Biography
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. She is best known as the singer of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", and as the writer of "When You Walk in the Room" and "Bette Davis Eyes", which became hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes, respectively.
Since 2009 DeShannon has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for the radio program Breakfast with the Beatles.
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Filmography
all 14
TV Shows 9
self 7
Movies 5
Self
Beatles Stories (2011)
Movie
Amy Lee Cade
The Catcher (1972)
Movie
The Jim Nabors Hour (1969)
TV
Self
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
TV
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
TV
Leora
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Judy Grant
C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)
Movie
Carrie Lane
Intimacy (1966)
Movie
Self - Host
Hullabaloo (1965)
TV
Self - Singer
Shindig! (1964)
TV
Junior Griffith
Surf Party (1964)
Movie
My Three Sons (1960)
TV
6
Self
American Bandstand (1957)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.77
Based on 7.12 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1964
1967
1969
2011
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1941-08-21 (82 years old)
Birth NameSharon Lee Myers
Birth PlaceHazel, United States of America
SpouseRandy Edelman
ChildrenNoah D. Edelman
SiblingsRandy Myers
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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