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Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1941) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period. Sharon Myers adopted the name Jackie DeShannon, believed to be an Irish ancestor. Record company executives at Liberty Records thought the name Sharon Myers wouldn't sell records. (She once reported that record executives added "Shannon" to "Jackie Dee <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sharon
- Family name
- Myers
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hazel
- Spouse
- Randy Edelman
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Liberty Records
- Official website
- www.jackiedeshannon.com
- Image
- Jackie DeShannon 2011.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1944-08-21
- Commons category
- Jackie DeShannon
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- pseudonym
- Jackie DeShannon
- birth name
- Sharon Lee Myers
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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