Hats Off to Larry

"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,^[2] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,^[3] No. 2 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",^[4] No. 2 in Australia,^[5] No. 6 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,^[6] and No. 8 in South Africa.^[7]

"Hats Off to Larry"
Single by Del Shannon
B-side	"Don't Gild The Lily, Lily"
Released	May 1961[1]
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:00
Label	Bigtop
Songwriter(s)	Del Shannon
Del Shannon singles chronology
"Runaway" (1961) "Hats Off to Larry" (1961) "So Long, Baby" (1961)

The song was ranked No. 68 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year"^[8] and No. 35 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".^[9]

Chart performance

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	5
Australia – David Kent	2
Canada – CHUM Hit Parade (2wks@1)	1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade	2
South Africa	8
UK – Record Retailer	6
UK – New Musical Express[10]	8