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Jackie DeShannon: Capitol Album

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Marc Myers
Apr 12, 2018
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You probably know Jackie DeShannon best for her song, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, a #4 Billboard hit in 1969. Or her hit rendition of Hal David and Burt Bacharach's What the World Needs Now Is Love. What you may not know is that Jackie was one of the first female singer-songwriters in the pop-rock era and one of its most prolific composers. She was…

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