in South Africa.[6]

Chart performance

Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 5
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 1
Australia - David Kent 2
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade 2
UK - Record Retailer 6
UK - New Musical Express[7] 8
South Africa 8

References

  1. ↑ "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). CHUM. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961.
  5. ↑ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, September 25, 1961. p. 20. Accessed July 29, 2016.


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