Jackie Deshannon ~ What The World Needs Now Is Love (1965) Review

The year was 1965, and the air in New York City felt heavy. Between the flickering news reports of the Vietnam War and the rising tensions of the Civil Rights Movement, the world felt like a string tuned so tight it was about to snap.

The "interest" in the story isn't just in the recording, but in its timing. Only a few years later, after the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., the song was played almost constantly on the radio. It transformed from a catchy Bacharach tune into a cultural sigh of relief. Jackie Deshannon ~ What the World Needs Now is Love (1965)

Create a that shared this same soulful, social vibe. What part of that era or song interests you most? The year was 1965, and the air in New York City felt heavy

By the time they reached the bridge, where the brass swells and she insists it's the only thing that there's just too little of, the session musicians knew they weren't just making a pop record. They were capturing a pulse. The Ripple Effect Only a few years later, after the assassinations of Robert F