Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Since the beginning of her solo career in the late 1950s, American singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon rubbed elbows with some of the biggest names in the world of rock'n'roll. After briefly dating Elvis Presley and touring the US with The Beatles in 1964, she finally found her footing in the music industry as a songwriter, collaborating with the likes of Marianne Faithfull, Jimmy Page, and Randy Newman. In 1965, she sung on Hal David and Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now Is Love," which became one of her signature songs after breaking into the Top 10 in the US and reaching Number 1 in Canada. However, the greatest success of her career arrived in 1969 when the single "Put a Little Love In Your Heart" peaked at Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Written in collaboration with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday, the track was later covered by Annie Lennox & Al Green, Dolly Parton, and The Isley Brothers. It was also featured on Gus Van Sant's 1999 film Drugstore Cowboy.