Australian singles chart:
Shannon entered the Kent Music Report on 22 November 1976 and peaked at #20.
Album:
The song is on Henry’s 1976 album Release.
Songwriter:
Henry Gross
Producers:
Terry Cashman and Tommy West for Cashwest Productions Inc.
Record label of Australian release:
Lifesong
Wikipedia:
Shannon was written about the death of a dog, a Samoyed, owned by Beach Boys member Carl Wilson. While touring with the Beach Boys in 1975, Gross visited Wilson’s home in Los Angeles and in conversation said he had an Irish Setter named Shannon. Wilson replied that he had also had a dog named Shannon that had recently been killed when hit by a car.
In the lyrics, the dog is swimming in the ocean and does not return. The singer’s mother is especially upset by the news. The singer hopes the dog has found an island to live on and knows how much the family misses her.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_(song)
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