Lesley Gore
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Biography
[Edit]The most commercially successful solo singer to be identified with the girl group sound, Lesley Gore hit the number one spot with her very first release, "It's My Party," in 1963. Produced by Quincy Jones, who fattened the teenager's sound with double-tracked vocals and intricate backup vocals and horns, she reeled off a few more big hits in 1963 and 1964, including "Judy's Turn to Cry," "She's a Fool," "You Don't Own Me," "That's the Way Boys Are," and "Maybe I Know." She wasn't the most soulful girl group singer by a long shot, but she projected an archetype of female adolescent yearning. Her best songs survive as classics, particularly the irresistibly melodic "Maybe I Know" and "Look of Love" (both written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry) and "You Don't Own Me," an anthem of independence with a feminist theme that was considerably advanced for early 1964.
So what was Quincy Jones doing producing a white suburban teenager who had never recorded before? A couple of demos she recorded with her vocal coach made their way to Mercury's president, who recommended her to Jones, the label's A&R head. For their first session, Gore and Jones picked "It's My Party" out of a pile of about 200 demos. The "It's My Party" single was rush-released when Jones found out that Phil Spector had plans to record the same song with the Crystals.
"It's My Party" and the weaker sequel, "Judy's Turn to Cry," have given Gore a somewhat unfair bratty image. Those are the hits that are remembered the most, but much of her subsequent material was both more mature (or, perhaps more accurately, less immature) and stronger. The singles were also very well-produced, with orchestral arrangements (by Claus Ogerman) that hewed closer to mainstream pop than Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. Retrospectives of Jones' career usually downplay or omit his work with Gore, although it was among his most commercially successful; he's known now for recordings that are, well, funkier. But his success with Gore did a lot to build his already impressive résumé within the industry.
Gore appeared on the legendary T.A.M.I. Show alongside such heavyweights as the Rolling Stones, James Brown, and Smokey Robinson, but after 1964 her star plummeted rapidly. Mercury was still investing a lot of care in her sessions throughout the rest of the '60s, and her material and arrangements showed her capable of greater stylistic range than many acknowledged. But after the mid-'60s, Jones no longer worked with the singer on a regular basis. "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" (1965) and "California Nights" (1967), both of which were co-written by Marvin Hamlisch, would be her only Top 20 entries after 1964. She played the cabarets after her days as an active recording artist, and eventually had some success as a songwriter for other performers. Shortly after the turn of the century, Gore returned to recording, collaborating with multi-instrumentalist Blake Morgan. In 2005, she released the critically acclaimed Ever Since, which landed songs on CSI: Miami and Showtime's The L Word as well as Jeff Lipsky's film Flannel Pajamas, which debuted at Sundance in 2006.
Title: Girl Talk With Bonus Tracks (1964, Remastered 2014)
Artist: Lesley Gore
Genre: Rock, Pop, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Lesley Gore
Artist: Lesley Gore
Genre: Rock
Title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Lesley Gore
Artist: Lesley Gore
Genre: Pop
Title: Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows: The Best Of Lesley Gore
Artist: Lesley Gore
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Collections
Title: Supernatural: Season 3
Title: Girl Group Greats
Genre: Pop
Title: Malt Shop Memories - Jukebox Gems
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Absolute 60s (CD3)
Title: 100 Unforgettable Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition XXII
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Absolute Sixties
Genre: Pop
Title: Beat Of The Pops Vol. 26
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Beat Of The Pops Vol. 27
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again Volume 3 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Retro
Title: The Beat Of The Pops: Volume 16
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Dancing Party Of The 60'S # 1
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: The Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Purely Hits Of The 60s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Were The Days (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Super Oldies (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 100 Hits - Dancing Party Of The 60's (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Complete Motown Singles Volume 12B: 1972 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Oldie Hit-Box (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats - Teenagers In Love (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: When Rock & Roll Was Young (CD10)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rock`n`Roll Love Songs 1999 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Ultimate Jukebox - Hits Of The 60s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: Top 40 Hits Of All Time Golden Oldies (The 50's, 60's & 70's)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: Hitbox 1960-1965
Title: Dusty Heard Them Here First
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1963
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Beat Of The Pops Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1964 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1964 Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s - Back To The Sixties (CD04)
Genre: Rock
Title: 60s - Back To The Sixties (CD06)
Genre: Rock
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1965 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1967 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Rock 'n' Roll Classics (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: La Boîte Noire De Radio Nova 1965
Genre: Rock, Reggae, Latin, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: Dreamboats & Miniskirts - Young & In Love (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Silver Linings Songs Of A Lifetime (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop
Title: The 60's Collection Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats - Summer Holidays (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats - The Petticoat Collection (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats - The Petticoat Collection (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 60 Top Hits - Ü40-Party (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 60 Top Hits - Party, Party, Party (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Lady Power (CD1)
Title: Lady Power (CD2)
Title: 100 Essential Hits - 60s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop, Sunshine Pop
Title: 300 Hits: Love Songs (CD13 - Classic Tearjerkers)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Western Swing, Pop, Contemporary Folk
Title: Early 60s Hits - Hitpackage With 50 Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Dreamboats & Miniskirts - Those Were The Days (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Wonder 70s Favourites (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats - The Best Of The Love Songs (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Karaoke: Gold - Singing to the Hits (Rerecorded Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: The Best Of The Love Songs (CD2)
Artist: Petticoats, Dreamboats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Karaoke: Super Oldies - Singing to the Hits (Rerecorded Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Shades of Beautiful: The Tracy Stark Songbook
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Mermaids - Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Mermaids (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Dance Party: 18 Party Hits from the 50's and 60's (Rerecorded Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock