Jackie Deshannon

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Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s to today, as both singer and composer.

She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of rock 'n' roll history.

She is best known as the performer of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and "When You Walk in the Room" and "Bette Davis Eyes," which were hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes respectively.

DeShannon has been covering Beatles band news on the radio show Breakfast with the Beatles since 2009.

Early life and education

DeShannon was born in Hazel, Kentucky, the son of musically inclined farming parents James Erwin Myers and former Sandra Jeanne Laporte. She was performing country tunes on a local radio show by age six. By age 11, she was hosting her own radio show. The family relocated to Aurora, Illinois, where her father resumed his former work as a barber, after life on the farm became too hectic.

After a year, they relocated to Batavia, Illinois, where she attended high school. Sharon Lee Myers, then 8 years old, was praised in the local newspaper in May 1955 for her vocal abilities and personal appearances at community gatherings, the local hospitals, and various organizations. She appeared on radio station WMRO on Saturday morning, according to the Batavia Herald.

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"Sherry Lee Myers" made "another guest appearance on Pee Wee King's famous Country and Western Television Show" on Saturday evening, March 3, Illinois' CBS network affiliate.

According to the Batavia Herald:

She attended Batavia High School for two years (1955-1957), dropping out of school after her second year.

Personal life

She had a brother, Randy James Myers, with whom she has occasionally written songs. She was a companion of Jimmy Page and dated Love guitarist Bryan MacLean in the mid 1960s. Since the breakup of his friendship with DeShannon in early 1965, Page is likely to have written the song "Tangerine" (which appeared on the third Led Zeppelin album).

Irving "Bud" Dain, the first husband of Liberty Records, whom she married on January 29, 1966 (annulled in 1967). Since 1976, DeShannon has been married to singer-songwriter and film producer Randy Edelman. Noah, the boy from 1978, has a son.

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Early career

Sherry Lee, Jackie Dee, and Jackie Shannon began to perform under a variety of names, including Sherry Lee, Jackie Dee, and Jackie Shannon, with mixed success. Sherry Lee Myers, "16-year-old C&W singer of Batavia, Illinois," had recently signed to George Goldner's Gone label in New York as a rockabilly performer, and her "handlers" (Irving Schacht and Paul Kallett) had changed her name to Jackie Dee, according to Billboard. "I'll Be True" (A) and "How Wrong I Was" (B), Gone's only release on the internet, appeared in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm versions. Jackie almost certainly performed these songs at the Uptown Theatre in Philadelphia on July 3, 1957, and later at the Paramount Theater in New York, two weeks later, with Alan Freed's Big Rock 'n' Roll Show.

However, her interpretations of country songs "Buddy" (as Jackie Dee) and "Trouble" (as Jackie Shannon) captured rock and roll actress Eddie Cochran's attention, who arranged for her to visit her sister, singer-songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who formed a writing partnership with DeShannon in 1960. Brenda Lee's "Dum Dum" and "Heart in Hand" were two of Brenda Lee's collaborations.

After executives at Liberty decided that the name Sharon Myers would not help sell records, DeShannon signed with Liberty Records in 1960, adopting the name Jackie DeShannon, believed to be the name of an Irish ancestor. DeShannon said she chose "Jackie" as a cross-gender word in a Fresh Air interview (June 14, 2010). Since she had a low singing voice, she could be identified as male or female. When she discovered that "Jackie Dee" was too similar to Brenda Lee, Sandra Dee, et al., she changed it to Jackie Dee Shannon, whom people referred to as DeShannon. The word stuck.

Armed with her new name, she participated in the WLS Chicago radio poll as the single "Lonely Girl" in late 1960. Following a series of mostly flop singles, "The Prince" floated below at No. 1, but "The Prince" burst at No. 1. "Faded Love" became her first US Billboard Top 100 entry, squeaking in at No. 108 in the United States in early 1962, and starring 108 in the United States. In February 1963, the country's 97th president was 97.

She did well with "Needles and Pins" by Sonny Bono-Jack Nitzsche and the self-penned "When You Walk in the Room" later in 1963. Both of the US pop charts reached the lower ranks, but they were top 40 hits in Canada, where "Needles and Pins" took the top spot, with "Needles and Pins" making it all the way to No. 68. 1. The Searchers' "needles and pins" and "When You Walk in the Room" followed them into the United States and UK. Pam Tillis' version "When You Walk in the Room" debuted on the national charts in 1994, and it was also recorded by ex-Byrds member Chris Hillman in 1998 and later by ex-ABBA vocalist Agnetha Fältskog in 2004.

DeShannon's catalogue included many other singles including teen pop, country ballads, rockabilly, gospel, and Ray Charles-style soul that didn't do well on the charts. It was her songwriting and public profile that brought her career to a halt rather than her recording career that kept her contract to liberty. DeShannon dated Elvis Presley and developed friendships with The Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson. She appeared and performed in Bobby Vinton's 1964 teen surf film Surf Party, as well as other surfers.

DeShannon's biggest break came in February 1964 when she supported The Beatles on their first US tour and formed a touring band with guitarist Ry Cooder. DeShannon co-wrote "Breakaway," a song that was recorded by Irma Thomas in 1964 and 1982, as well as Tracey Ullman. Mrs. Tambourine Man, the 1965 debut album of The Byrds, also wrote "Don't Doubt Yourself Babe." Her performances on this stage were heavily inspired by the American West Coast sounds and folk music. DeShannon began writing with Jimmy Page, which resulted in the songs "Dream Boy" and "Don't Turn Your Back on Me" after staying in England for a short period of time. DeShannon produced content for singer Marianne Faithfull, including her Top Ten UK and US hit "Come and Stay With Me," which became Faithfull's highest UK hit, peaking at No. 138. In 1965, there were 4 kids in the country. Cher sang the song on her debut album All I Really Want to Do earlier this year. Jackie DeShannon will be recording the song for herself on her 'Laurel Canyon' album in 1968. She also appeared on the television show Ready Steady Go!

Later career

DeShannon made the critically acclaimed albums Jackie (1972) and Your Baby Is a Lady (1974), but they were unable to achieve the same commercial success as previous releases, switching to Atlantic Records in 1970 and then moving to Los Angeles. (British singer Terry Jones was invited by Van Morrison to perform on his album, Hard Nose the Highway (singing backup on both the title track and "Warm Love"). DeShannon created New Arrangement for Columbia Records in 1974. She co-wrote four songs on the record with Donna Weiss, including "Queen of the Rodeo" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The former reigning world No. 1 for the first time. Kim Carnes earned Weiss and DeShannon the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Song of the Year, winning Weiss and DeShannon the 1981 Grammy Award for Song of the Year. You're the Only Dancer was released in 1977, and "Don't Let The Fire Burn Out," a minor hit, reaching No. 1. Billboard Hot 100 is at 65.

Until the 21st century, DeShannon continued to lead the way. She recorded When You Know Me, an album of original songs for Varèse Sarabande in 2000, and When You Walk in the Room, a new collection of her best-known songs in 2011, was released in 2011. In an episode of American Dreams, singer Liz Phair portrayed her. DeShannon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 17, 2010. "For Africa, In Africa," she wrote and recorded in 2012, a song inspired by the urgent need for urgent action to ensure safe water for Africa's African continent. DeShannon has been a contributing entertainment broadcast journalist on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, reporting historical anecdotes, current touring, and public relations relating to the two surviving Beatles on Breakfast with the Beatles since October 2009.

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