JACKIE DE SHANNON

 

Jackie came to the UK in 1964 having written a hit song "When You Walk In The Room" for The Searchers.

Jackie then went into the studio to record a new single, hoping to revive her solo career which had begun in the late '50s.

Jimmy was called in to play guitar, and DeShannon later recalled, “I was looking for a really good acoustic player... Jimmy played it back to me, of course ten times better, and it was perfect!”

Their collaboration impressed Jackie, who said, "I've never found a guitarist who could adapt so quickly to the sort of things I'm doing."

 

They soon built up a working and personal relationship which produced a single, an album and several co-written songs—including “Leaves Come Tumblin’ Down,” “Stop That Girl,” “Dream Boy,” and “In My Time of Sorrow”—that were later recorded by numerous people including Marianne Faithfull.

Faithfull’s version of “Come and Stay With Me,” written by DeShannon, became a major UK hit in 1965, and “In My Time of Sorrow,” co-written with Page, was featured on her debut album.

 

During this period, Page also recorded his debut solo single “She Just Satisfies,” with DeShannon on background vocals—one of the earliest intersections of British and American pop songwriting in the London scene of the mid-1960s.

This brief and fruitful partnership remains significant for fans and collectors of both artists.