"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which was released as a single in 1962 from the album Little Town Flirt in 1963.Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 31, 2016.

It spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,"Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 30, 2016. while reaching No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart,Song Title Search Results for "Little Town Flirt", The Irish Charts. Accessed July 30, 2016. No. 1 in Australia,David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending February 16, 1963. No. 4 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 30, 2016. No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade","Lever Hit Parade" 28-Feb-1963, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 30, 2016. and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. Chart Number 308.

The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963"."Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

Cover versions

The British band Smokie released their version as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at No. 30.

Altered Images produced a version, first released as a promo single and as a music video in 1982, for the soundtrack album of the 1983 film Party Party. The A&M Records single was backed with "Yakety Yak" by Bad Manners, also from the soundtrack. The Altered Images cover has not re-appeared on any of the band's anthologies.

Charts Del Shannon version Chart (1962–63) Peakposition Australia – David Kent1 Canada – CHUM Hit Parade9 Irish Singles Chart1 New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade7 UK – Record Retailer4 UK – New Musical Express"Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 3, 1963. p. 20. Accessed July 30, 2016.4 US Billboard Hot 10012 US Cash Box Top 100 Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 2, 196311

Smokie version Chart (1981) Peakposition Germany 30

References

External links Smokie – "Little Town Flirt" (1981) at Discogs