I’m-a walkin’ in the rain

Del Shannon was never his real name, y’know.

He was born Charles Westover, a singer-guitarist and a good friend to Max Crook on keyboards.

In 1960 Crook was fascinated with new-fangled electronic organs, the forerunners of modern day synthesizers.

http://www.delshannon.com/maxmusitron.htm

On January 21, 1961, they recorded "Runaway" featuring Crook on an invention he called the “Musitron.”

That iconic keyboard solo begins at 1:10. 

You’ll know it when you hear it.

“Runaway” was a huge hit, exploding to four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and lauded by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the 500 Greatest songs of all time.

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