Little Town Flirt

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

"Little Town Flirt"
Single by Del Shannon
from the album Little Town Flirt
B-side"The Wamboo"
ReleasedDecember 1962
GenrePop rock
Length2:40
LabelBigtop
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie
Del Shannon singles chronology
"The Swiss Maid"
(1962)		 "Little Town Flirt"
(1962)		 "Two Kinds of Teardrops"
(1963)

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

Cover versions
"Little Town Flirt"
Single by Smokie
B-side"I'm In Love With You"
Released1981 (1981)
Length3:25
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie
Producer(s)Smokie
Smokie singles chronology
"Run to Me"
(1980)		 "Little Town Flirt"
(1981)		 "Jet Lagged"
(1982)

The British band Smokie released their cover of the song as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at No. 30.[9]

Altered Images also 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 released a cover of "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 Kent 1
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 9
Irish Singles Chart 1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade 7
UK - Record Retailer 4
UK - New Musical Express[10] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Cash Box Top 100 [11] 11

Smokie version
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Germany[9] 30

References
  1. Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  2. "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  3. Song Title Search Results for "Little Town Flirt", The Irish Charts. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  4. David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending February 16, 1963.
  5. Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  6. "Lever Hit Parade" 28-Feb-1963, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  7. "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of February 4, 1963". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-21.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chart Number 308.
  8. "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Little Town Flirt". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 3, 1963. p. 20. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  11. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 2, 1963


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