Editing Del Shannon (section)

===Later career===
Shannon's career slowed down greatly in the 1970s, owing in part to his alcoholism.<ref name="Del Shannon Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.delshannon.com/delbio.htm |title=Full Length Biography |publisher=Delshannon.Com |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref> The Welsh rock singer [[Dave Edmunds]] produced the single "And the Music Plays On" in 1974.<ref name=del/> In 1978 Shannon stopped drinking and began work on "Sea of Love", released in 1982 on his album ''Drop Down and Get Me'', produced by [[Tom Petty]]. The album took two years to record and featured Petty's band, the Heartbreakers, backing Shannon. However, [[RSO Records]], to which Shannon was signed, folded. Further work on the LP was done for [[Al Coury#Network Records label|Network Records]] (distributed by [[Elektra Records]]). Seven songs are Shannon originals with covers of songs recorded by the [[Everly Brothers]], the [[the Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], and [[Frankie Ford]], along with [[Sea of Love (Phil Phillips song)|"Sea of Love"]] by [[Phil Phillips]]. It was Shannon's first album in eight years.<ref name=shannon/>

In February 1982, Shannon appeared at the [[the Bottom Line (venue)|Bottom Line]]. He performed pop-rock tunes and old hits. Stephen Holden, a reviewer for ''[[The New York Times]]'', described an "easygoing pop-country" style. On "Runaway" and "Keep Searchin'", Shannon and his band rediscovered the sound "in which his keen falsetto played off against airy organ [[obbligato]]s." In the 1980s, Shannon performed "competent but mundane country-rock".<ref>{{cite news|title=Pop:Del Shannon, 60's Teen-Age Star|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 22, 1982|page=C16}}</ref>

Shannon had a resurgence of popularity after re-recording "Runaway" with new lyrics as the theme for the [[NBC-TV]] program ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]''. In 1988, Shannon sang "The World We Know" with the [[the Smithereens|Smithereens]] on their album ''[[Green Thoughts]]''. Two years later, he recorded with [[Jeff Lynne]] of the [[Electric Light Orchestra]], and there were rumors he would join the [[the Traveling Wilburys|Traveling Wilburys]] after the death of [[Roy Orbison]].<ref name="Del Shannon Biography"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washburn |first=Jim |date=1989-04-07 |title=Never a 'Runaway' : Rocker Del Shannon's Still Writing, Recording, Performing Worldwide |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-07-ca-1314-story.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Previously, in 1975, Shannon had recorded tracks with Lynne, along with "In My Arms Again", a country song he wrote and recorded for [[Warner Bros. Records]], which had signed Shannon in 1984.<ref name=del/>