1965 Songs: What the World Needs Now

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Onward we trudge through the great songs that are now sixty years old. Sometimes you think these songs are quite dated (I’ll admit that quite a few of these songs sound VERY 1965-ish), and other times you think, “REALLY, that song’s 60 years old????” I guess that’s true of any era of music that had a definitive “sound.” Here’s a song that is pretty mid-60s sounding, but also timeless. What the World Needs Now - Jackie DeShannon Yesterday @rebelann wrote a discussion about the “old songs” fitting modern times. In her case, she used a Survivor song from the early 90s. (Yeah, these countdowns are celebrating my 65th birthday, but sheesh that makes me feel old. ) Here we are, 60 years old thinking this very same thing: what the world needs now is love. DeShannon’s other major hit of the 60s was similarly themed, “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” Burt Bacharach, the legendary composer whose fingerprints are all over the Great American Songbook, didn’t write the latter one, but he did write this. DeShannon co-wrote her other most memorable song. Oh, and she also wrote another song that’s legendary: “Bette Davis Eyes,” the Kim Carnes hit. What the World Needs Now Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Recorded by Jackie DeShannon From This Is Jackie DeShannon, 1965 We don’t need another mountain: