Hats Off to Larry

"Hats Off to Larry" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5,[2] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[3] No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[4] No. 2 in Australia,[5] No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[6] and No. 8 in South Africa.[7]

"Hats Off to Larry"
Single by Del Shannon
B-side"Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
ReleasedMay 1961[1]
GenreRock and roll
Length2:00
LabelBigtop
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon
Del Shannon singles chronology
"Runaway"
(1961)		 "Hats Off to Larry"
(1961)		 "So Long, Baby"
(1961)

The song was ranked No. 68 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year"[8] and No. 35 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".[9]

Chart performance
Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 5
Australia – David Kent 2
Canada – CHUM Hit Parade 1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade 2
South Africa 8
UK – Record Retailer 6
UK – New Musical Express[10] 8

References
  1. "Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry". discogs.com. May 1961. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  3. "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  5. David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961.
  6. Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  7. "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.
  8. "Chart Toppers", Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  9. "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961", Cash Box, December 30, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  10. "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, September 25, 1961. p. 20. Accessed July 29, 2016.


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