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The Return of the 'Runaway' Man: Del Shannon

Greg Shaw, Phonograph Record, January 1974

COMEBACKS ARE becoming as common as oldies these days. When you think about it, rock & roll has been around some twenty years now, with a staggeringly high cumulative total of worthy artists, most of whom are inevitably pushed into the background by succeeding generations. So it stands to reason that every now and then some "name from the past" should come along and surprise everyone.

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