If you listened to the video in the last post, did you wonder from where else you recognized Jackie DeShannon’s voice? I did! Turns out she sang What The World Needs Now and I never realized they were recorded by the same person. Granted, the songs came out over a decade before I was born, but still! I really love her voice and the message of these two pieces, so we’re having back-to-back Jackie DeShannon posts! I can also tell you, thanks to Google, that in addition to writing and recording oodles of songs over the years, she is now an entertainment reporter for Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
As we launch ourselves into May, I wish you a happy May Day and Beltane, and happy anything else that deserves celebrating! I’ll be posting every three days for this month, and I thank you for reading! With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
Listen here: What The World Needs Now * by Hal David & Burt Bacharach * from the album This Is Jackie DeShannon (1965)