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Jackie DeShannon
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4 users heart off Jackie DeShannon - What the World Needs Now Is Love
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4 users heart off Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love in Your Heart
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21 August 1941, Hazel, Kentucky, USA
Birth Name : Sharon Lee Myers

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. DeShannon has done music in such diverse genres as folk, orchestral pop, gospel, country and rock'n'roll. Jackie was born as Sharon Lee Myers on August 21, 1941 in Hazel, Kentucky to show business parents Sandra Jean and James Erwin Myers. By age six, DeShannon was singing country music on the radio and, at age eleven, she was hosting her own radio show. In 1957, Jackie recorded a rollicking tribute to her musical idol, Buddy Holly, called "Buddy". Jackie befriended rockabilly singer Eddie Cochran, who convinced her to move to California. DeShannon formed a songwriting partnership with Cochran's girlfriend, Sharon Sheeley; they wrote "Dum Dum" for Brenda Lee and "Breakaway" for Irma Thomas. Jackie DeShannon, Soundtrack: Forrest Gump. The extremely talented, prolific and versatile Jackie DeShannon was one of the first successful female .... more on imdb.com/name/nm0221176/‎ .
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