Fact #128811
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Short story:
What The World Needs Now, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, sung by Jackie DeShannon enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No4.
Full article:
Hal David : There wasn't great enthusiasm for it. I had great enthusiasm for it. We were asked by Liberty Records to record Jackie, who is a great singer and a good songwriter, too. We were in an office in the RKO building and we played a number of songs to Jackie. I suggested to Burt that we play 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' to her. And we did and Jackie said, 'That's the one I want to do.' Jackie was the catalyst - she was really excited about doing that song.
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