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- In a Fresh Air interview (June 14, 2010), DeShannon said that she chose "Jackie" as a cross-gender name. Since she had a low singing voice, she could be heard as either male or female. When she found that "Jackie Dee" was too similar to Brenda Lee, Sandra Dee, et al., she changed it to Jackie Dee Shannon, which people heard as DeShannon.
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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.
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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.
- August 21, 1941
DeShannon moved to California in 1960 after a record company showed interest in her homemade demo tape. In California she joined a group called the Nighthawks, which eventually evolved into the Crusaders. For her stage name, she borrowed the name Jackie from a third-grade friend and made up the last name DeShannon.
Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon is the soulful voice behind two enduring 1960’s anthems -- Burt Bacharach & Hal David's "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and DeShannon's own "Put A Little Love In Your Heart."
- Jackie DeShannon was born on Sharon Lee Myers, August 21,1941 and is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer.
- Jackie DeShannon was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock and roll period.
- Since 2009 DeShannon has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for the radio program Breakfast with the Beatles.
- Jackie DeShannon was born in Hazel, Kentucky, the daughter of parents who were farmers and musically inclined, James Erwin Myers and Sandra Jeanne.
Jackie DeShannon, born Sharon Lee Myers on August 21, 1944, in Kentucky, USA, is an American singer and one of the first women in rock and roll. Growing up in a musically gifted family of farmers, music was always a part of DeShannon's life.
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. The ...
