Del Shannon 1999. Del Shannon was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005. Del Shannon Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 "Billboard" hit "Runaway". Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Coopersville. 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
Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm The Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm is a historic farm at 62 Undermountain Road (Massachusetts Route 41) in Egremont, Massachusetts. Built beginning in 1744 on of land, it is one of the best-preserved farmsteads of the period in Berkshire County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The property is owned by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and is named the Kellogg Conservation Center. The Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm is located in a rural setting of southeastern Egremont, on roughly bisected by Undermountain Road, bounded on the north by Warner Road and the south by the right-of-way of the