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
Tina Charles (singer) did not use her real surname, Hoskins, since this might have caused confusion with Mary Hopkin, who was better known at the time. She chose "Charles", as it was her father's name. Charles began her career as a backing singer and session musician, and recorded her first solo single in 1969 with a then-unknown Elton John playing piano. During the early 1970s she supplied vocals for the "Top of the Pops" album series of cover versions of contemporary hits. In 1971 she made appearances in the first series of "The Two Ronnies", the BBC1 sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and