Prolific songwriter Jackie DeShannon on writing the 1969 anthem “Put a Little Love in Your Heart”

One of the first singer-songwriters of the rock & roll era, Jackie DeShannon was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame for penning hits for herself and others. During a Museum program recorded as part of the "Poets and Prophets" series, she discussed her songwriting hits, including Brenda Lee’s “Dum Dum”; “When You Walk in the Room,” which was a success for the Searchers in the 1960s and decades later for Pam Tillis on the country charts; and the 1969 anthem “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” which DeShannon recorded herself and co-wrote with her brother, Randy Myers.

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