Rock ‘n’ roll was music for teenagers. That’s what was magic about it. The best of those ’50s and early ’60s singles are the ones that treat teenage concerns — life-altering crushes, soul-obliterating ...

Charles Westover might have been from Grand Rapids. But Del Shannon, the rock and roll legend, was "born" in Battle Creek. Del Shannon, Westover's stage name, came to be when he wrote and performed ...

Charles Westover was a military veteran making ends meet as a carpet salesman in Battle Creek while moonlighting as a musician at the city's Hi-Lo Club at the Gilbert Hotel. It was 1960, and Westover ...

Perhaps you remember Del Shannon. He's the guy who sang "Runaway" ("and I wonder where she will stay, my little runaway, my run-run-run-run-runaway..."), which was a No. 1 hit in 1961 and was later ...

A series of live performances, award-winning hit songs and interviews chronicle the life and legacy of one of rock-n-roll's most unrecognized legends, Del Shannon, showing the strong impact, influence ...

1960's teen idol Del Shannon released a string of hits in the early 1960s ("Runaway," "Hey! Little Girl," "Handy Man") that had a profound effect on emerging British Invasion groups such as the ...

Singer-songwriter Charlie Kulis is making a comeback. The Lattingtown resident had his first hit single in 1975 with a pop cover version of Del Shannon’s “Runaway” and today he’s gone country. “I ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Rock ‘n’ roll ...