Charles Weedon Westover

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Charles Weedon Westover was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter best known by his stage name Del Shannon, who achieved fame with the 1961 hit "Runaway."

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Charles Weedon Westover canonical 6
Charles Westover 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
song ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
birthName Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-12-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-02-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of Finnish descent ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasSignatureSong Runaway ⓘ
influenced ELO ⓘ
Jeff Lynne ⓘ
Rock and roll revival artists ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
militaryConflict Korean War era (stateside service) ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableWork Hats Off to Larry ⓘ
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) ⓘ
Little Town Flirt ⓘ
Runaway ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performer Del Shannon ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Clarita, California, United States ⓘ
publicationDate 1961 ⓘ
recordLabel Amy Records ⓘ
Big Top Records ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ
Liberty Records ⓘ
residence Battle Creek, Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to: Battle Creek

Los Angeles County, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles County
spouse Shirley Nash ⓘ
stageName Del Shannon ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Del Shannon → birthName → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
Del Shannon → birthName → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles Weedon Westover
Westover → usedBy → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
Del Shannon → birthName → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
subject linked to: Westover
Max Crook → associatedAct → Charles Westover ⓘ
linked to: Charles Weedon Westover
Shirley Nash → spouseBirthName → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ
Shirley Nash → relativeByMarriage → Charles Weedon Westover ⓘ