1969 Song of the Day is – Put A Little Love In Your Heart- by Jackie DeShannon. Jackie DeShannon was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock n roll period. She had two huge hits on her own, What The World Needs Now Is Love a #7 hit in 1965 and this song “Put A Little Love In Your Heart” #4 in 1969. She also wrote When You Walk In The Room for The Room a hit for The Searchers. She also wrote one of the biggest hits of the 1980’s- Bette Davis Eyes which Kim Carnes covered and took to the top of the charts.
Jackie DeShannon wrote Put A Little Love In Your Heart with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. The song has been covered by a number of artists- the best being a cover by Annie Lennox and Al Green which was the ending theme for the movie “Scrooged” and went to #9 on the Billboard Top 40 in 1988. Other notables who covered the song- Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, The Dave Clark Five, David Ruffin, Andy Williams and the golden throated Leonard Nimoy.
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This was one of the first 45 singles I ever bought.
A good one!
I used to sing this full-throated. (I was an optimistic kid.) I liked the Lennox/Green version too.
I remember going on trips ‘down the river’ with my grandparents- during the time this was riding high on the charts and singing along to it too! A great song to sing along too.
Now you know I had to go out and listen to Mr. Golden Throat. And all this time thinking he had only sung the one, well-known Bilbo Baggins song. Thanks for the smile. This song is a real blast to the past.
A nice voice, and she was definitely into positive messages, to boot.
A perfect single for 1969 all the positive messages possible were needed.
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Leonard Nimoy, you’re kidding! Spock does rock?