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Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941) 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.
Jackie DeShannon ( Hazel (Kentucky), 21 de agosto de 1941) es una cantante y compositora estadounidense. Autora de numerosos éxitos musicales desde la década de los sesenta. Fue una de las primeras compositoras femeninas en el mundo del rock and roll . Biografía.
Overview. Born. August 21, 1941 · Hazel, Kentucky, USA. Birth name. Sharon Lee Myers. Mini Bio. The extremely talented, prolific and versatile Jackie DeShannon was one of the first successful female singer/songwriters to hit the rock and pop music scene back in the '60s.
Born in Kentucky, Jackie started her career on live radio while in her teens. Her earliest recordings were rooted in rockabilly, such as her Buddy Holly tribute composition, "Buddy." Jackie wrote dozens of songs with Sharon Sheeley ("Dum Dum," "The Great Imposter,""Breakaway").
California-based singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon makes a rare Nashville appearance to discuss her pioneering songwriting career and her country music roots. DeShannon was born in tiny Hazel, Kentucky, and was a country radio performer in Kentucky and Illinois as a child.
Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon is best known as the soulful voice behind two of the 1960s most enduring, era-defining anthems - Burt Bacharach & Hal David 's "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and DeShannon's own "Put A Little Love In Your Heart."
Born Sharon Lee Meyers in Hazel, Kentucky on August 21, 1941, Jackie DeShannon was singing country songs on a local radio show by the time she was six years old. By 11, she was hosting her own show on the station, and was already single-minded about a career in music.
