Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) 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
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The first time I was ever kissed, the very first person I did miss the first time I said goodbye, the first time I felt I’d die the first time I felt shame, the first time I was to blame If I had one wish I’d ask to relieve splendor in the grass
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