# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/del-shannon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:10:20.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/del-shannon"
name: "Del Shannon"
slug: "del-shannon"
description: "Charles Weedon Westover, known professionally as Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit \"Runaway\", which was covered later by various major artists, including Elvis Presley and the Traveling Wilburys. In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his music career, he had minor acting roles."
tagline: "American musician (1934-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Del_Shannon_1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-12-30"
deathDate: "1990-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.050558750135619
  historical:           23.33303733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/allthingsdelshannon/"
    handle:    "allthingsdelshannon"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788272/"
    handle:    "nm0788272"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.delshannon.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump