Lesley Gore - It's My Party - 1963 |
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Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein; May 2, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter of the "girl group era". She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s. Gore's first hit was followed by many others, including "Judy's Turn to Cry" – the sequel to "It's My Party" – (U.S. #5), "She's a Fool" (U.S. #5, possibly a thinly-veiled dig at her nemesis Judy), the proto-feminist "You Don't Own Me" which held at #2 for four weeks behind The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "That's the Way Boys Are" (U.S. #12), "Maybe I Know" (U.S. #14), "The Look of Love" (U.S. #27) and Grammy nominated for Contemporary Rock and Roll female vocal performance "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" (U.S. #13, from the 1965 movie "Ski Party" ). Her record producer was Quincy Jones, who would later become one of the most famous producers in American music. "You Don't Own Me" also sold a million copies, and was awarded gold disc status. Instead of accepting the television and movie contracts that came her way, Gore chose to attend Sarah Lawrence College in New York. This limited her public career to weekends and summer vacations and undoubtedly hurt her career. Nevertheless, throughout the mid 1960s Gore continued to be one of the most popular female singers in the United States and Canada. Gore was given first shot at recording "A Groovy Kind of Love", but Shelby Singleton, who was a producer for Smash Records, a Mercury subsidiary, recommended that she not record a song with the word "groovy" in it. The Mindbenders went on to record the song, and it went to #2 on the Billboard charts. Gore also released "Wedding Bell Blues" as a single in 1969, but her version flopped while the 5th Dimension's spent three weeks at #1. Gore also recorded many of her hit songs in French, German, and Italian. It's My Party sung by the Clifters [1]
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Lesley Gore - California Nights - 1967 Lesley Gore - I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)- 1963 Lesley Gore - It's My Party - 1963 Lesley Gore - Off And Running - 1966 Lesley Gore - She's A Fool - 1963 Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me - 1964 |