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This Is My Bag is the seventh studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon, and his first for Liberty Records, Released in July 1966, it features the singles "The Big Hurt" and "For a Little While". "The Big Hurt" peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Background

Liberty wanted to get an album out on him, Snuff Garrett would produce again.^[1] Snuff had a differnet idea in mind. This time, Snuff used Nick DeCaro as arranger versus Leon Russell,^[2] it just seems odd that Shannon's easy-going "Hey Little Star" was in stark contrast to his growly plug side,^[2] As Bourgoise explanined it, "Del was never really encouraged to write. Liberty's solution was to have Del go in and cover all of these songs that were, at the time, climbing the charts.^[3] He basically fell into whatever Liberty wanted him to do. ^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
New Record Mirror	^[5]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that "as a single, "The Big Hurt" (which utilized his all-but-trademarked melodion sound) even charted in the U.S. Top 100, and he even managed to work a trio of very satisfying originals in amid the covers of songs such as "Kicks," "Lightning Strikes," and "When You Walk in the Room."^[6]

Record Mirror notes "He can find better material certainly he has written far better".^[7]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Big Hurt"	Wayne Shanklin	2:10
2.	"Kicks"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	2:20
3.	"For a Little While"		2:26
4.	"Lightnin' Strikes"	Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert	2:05
5.	"When You Walk in the Room"	Jackie DeShannon	2:11
6.	"The Cheater"	John Krenski	2:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison, Bill Dees	2:38
2.	"Everybody Loves a Clown"	Snuff Garrett, Gary Lewis, Leon Russell	2:21
3.	"Never Thought I Could"		2:23
4.	"It's Too Late"	Bobby Goldsboro	2:19
5.	"Hey! Little Star"		2:34
6.	"Action"	Tommy Boyce, Steve Venet	1:53

Charts

Singles

Year	Title	US Hot 100^[8]
1966	"The Big Hurt"	94

Recording dates

March 31, 1966 – "Never Thought I Could", "For a Little While", "Hey Little Star", "When You Walk in the Room", "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Everybody Loves a Clown", "It's Too Late", and "Action"^[1]
April 1, 1966 – "Lightnin' Strikes", "The Cheater", "Kicks"^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c RUNAWAY - The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.
^ ^a ^b RUNAWAY - The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.
^ ^a ^b RUNAWAY - The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.
^ ""This is My Bag" - Album Rating". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
^ Jopling, Norman; Jones, Peter. "Del Shannon: This is My Bag" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 131. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ Eder, Bruce. ""This Is My Bag" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
^ Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling: This week's stupendous LP cast for your entertainment (The CHART-TOPPING_ Jim Reeves, 4 Tops (& Other Attractions including) Herman's Hermits, Beach Boys, The Four Pennies, Searchers, Del Shannon, and a Superb New Cher (PDF). Record Mirror. 1966-11-05. p. 16.
^ "Del Shannon chart history". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

v t e Del Shannon
Studio albums	Runaway with Del Shannon (1961) Hats Off to Del Shannon (1963) Little Town Flirt (1963) Handy Man (1964) Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams (1965) 1,661 Seconds with Del Shannon (1965) This Is My Bag (1966) Total Commitment (1966) The Further Adventures of Charles Westover (1968) Drop Down and Get Me (1981) Rock On! (1991) Home and Away (2006) The Dublin Sessions (2017)
Live albums	Live in England (1973)
Songs	"Runaway" "Hats Off to Larry" "The Swiss Maid" "Little Town Flirt" "Two Kinds of Teardrops" "From Me to You" "Handy Man" "Do You Want to Dance" "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" "Stranger in Town "Sea of Love" "Go, Jimmy, Go"
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