Del Shannon | Runaway - Live, Las Vegas, 1988. Del Shannon performs his worldwide chart topper, "Runaway" at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in September, 1988 for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an annual telethon held the night before and through Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Del is backed by the Monte Carlos, who toured and recorded with Del in the mid to later '80s. Members of the band including guitarist Billy