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Jackie DeShannon
Releases968
Recordings1283
Works168
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Catalogue
Releases
968
Songs
1283
Works
168
Awards & Certifications
1 Win
6 Nominations
22 Certifications
Roles
Main Artist
Songwriter
Producer
Production Team
Performer
Biography

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. 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 DeShannon has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for the radio program Breakfast with the Beatles.

Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_DeShannon)