Autographs of Del Shannon

Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), known professionally as Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway", which was covered later by various major artists, including Elvis Presley and the Traveling Wilburys. In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his music career, he had minor acting roles.
Shannon was born Charles Weedon Westover on December 30, 1934, in Coopersville, Michigan, to Bert and Leone Mosher Westover. He learned to play the ukulele and guitar and listened to country-and-western music by artists such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while in Germany, played guitar in a band called the Cool Flames. When his service ended, he returned to Battle Creek, Michigan, and worked as a carpet salesman and as a truck driver for a furniture factory. He found part-time work as a rhythm guitarist in singer Doug DeMott's group, the Moonlight Ramblers, working at the Hi-Lo Club.
When DeMott was fired in 1958 for drunkenness, Westover took over as leader and singer, giving himself the name Charlie Johnson and renaming the band the Big Little Show Band. In early 1959, he added keyboardist Max Crook, who played an instrument he called a Musitron (an early synthesizer of Crook's own invention, though modeled on the commercially released Clavioline). Crook had made recordings, and he persuaded Ann Arbor disc jockey Ollie McLaughlin to listen to the band. McLaughlin took the group's demonstration recordings (demos) to Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik of Talent Artists in Detroit. In July 1960, Westover and Crook signed to become recording artists and composers for Bigtop Records. Balk suggested Westover use a new name, and they came up with "Del Shannon", combining Mark Shannon—a wrestling pseudonym used by a regular at the Hi-Lo Club—with Del, derived from the Cadillac Coupe de Ville, his favorite car.
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Traded items with a signature of Del Shannon

The most expensive item with a signature of Del Shannon (DEL SHANNON Signed Autograph Runaway Hits LP DJ JOHNNY DARK Baltimore SEALED) was sold in March 2025 for £185.75 while the cheapest item (Del Shannon Original Picture Autograph Signature) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2018. The month with the most items sold (5) was December 2018 with an average selling price of £10.00 for an autographed item of Del Shannon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £164.36 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2013. In average, an autographed item from Del Shannon is worth £20.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Del Shannon were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Captain Disaster : Book One: the Influxitron by Del Shannon SIGNED	£15.03
	DEL SHANNON Pop Music AUTOGRAPH on a page 1960's	£70.00
	DEL SHANNON 0FFICIAL 10” X 8” PRESS PHOTO & 1983 TOUR PROGRAMME - SIGNED	£8.00
	Del Shannon - autographed 4 Page 1983 UK Tour Guide	£9.66
	Del Shannon - Drop Down & Get Me, LP vinyl, SIGNED/AUTOGRAPH on Cover	£179.68
	DEL SHANNON - Live in England - Vinyl LP album (Signed - EX/VG)	£29.99
	Del Shannon - Live In England LP (1973) signed sleeve + autographed insert	£160.64
	Del Shannon - Signed Autograph - Promo Postcard Photo + COA	£128.94
	DEL SHANNON / DROP DOWN AND GET ME~ 1983 Demon UK Album AUTOGRAPHED by Del ~ EXC	£64.87
	Del Shannon 1983 4 Page Promo Flyer Signed	£77.98
	DEL SHANNON nice hand-signed autograph mounted with 1960s B&W pic + COA, 16x12"	£35.27
	Del Shannon Signed Photo	£29.40
	Del Shannon – Runaway / Jody - 1961 - 45-3067 Autographed- First Pressing	£67.84
	Del Shannon. Singer-Songwriter. Runaway. Signed Autograph Album Page	£21.00
	hand signed 1960s EXCELLENT 45 & vg+ slv. Del Shannon – Two Kind Of Teardrops 45	£123.64