Little Town Flirt Explained

Little Town Flirt
Cover:Little_Town_Flirt_-_D._Shannon.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Del Shannon
Album:Little Town Flirt
B-Side:The Wamboo
Released:December 1962
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Bigtop
Prev Title:The Swiss Maid
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:Two Kinds of Teardrops
Next Year:1963

"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which was released as a single in 1962 from the album Little Town Flirt in 1963.[1]

It spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[2] while reaching No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart,[3] No. 1 in Australia,[4] No. 4 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[5] No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[6] and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[7]

The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[8]

Cover versions

Little Town Flirt
Type:single
Artist:Smokie
B-Side:"I'm In Love With You"
Length:3:25
Label:RAK
Producer:Smokie
Prev Title:Run to Me
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Jet Lagged
Next Year:1982

The British band Smokie released their version as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at No. 30.

Altered Images produced a version, first released as a promo single and as a music video in 1982, for the soundtrack album of the 1983 film Party Party. The A&M Records single was backed with "Yakety Yak" by Bad Manners, also from the soundtrack. The Altered Images cover has not re-appeared on any of the band's anthologies.

Electric Light Orchestra included their take on "Little Town Flirt" as a bonus track on their 2001 remastered release of their 1979 album Discovery.

Charts

Del Shannon version

Chart (1962–63)Peak
position
Australia – David Kent1
Canada – CHUM Hit Parade9
Irish Singles Chart1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade7
UK – Record Retailer4
UK – New Musical Express[9] 4
US Billboard Hot 10012
US Cash Box Top 100 [10] 11

Smokie version

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Del+Shannon&titel=Little+Town+Flirt&cat=s Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt
  2. "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  3. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Song Title Search Results for "Little Town Flirt"
  4. [David Kent (historian)|David Kent]
  5. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9683/del%20shannon/ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History
  6. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1963&qmonth=Feb&qweek=28-Feb-1963#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 28-Feb-1963
  7. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - Week of February 4, 1963 . 2016-01-21 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20061107221712/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630204 . November 7, 2006 . CHUM. Chart Number 308.
  8. "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 3, 1963. p. 20. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  10. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19630302.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 2, 1963
  11. Web site: spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Little Town Flirt. October 20, 2017.