Editing Del Shannon (section)

===Berlee Records and Amy Records===
By August 1963, Shannon's relationship with his managers and Bigtop had soured, so he formed his own label, Berlee Records, named after his parents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=Brian|title=The Complete Recordings 1960–70. Del Shannon, "Home and Away" (book accompanying the eight-CD box set)|publisher=[[Bear Family Records]]|year=2004|isbn=3-89916-078-9}}</ref>

He returned to the charts immediately with "[[Handy Man (song)|Handy Man]]" (a 1960 hit by [[Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones]]), "[[Do You Wanna Dance?]]" (a 1958 hit by [[Bobby Freeman]]), and two originals, "[[Keep Searchin']]"  (number 3 in the UK; number 9 in the U.S.), and "[[Stranger in Town (Del Shannon song)|Stranger in Town]]" (number 40 in the UK). In late 1964, Shannon produced a demo recording session for a young fellow Michigander named [[Bob Seger]], who would go on to stardom much later. Shannon gave [[Acetate disc|acetates]] of the session to [[Dick Clark]] (he had performed in one of Clark's tours, in 1965) and, by 1966, Seger was recording for Philadelphia's famed [[Cameo Records]], resulting in some regional hits, which eventually led to a deal with a major label, [[Capitol Records]]. Also in late 1964, Shannon paid tribute to one of his own musical idols with ''[[Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams]]'' (Amy Records 8004). The album was recorded in hard-core country honky-tonk style, and no singles were released. Shannon opened for [[Ike and Tina Turner]] at [[Dave Hull]]'s [[Hullabaloo (club)|Hullabaloo]] club in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Del Shannon, Guests, Slated at Hullabaloo|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 22, 1965|page=E6}}</ref>