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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 4000 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.18 |
Never seen her discussed here but I think Needles and Pins and When You Walk in the Room have a soulful edge, as her does her voice at times. Im wondering what others think. IMO. | ||
Midnite Johnny (jpatpt) 6-Zenith Username: jpatpt Post Number: 4622 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 140.186.106.39 |
Jimmy Mack...so glad you brought up Jackie. Not only a remarkable writer, but a soulful and unique singer. Her "I Can Make it with You" KILLS me! | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 4001 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.18 |
u go MJ! I think she is set for life with the royalties for Bette Davis Eyes! | ||
Midnite Johnny (jpatpt) 6-Zenith Username: jpatpt Post Number: 4624 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 140.186.106.39 |
Truly, Jimmy Mack!!!! | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 4004 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.18 |
Did any of her records make the r and b charts? | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 6-Zenith Username: mark_speck Post Number: 5278 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 75.185.188.241 |
Not sure, but she did get some Northern soul turntable action with a couple of her singles from '67-'68, "Find Me Love" and her version of Bobby Womack's "What Is This". Best, Mark | ||
welwom (mschnman) 2-Debutant Username: mschnman Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 71.128.148.54 |
"What The World Needs Now Is Love" hit #40 on Billboard's R&B charts in '65. | ||
michael r. lee shue (mikey) 6-Zenith Username: mikey Post Number: 1971 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 99.243.161.52 |
She co-wrote some songs with the late Jimmy Holiday. | ||
michael r. lee shue (mikey) 6-Zenith Username: mikey Post Number: 1972 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 99.243.161.52 |
"Put a little love in your heart" was one such collaboration with Jimmy Holiday. | ||
mhc (mhc) 5-Doyen Username: mhc Post Number: 206 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 74.47.140.32 |
Great call; Jackie is as real as it gets.. "When You Walk In the Room", her version, is one of the heaviest R&R records ever; all other versions are a joke.. Her version was a Top 10 hit in Detroit back in the day; why it wasn't a hit everywhere is one of those inexplicable mysteries, but give credit to Detroit... She had/has Soul... | ||
Road Runner (road_runner) 4-Laureate Username: road_runner Post Number: 143 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 64.24.25.78 |
LOVE her version of "The Weight". | ||
Kevin Goins - KevGo (kevgo) 6-Zenith Username: kevgo Post Number: 4097 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.4.123.31 |
Great singer and underrated songwriter. Jackie had the goods then and now. Here she is with When You Walk Into The Room... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =mVCBSIn_1j0 To hitch-hike onto Marshall's point - I guess the rest of the world (outside of Detroit and a few other places) wasn't ready for a girl like Jackie to come across so fierce like she did on "Walk..." Record executive Lenny Waronker mentioned in an interview many years ago the time when he heard the test pressing of Jackie's "What The World Needs Now Is Love" at his father's office in 1965 (his Dad was Sy Waronker, co-founder/owner of Liberty Records). He and his friends were rendered speechless after hearing the song. Kevin Goins - KevGo | ||
No Place Like Motown (no_place_like_motown) 6-Zenith Username: no_place_like_motown Post Number: 518 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.18 |
"Come And Get Me," "So Long Johnny" and the early 60's tune, "Heaven Is Being With You", were also great songs by Ms. DeShannon. | ||
drlorne (drlorne) 5-Doyen Username: drlorne Post Number: 175 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.26.217.228 |
I love the footwork on the youtube clip. We could really dance...the sound is great too. A phil spector sound alike. Great song and sound. Lorne | ||
Tony Russi (tony_russi) 6-Zenith Username: tony_russi Post Number: 3303 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.210.39.56 |
The first time I heard of Jackie DeShannon was on the Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans LP "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" as a writer of "I Shook The World"with lead by Darlene Love and ofcourse Darlene tore it up. | ||
Mr Soul (mr_soul) 6-Zenith Username: mr_soul Post Number: 2460 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 80.6.12.57 |
A great singer & songwriter my favourite is "Dream Boy". | ||
144man (144man) 6-Zenith Username: 144man Post Number: 1005 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 90.197.229.154 |
Despite her not having had any hits in the UK in the 60s, she was a great favourite of the kids in my class because of the photos taken of her when she was a Junior Miss United Nations. I liked her compositions with Sharon Sheeley. Dave Godin said many of the soul fans he knew had Jackie's records tucked at the back of their collections. |
