Henry Gross - Shannon

Shannon

Henry Gross wrote this 1976 ballad about Carl Wilson's dog Shannon, a samoyed killed by a car, after visiting the Beach Boys member's Los Angeles home while touring in 1975. The single reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 in Canada and New Zealand, and achieved gold record status in the U.S.

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1976 released

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