Hats Off to Larry

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| name = Hats Off to Larry

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| type = single

| artist = Del Shannon

| album =

| B-side = Don't Gild The Lily, Lily

| released = May 1961{{cite web |title=Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry |url=https://www.discogs.com/Del-Shannon-Hats-Off-To-Larry/release/1324854 |website=discogs.com |date=May 1961 |access-date=26 May 2021}}

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| genre = Rock and roll

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=00}}

| label = Bigtop

| writer = Del Shannon

| producer =

| prev_title = Runaway

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = So Long, Baby

| next_year = 1961

}}

"Hats Off to Larry" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5,"[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300710/del-shannon/chart Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100]", Billboard.com. Accessed July 29, 2016. while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8527 |title=1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts |accessdate=2016-07-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107232441/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8527 |archivedate=November 7, 2006 |publisher=CHUM }} No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=Aug&qweek=31-Aug-1961#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 31-Aug-1961], Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 29, 2016. No. 2 in Australia,David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 19, 1961. No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9683/del%20shannon/ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History], Official Charts Company. Accessed July 29, 2016. and No. 8 in South Africa."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-10-09.pdf Billboard Music Week Hits of the World]", Billboard, October 9, 1961. p. 18. Accessed July 29, 2016.

The song was ranked No. 68 on Billboard{{'}}s end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year""[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-12-25.pdf Chart Toppers]", Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 12, 2018. and No. 35 on Cash Box{{'}}s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961"."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-12-30.pdf Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961]", Cash Box, December 30, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved March 12, 2018.