Shannon (song) explained
Shannon |
Cover: | Shannon_-_Henry_Gross.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Henry Gross |
Album: | Release |
B-Side: | Pokey |
Released: | February 1976 |
Genre: | Soft rock[1] |
Length: | 3:50 |
Label: | Lifesong |
Producer: | Terry Cashman and Tommy West for Cashwest Productions, Inc. |
Prev Title: | One More Tomorrow |
Prev Year: | 1975 |
Next Title: | Springtime Mama |
Next Year: | 1976 |
"Shannon" is a 1976 song by Henry Gross. It became an international hit, reaching #6 and achieving gold record status in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Cash Box Top 100. The song reached #1 in Canada and New Zealand.[2]
"Shannon" was written about the death of a Samoyed dog in the care of Beach Boys member Carl Wilson. While touring with the Beach Boys in 1975, Gross visited Wilson's home in Los Angeles and in conversation said he had an Irish Setter named Shannon. Wilson replied that he had also had a dog named Shannon that had recently been killed when hit by a car.[3] [4] [5]
The single went gold in the U.S.[6] and became a worldwide hit, reaching #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1976. In Canada it reached #1. "Shannon" also reached #1 in New Zealand, but peaked only at #32 in the UK.[6]
Musicians
- Henry Gross: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Allan Schwartzberg: drums
- George Devens: percussion
- Warren Nichols: bass
- Philip Aaberg: piano, electric piano
- Mike Corbett, Marty Nelson, Tommy West: background vocals
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1976) | Rank |
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Canada [15] | 20 |
New Zealand [16] | 5 |
U.S. Billboard [17] | 47 |
U.S. Cash Box [18] | 60 |
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See also
- List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
Notes and References
- Book: Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. July 17, 2000. The Linen: Soft Rock. 112. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0-312-19821-3.
- Web site: Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2016-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119011833/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4128a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=kjerdnvbvl3a8p4jfufutrc7u6. 2015-11-19. dead. .
- Web site: Henry Gross's Website. .
- Web site: How singer Henry Gross, playing now at CityPlace, wrote the hit dog love song "Shannon". Streeter, Leslie Gray. PalmBeachPost.com. Palm Beach Post. 7 January 2016.
- Web site: The Real Story Behind the Henry Gross Hit "Shannon". Forgotten Hits. Kotal, Kent. 6 January 2009. 6 January 2009.
- Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 237.
- http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
- Web site: Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2016-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119011833/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4128a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=kjerdnvbvl3a8p4jfufutrc7u6. 2015-11-19. dead.
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1976-06-05 . 2018-02-18.
- Web site: Henry Gross - Shannon (song). charts.nz. 26 May 2018.
- Web site: Top 100 1976. top-source.info. 17 June 2016.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 103.
- Web site: Cash Box Top 100 5/29/76 . 2016-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322102433/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760529.html . 2016-03-22 . dead .
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada. collectionscanada.gc.ca.
- Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
- http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm Musicoutfitters.com
- http://50.6.195.142/archives/60s_files/1976YESP.html Cashbox Magazine