Jackie DeShannon

Jackie DeShannon
DeShannon in 2011
DeShannon in 2011
Background information
Birth nameSharon Lee Myers
Born (1941-08-21) August 21, 1941 (age 83)
Hazel, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • broadcaster
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1955–present
Labels
Spouses
  • Irving V. Dain
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    (m. 1966; ann. 1967)​
  • ​
    (m. 1976)​
Websitejackiedeshannon.com

Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941)[4][5] is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock and roll period. She is best known as the singer of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", and as the writer of "When You Walk in the Room" and "Bette Davis Eyes", which became hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes, respectively.

Since 2009, she has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for the radio program Breakfast with the Beatles.[6]

  1. ^ a b Horowitz, Steve (February 16, 2018). "GETTING STONED COLD SOUL WITH JACKIE DESHANNON DURING HER CAPITOL RECORDS DAYS". PopMatters. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Gaydos, Steven (January 3, 2020). "Singer-Songwriter Jackie DeShannon Remembers the Late-1950s L.A. Music Scene". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Leggett, Steve. "Jackie DeShannon Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Myers1955 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Myers1956 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Haber, Dave (October 8, 2009). "Jackie DeShannon joins Breakfast with the Beatles". BearlesNews.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.