Jackie DeShannon

Jackie DeShannon is the stage name of Sharon Lee Myers (born 21 August 1941), an American singer-songwriter.

Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom
Every time that you walk in the room.

Quotes

If you want the world to know
We won't let hatred grow
Put a little love in your heart.

There can be a new tomorrow
There can be a brighter day
There can be a new tomorrow
Love will find a way.

Another day goes by
Still the children cry
Put a little love in your heart.

At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.

• I can feel a something pounding in my brain
  Just any time that someone speaks your name
  Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom
  Every time that you walk in the room.
  • "When You Walk In The Room" (1962)

• Another day goes by
  Still the children cry
  Put a little love in your heart.
  • "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (1968); written with Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers

• If you want the world to know
  We won't let hatred grow
  Put a little love in your heart.
  • "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (1968); written with Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers

• There can be a new tomorrow
  There can be a brighter day
  There can be a new tomorrow
  Love will find a way
  • "Love Will Find A Way" (1968); written with Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers

• Her hair is Harlow gold
  Her lips a sweet surprise
  Her hands are never cold
  She's got Bette Davis eyes
  • "Bette Davis Eyes" (1975); written with Donna Weiss

• She'll turn her music on you
  You won't have to think twice
  She's pure as New York snow
  She's got Bette Davis eyes
  • "Bette Davis Eyes" (1975); written with Donna Weiss

• Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.
  • Swingin' Chicks of the 60s (September 2000)

• I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.
  • Swingin' Chicks of the 60s (September 2000)

• When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go to art school, I was just following my muse. A woman who did that then was criticized for having no direction. Today they call it versatility.
  • Biography magazine (April 2002)

Misattributed

• What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
  It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
  What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
  No not just for some but for everyone.
  • "What the World Needs Now is Love" (1965); this song was actually written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and offered to other singers who initially passed it up. It became DeShannon's first number one hit.

External links

• Official site
• Jackie DeShannon Appreciation Society
• Brief biography at Swingin' Chicks of the 60s
• Brief biography at VH1
• Jackie DeShannon at the Internet Movie Database