BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Friday marks the start of Del Shannon Weekend in Battle Creek. Kicking the weekend off is a Del Shannon tribute concert slated to begin at 7 p.m. at Pennfield Performing Arts ...

A four-day celebration honoring rock legend Del Shannon has been named the Historical Event of the Year by the Historical Society of Michigan, according to a community announcement. The recognition ...

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 ...

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 ...

As he surfaced in 1961, Shannon would inevitably become lumped in with contemporary US male teen-pop singers. Fair enough to a limited degree as he had the moodiness of Roy Orbison and the edge of ...