A simple minor chord strummed on the guitar sets the mood for the 1961 smash hit “Runaway.” The tinkling piano, upright bass, drums, and baritone saxophone back the simple figure. Del Shannon would go on to have other hits, but none as big as his debut about a girl who is nowhere to be found. […]
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