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Jackie DeShannon

1941 - Today

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Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, radio broadcaster and actress who has had many hit song credits beginning in the 1960s, as both a 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". She is the writer of "When You Walk in the Room" and "Bette Davis Eyes", which became hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jackie DeShannon is the 1,549th most popular singer (up from 1,663rd in 2019), the 8,467th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,770th in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jackie DeShannon ranks 1,549 out of 4,381. Before her are Sainkho Namtchylak, Fausto Leali, TobyMac, Mandy Moore, David Alexandre Winter, and Tom Lehrer. After her are Jean Vallée, Elvir Laković Laka, Jean de Reszke, Richard Hell, Hironobu Kageyama, and Koffi Olomide.

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Among people born in 1941, Jackie DeShannon ranks 503. Before her are Alain Krivine, Karl Dall, Horst Meyer, Patience Dabany, Jared Martin, and Andrei Smirnov. After her are Jean Vallée, Bas van Fraassen, John Bennett Perry, Nils Arne Eggen, Sheila Fitzpatrick, and Tamara Moskvina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie DeShannon ranks 8,469 out of 20,380. Before her are Darryl Jones (1961), Kenny Drew (1928), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Terry Kinney (1954), Dorothy Cheney (1916), and John Wooden (1910). After her are John Morton (1725), Michael Nesmith (1942), Edward O. Thorp (1932), John Bennett Perry (1941), Jeannie Berlin (1949), and George Crook (1828).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jackie DeShannon ranks 417. Before her are Steve Lawrence (1935), Candice Night (1971), Toni Basil (1943), TobyMac (1964), Mandy Moore (1984), and Tom Lehrer (1928). After her are Richard Hell (1949), Marlena Shaw (1939), Betty Davis (1945), Ben Harper (1969), Frankie Lymon (1942), and Peter Yarrow (1938).

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