| Hats Off to Del Shannon | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Del Shannon |
| Cover: | Hats Off to Del Shannon.JPG |
| Released: | May 1963 |
| Genre: | Rock and roll |
| Length: | 28:14 |
| Label: | London |
| Prev Title: | Runaway with Del Shannon |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Little Town Flirt |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
Hats Off to Del Shannon is the second studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. It was released in May 1963 in the UK to coincide with Shannon's tour.[1]
This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada. It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on.[2]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on September 27, 1997 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's Debut's album from June 1961, Runaway with Del Shannon,[3] Bear Family included also the album in the 2004 Home and Away box set.[4] Edsel Records included the album in the 2023 Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium box set.[5]
New Record Mirror described the album "as entertaining a collection of contemporary pop"[6]