Jackie DeShannon - The Second Disc

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Barry Manilow, Harpo Marx, Jackie DeShannon, Jeff Goldblum, Pink Floyd, The Beau Brummels

Release Round-Up: Week of May 9

May 9, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Jackie DeShannon, Love Forever: Demo Recordings 1966-1968 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jackie DeShannon signed with Liberty Records and Metric Music in 1960 as a performer and songwriter. Her big break would come in 1964 when she would open for The Beatles on their first U.S. tour. The next year she would record Bacharach and David’s “What the World Needs Now is Love” and her recording…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bob James, Béla Fleck, Dave Koz, Eric Clapton, Gershon Kingsley, INXS, Jackie DeShannon, Jesse Ed Davis, Lamb, Nellie McKay, Petula Clark, Rilo Kiley, Rod McKuen, Sly and the Family Stone, Tyketto, Wang Chung

The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2025: Our Favorite Picks

April 11, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It’s that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums – almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). This year, the list tops out at over 300 titles, so there’s very nearly something for everybody. It wasn’t easy to narrow our choices down to around 20 titles, but here…

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Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

They’ll Be There for You: 10 Record Store Day Exclusives Getting CD Releases

March 19, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 13 Comments

The Record Store Day round-up marches on! After covering in detail the vinyl offerings from Universal Music Group, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, BMG, Craft Recordings, Real Gone Music, Omnivore and U.K. labels Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, we’ve still got a few things to highlight…notably, the work of labels who are serving one of Record Store Day’s least-served fans. There are plenty of business and financial reasons why some Record Store Day titles are limited solely to vinyl, but we at The Second Disc will never stop banging the drum for those…

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Francoise Hardy, Gloria Jones, Jackie DeShannon, Marc Bolan, Pixies, Record Store Day, Robert Hunter, Suede, T Rex, Talking Heads, The Mission, The Rembrandts, Vince Guaraldi

Only You Can Free My Mind: Real Gone Music and Omnivore’s RSD Lineups Include Better Than Ezra, Francoise Hardy, Jackie DeShannon, Doc Pomus, More

February 18, 2025 by Randy Fairman | 6 Comments

Continuing our look through this year’s Record Store Day offerings, here’s the lineups for Real Gone Music and Omnivore. You’ll find music from the 1960s and the 1990s, and each company has a collection of rare demo recordings by a famed songwriter (Jackie DeShannon and Doc Pomus). All descriptions are taken directly from Real Gone Music and Omnivore Recordings. Visit RecordStoreDay.com for the full list of participating retailers you can visit on Saturday, April 12, to join in the festivities. REAL GONE MUSIC Better Than Ezra, How Does Your Garden Grow? (2-LP Orange Crush…

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Better Than Ezra, Dada, Deicide, Doc Pomus, Francoise Hardy, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Jackie DeShannon, Record Store Day, The Rembrandts

Ace Round-Up: Label Celebrates John Barry, Jackie DeShannon, Thom Bell, Paul Williams, Holland-Dozier-Holland

October 9, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Today, we’re rounding up five releases from Ace Records, all of which were released within the past few months by the U.K. label. Ace has followed up its 2022 collection dedicated to the oeuvre of composer John Barry, The More Things Change: Film TV, and Studio Work 1968-1972, with a new volume of the film maestro’s works. Something’s Up! Film, TV, and Studio Work 1964-1967 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) hardly plays like a collection of runners-up, however. Barry crafted so much indelible music – throughout his lifetime, but…

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Holland-Dozier-Holland, Jackie DeShannon, John Barry, Paul Williams, Roger Nichols, Thom Bell, Various Artists

Don’t Stop the Music: Sundazed Chronicles Jackie DeShannon’s ’50s Radio Days on “The Sherry Lee Show”

September 8, 2023 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Earlier this year, Jackie DeShannon’s seminal 1965 recording of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love” was inducted into the National Recording Registry. The era-defining single is just one of the many high points of DeShannon’s extraordinary legacy; Jackie toured with The Beatles, penned a rock and roll classic with the oft-covered “When You Walk in the Room,” co-wrote and introduced the anthemic “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” anticipated the ’70s singer-songwriter boom with her 1969 album Laurel Canyon, and gifted Kim Carnes with the…

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’60s ROCK, POP AND SOUL: New Treasury Collection DVD Set Offers Over 100 Favorites

November 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Earlier this year, The Second Disc shared news of Rock, Pop and Doo Wop, a 7-DVD collection from Treasury Collection and executive producer-director TJ Lubinsky. Now, with the holidays upon us, a new set featuring dozens of classic hit-makers has just been released: ’60s Rock, Pop and Soul. This 4-DVD package has been culled from two decades of Lubinsky’s historic television concerts, with 130 hit songs from a “Who’s Who” of legendary performers including Frankie Valli (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”), Jackie DeShannon (“What the World Needs Now Is Love”), John…

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Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Ben E. King, Davy Jones, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Glen Campbell, Jackie DeShannon, Jefferson Starship, Judy Collins, Lulu, Petula Clark, Ron Dante, The 5th Dimension, The Association, The Isley Brothers, The Zombies, Tommy James and The Shondells, Various Artists

Ace Round-Up, Part Two: Spotlight on Merseybeat Girls, “Jon Savage’s 1969-1971” and “Deep Soul Treasures”

February 11, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Today, we’re looking at another trio of recent releases from the team at Ace Records! If you missed Part One of our Ace Round-Up, click here! While The Beatles are no doubt Liverpool’s most famous musical export, Merseyside – spanning 249 square miles (or 645 square kilometers) bordering Lancashire to the northeast, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south and southeast, and The Irish Sea to the west – yielded an abundance of groups like The Cryin’ Shames, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats,…

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Allen Toussaint, Beryl Marsden, Cilla Black, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jackie DeShannon, The Emotions, Various Artists

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In the Pocket: Ace Salutes Mickie Most, Reggie Young on New Anthologies

March 6, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The names of Mickie Most and Reggie Young might not be among the most familiar except to diehard music aficionados, but the songs that benefited from their respective golden touches certainly are among the most well-known ever. Ace Records has recently paid tribute to both of these late talents with a pair of deluxe anthologies. The Pop Genius of Mickie Most may be the most lavish single-disc package yet released by Ace, housed in a heavy slipcase also containing a squarebound 74-page biography of the producer-impresario. Most (1938-2003) made no bones about…

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Donovan, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Herman's Hermits, Jackie DeShannon, Jeff Beck, Johnny Cash, Lulu, Merle Haggard, Mickie Most, Reggie Young, Solomon Burke, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings

The Story of His Life: Hal David Celebrated on Public Television, Upcoming CD and DVD

March 1, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

What the World Needs Now Words by Hal David

“Words by Hal David.” That credit graces many of the most cherished popular songs of the second half of the twentieth century, including “(They Long To Be) Close To You,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “The Look of Love,” and of course, “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” Beginning this weekend, Public Television stations nationwide will be celebrating the life and legacy of Hal David with a new special. What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David from John Paulson Productions is hosted by The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler,…

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Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Hal David, Jackie DeShannon, Tom Jones

Release Round-Up: Week of March 2

March 2, 2018 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring three new titles from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music, and much, much more! Johnny Mathis, Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Johnny Mathis’ 1970 album – featuring the songs of Bacharach and David, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb, George Harrison and others – gets its first-ever expanded CD reissue from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music. And that’s not all. We’ve added four bonus non-LP singles from Johnny’s return to…

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Axe, Bert Kaempfert, Burt Bacharach, Charles Wright, Debbie Reynolds, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, Johnny Mathis, Ken Boothe, Pet Shop Boys, Phyllis Dillon, The King's Singers, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Sherman Brothers

Don’t Leave Your Love Behind: Real Gone’s March Slate Includes Jackie DeShannon and Axe

January 12, 2018 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments

Earlier today we told you Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music’s upcoming 2-CD collection of The Oak Ridge Boys’ Columbia period and RCA singles. Now, Real Gone has announced two more titles joining it on March 2. First up is a collection from a legendary singer-songwriter: Jackie DeShannon. Stone Cold Soul: The Complete Capitol Recordings gathers all of DeShannon’s material from her short period on the venerable label from 1970-1971. It also includes liner notes by our own Joe Marchese, featuring quotes from his new interview with DeShannon. After her decade…

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DeShannon, Ronstadt, Baez, Nyro Featured on “Milk of the Tree: Anthology of Female Folk and Singer-Songwriters”

August 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

The new anthology Milk of the Tree, from Cherry Red’s Grapefruit label, sets forth its mission statement clearly in its subtitle: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriters 1966-1973. Still, how to anthologize such a broad and powerful group of artists during one of the most creatively fertile periods in popular music history? Grapefruit does a fine job in distilling the essence of the period – and charting the growth of artists from a pure pop framework to one in which they could address deeper issues on both a personal and…

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Jackie DeShannon, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Laura Nyro, Linda Ronstadt, Marianne Faithfull, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Oddly, releases were split between yesterday and today, but both days add up to a wealth of titles in nearly every genre! Without a doubt, this is one of the most packed weeks yet this year! Jackie DeShannon, All the Love: The Lost Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) All the Love–The Lost Atlantic Recordings brings together DeShannon’s entire 1973 Atlantic Records material in one place for the first time, including seven previously unreleased tracks plus her four collaborations with Van Morrison and the…

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Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Herbie Hancock, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, John Coltrane, John Lodge, Jorge Ben, Julie Andrews, Miles Davis, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, Todd Rundgren

Jackie DeShannon, Perry Como, Nils Lofgren Lead Off Real Gone’s Diverse May Slate

March 12, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Rarities are the order of the day from Real Gone Music when it comes to the label’s just-announced slate of releases scheduled for late April and early May. The label kicks things off on April 28 with its reissue of one of the most famous Grateful Dead shows of all time. Dick’s Picks Volume 8 captures the epic May 2, 1970 show at Binghamton, New York’s Harpur College – a show even singled out by Jerry Garcia himself. Then, on May 5, Real Gone has five more titles, all of which are…

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Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Jackie DeShannon, Jorge Ben, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, The Grateful Dead

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 10

March 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we’re particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis’ album collaborations – including the never-on-CD Mathis Is… – with songwriter-producer Thom Bell, plus ten bonus tracks! Read more here! Bob Crewe, The Complete Elektra Recordings…

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Art Pepper, Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Bread, Grace Slick, Grover Washington Jr., Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Mathis, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, The Guess Who

A Little Love In Her Heart: “She Did It” Spotlights Songs of Jackie DeShannon

October 22, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

That Jackie DeShannon is one of the most gifted singer-songwriters in popular music should come as no surprise to anybody reading this. Equally skilled at interpreting her own songs as well as those of others, the multi-talented Miss DeShannon was the concerned yet optimistic voice of “What the World Needs Now is Love,” the flower-power spokeswoman who implored you to “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” one of the first Ladies of the Canyon, and one-half of the songwriting team behind the eternally sensual “Bette Davis Eyes.” And that’s just naming…

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Try To Forget Him: Ace Continues “The Jack Nitzsche Story” With The Righteous Brothers, Jackie DeShannon, Darlene Love

August 12, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The credit “Arranged and conducted by Jack Nitzsche” should be familiar to any collector of those little black vinyl platters we used to call 45s. Such a credit – or a similar one – graced records by Frankie Laine and Doris Day, The Paris Sisters and The Righteous Brothers, The Tubes and The Crystals, Graham Parker and Bobby Vee. Jack “Specs” Nitzsche (1973-2000) made his mark across multiple genres and many decades, the common factor being the quality of his work. Nitzsche the orchestrator helped define Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound; Nitzsche…

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Buffalo Springfield, Jack Nitzsche, Jackie DeShannon, The Righteous Brothers, Various Artists

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Sumpin Funky Going On: “Country Funk II” Features Willie, Dolly, Bobby, Jackie, Kenny and More

July 23, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Almost two years ago, we reported on Light in the Attic’s Country Funk, an anthology celebrating the hybrid genre of the title. Back then, LITA described country funk as an “inherently defiant genre” encompassing “the elation of gospel with the sexual thrust of the blues, country hoedown harmony with inner city grit. It is alternately playful and melancholic, slow jammin’ and booty shakin’. It is both studio slick and barroom raw.” Well, if the 16 nuggets on that 2012 release weren’t enough for you, the label has returned to the well with…

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Bobby Darin, Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Jackie DeShannon, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Review: Jackie DeShannon and Doris Troy, Anthologized by Ace

March 4, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It may have been sheer coincidence that Ace dropped I’ll Do Anything: The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 and Jackie DeShannon’s Come and Get Me: The Complete Liberty and Imperial Singles Volume 2 on the same day. But different though these two singers may be, their similarities are striking. Both were pioneering female songwriters, with Troy penning her biggest hit, “Just One Look,” and DeShannon offering up the likes of “When You Walk in the Room” and “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” Both had great success recording in England and both…

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Burt Bacharach, Doris Troy, Jackie DeShannon, Randy Newman

Come and Get Them: Upcoming Releases Due from DeShannon, Nelson and More

January 6, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Britain’s Ace family of labels is kicking off 2011 in a big way! Mike filled you in Tuesday about Kent’s upcoming I’ll Do Anything: The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996, and today we turn the spotlight on three more releases due in the U.K. on January 31. Jackie DeShannon remains one of the most beloved voices of the 1960s. DeShannon not only broke barriers as a rare female songwriter in an era when it simply wasn’t common, but she was equally comfortable in front of the microphone as a first-class interpreter of others’…

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