Entertainer Jackie DeShannon has been a player on the contemporary popular music scene for over five decades in a career that continues to this day. In addition to her many hit singles as a recording artist herself, Jackie DeShannon has written many hit songs recorded by other artists during the rock era’s first golden decades and beyond. In the 1950’s and 1960’s her pioneering efforts as a singer and songwriter opened many doors for women in what was an extremely male-dominated music industry. This week Joel Najman’s "My Place" program examines the early years of the remarkable career of Jackie DeShannon. Joel Najman’s "My Place" program is heard Saturday evenings from 8-9PM on Vermont Public Radio.
