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,[1] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[2] No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[3] No. 2 in Australia,[4] No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[5] and No. 8 in South Africa.[6]

"Hats Off to Larry"
Single by Del Shannon
B-side	"Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
Released	1961
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:00
Label	Bigtop
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"[7] and No. 35 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".[8]

Chart performance

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	5
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade	1
Australia - David Kent	2
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade	2
UK - Record Retailer	6
UK - New Musical Express[9]	8
South Africa	8

References

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