Jackie Deshannon What The World Needs Now Is Love

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Playing via spotify playing via youtube playback options. What the world needs now is love is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by hal david and music composed by burt bacharach. Watch the video for what the world needs now is love from jackie deshannon s classic masters for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. Love is the only answer to taking care of the hungry the homeless the destitute the immigrant the neglected the children the elderly the cold the mentally ill the handicapped the abused even the politically abused love is the only answer.

Cut by jackie deshannon a woman who hardly needed help with material in 1965 it was a huge hit even before the term universal love was invented. Jackie deshannon s exquisite what the world needs now is love leads off this collection and it s quickly followed by a cover of the dusty springfield hit you don t have to say you love me as well as a version of it s all in the game making for a very recognizable three songs in a row on this 1968 release featuring as its title her 1965 top ten hit originally on the this is jackie deshannon album. Jackie deshannon recorded this bachrach david song in march of 1965. What the world needs now is love this is exactly what the world needs right now love.

Timely and timeless all at once it s a true standard. First recorded and made popular by jackie deshannon it was released on april 15 1965 on the imperial label after a release on sister label liberty records the previous month was canceled. This beautiful song by jackie deshannon was released in 1965 and made number 7 in the u s and i don t think it done much at all in the uk which does surpr. In canada the song reached number one.