Hats Off to Larry

original song written, composed, and performed by Del Shannon in 1961
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q27814047
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Hats Off to Larry

Summary

Hats Off to Larry is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hats Off to Larry's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hats Off to Larry's composer is recorded as Del Shannon[4].
  • Hats Off to Larry's genre is rock and roll[5].
  • Hats Off to Larry was performed by Del Shannon[6].
  • Hats Off to Larry's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Hats Off to Larry was released on 1961[8].
  • Hats Off to Larry's lyricist is recorded as Del Shannon[9].
  • Hats Off to Larry's title is recorded as Hats Off to Larry[10].
  • Hats Off to Larry's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1730128e-10a8-37d7-80e5-0d77977be4c2[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Hats Off to Larry was performed by Del Shannon[6].

Publication

Hats Off to Larry was published on 1961[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is rock and roll[5].

Why It Matters

Hats Off to Larry ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Secondhandsongs work id 116941
    Iswc T-913.110.105-8
    Wikidata description original song written, composed, and performed by Del Shannon in 1961
    Freebase id /m/0bb7ykr
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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