(1941-08-21) August 21, 1941 (age 82) Hazel, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres
Pop rock[1]
rock and roll[2]
rockabilly[1]
folk rock[3]
country[3]
Occupations
Singer-songwriter
broadcaster
Instruments
Vocals
guitar
Years active
1955–present
Labels
Liberty
Imperial
Atlantic
Spouse(s)
Irving V. Dain
(m. 1966; ann. 1967)
Randy Edelman
(m. 1976)
Website
jackiedeshannon.com
Musical artist
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]
^ abHorowitz, Steve (February 16, 2018). "GETTING STONED COLD SOUL WITH JACKIE DESHANNON DURING HER CAPITOL RECORDS DAYS". PopMatters. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
^Gaydos, Steven (January 3, 2020). "Singer-Songwriter Jackie DeShannon Remembers the Late-1950s L.A. Music Scene". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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This Is JackieDeShannon is an LP album by JackieDeShannon, released by Imperial Records under catalog number LP-9286 as a monophonic recording in 1965...
a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and JackieDeShannon in 1974. It was recorded by DeShannon that year but made popular by Kim Carnes in 1981...
"When You Walk in the Room" is a song written and recorded by JackieDeShannon. It was initially released as a single on November 23, 1963, as the B-side...
co-writing "Bette Davis Eyes" (1974) with JackieDeShannon. Source: "Bette Davis Eyes" (1974) with JackieDeShannon - In 1982, Weiss won a Grammy Award for...
music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by JackieDeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release...
directed by Maury Dexter and starring Bobby Vinton, Patricia Morrow, JackieDeShannon, and Ken Miller. It was the first direct imitation of AIP's hit Beach...
Lie" with Donna Weiss (who had co-written "Bette Davis Eyes" with JackieDeShannon); it was recorded by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire, and released on...
it Takes is All You've Got" by Howard Cross "All Night Desire" by JackieDeShannon "All the Crap I Do" by Mark Wills "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" by Carpenters...
performed in 1969 by JackieDeShannon, who composed it with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. In the U.S., it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit...
Super Bowl XXXII. Edelman has been married to singer JackieDeShannon since June 3, 1976. DeShannon is known for 1960s hits including "When You Walk in...
New Arrangement is an album by JackieDeShannon, released by Columbia Records (PC 33500) in 1975. It contains the first recording of "Bette Davis Eyes"...
Ono for Double Fantasy, and Song of the Year went to Donna Weiss and JackieDeShannon for "Bette Davis Eyes". Record of the Year Val Garay (producer) & Kim...
The song was covered by the following artists: The Lettermen, and JackieDeShannon Ramsey Lewis, The Delfonics, David Cassidy, Richard "Groove" Holmes...
Love in Your Heart," co-written with JackieDeShannon and Randy Myers. In the United States, it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching No. 4 on...
Connors Louis Cottrell Jr. Phil Crosby Vic Damone Sammy Davis Jr. JackieDeShannon Phyllis Diller Ron Ely Dale Evans James Drury Lola Falana Eddie Fisher...
formed a brief songwriting partnership with then romantic interest JackieDeShannon. He composed and recorded songs for the John Williams (not to be confused...
Soori Jackie (2012 film), a Dutch film Jackie (2016 film), a biographical drama about Jackie Kennedy Jackie (JackieDeShannon album) (1972) Jackie (Ciara...
UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop "What the World Needs Now Is Love" JackieDeShannon Hal David 7 - 1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop 1998: Dionne Warwick & the Hip-Hop...
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