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Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941) [4] [5] is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster who has had many hit song credits beginning in the 1960s, as both a singer and composer.
on YouTube " Put a Little Love in Your Heart " is a song originally performed in 1969 by Jackie DeShannon , who composed it with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday . In the U.S., it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching number 4 on the Hot 100 in August 1969 and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [ 1 ]
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled.
Kentuckian Jackie DeShannon's career is as vital to teenage Americans' acceptance of rock 'n' roll as it is to the mainstreaming of torch songs into pop music in an era after the standards in the ...
Singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon looks back on 50 years of 'Put A Little Love in Your Heart' as part of the Story Behind the Song series.
The Searchers had a hit song in early 1964 with "Needles and Pins," previously recorded by Jackie DeShannon, and they then recorded this, another song previously recorded by DeShannon. [5] Their version reached No. 35 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. The group also recorded a German version titled "Wenn ich dich seh". [6]
Breakin' It Up On the Beatles Tour is an LP album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3390 as a monophonic recording in 1964, and later in stereo under catalog number LST-7390 the same year.
"Needles and Pins" is a rock song credited to American writers Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. Jackie DeShannon recorded it in 1963 and other versions followed. The most successful ones were by the Searchers, whose version reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart in 1964, and Smokie, who had a worldwide hit in 1977.