This song was never classified as Doo Wop, but it certainly could have been included with the then famous genre had it been produced just a few years earlier in the 50's. Del Shannon's death was also a questionable occurrence, which made the singer more famous that he would have been if he had just died by natural causes.:
In the opening of this video is a very young, William Shattner, followed by Dion and the Belmonts singing a very lovely Doo Wop ballad, "Don't Pity Me.