Jackie DeShannon - put a little love in your heart (RPM)

Jackie DeShannon was a very active singer-songwriter in the 1960s and 1970s. She's gained a fair deal of success including supporting the Beatles on their 1964 US tour without becoming a megastar however she has built up quite a decent back catalogue.

This her album from 1969 includes her big hit "Put a little love in your heart" which became a gold single and her only top 5 hit. Like many of her songs this has a certain something about it, a fairly standard late 60s pop song maybe but with some soul and feel to it that helps elevate it above the field.

Its a real album of its time, with a folky feel to some numbers, all beautifully performed by Jackie who has a great voice full of warmth. This is an RPM reissue so plenty of extra tracks too including an amazing medley "You keep me hanging on / Hurt so bad" which takes two well known songs and produces something new and fresh from the merging. There are a couple of Christmas songs on here too which happily veer the right side of kitsch.