More Info on Lesley GoreSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Lesley Gore| image = EverSince.jpg.jpg| caption = Gore on the cover of Ever Since (album)|Ever Since , 2005| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Lesley Sue Goldstein| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1946|5|2|mf=y|origin = New York City , New York , United States | instrument = singing|Vocals | genre = Pop music|Pop Rock music | occupation = singing|Singer | years_active = 1963present| label =| associated_acts = Sue Thompson , Brenda Lee | website = http://www.lesleygore.com/ lesleygore.com Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein ; May 2, 1946) is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop music|pop hit " It's My Party (song)|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.
Biography
Gore was born in New York City , New York . She was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey , in a Jew ish family.Fine, Arlene. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/07/31/features/arts/carts0801.txt "Its Lesley Gores party at Cain Park", Cleveland Jewish News , July 31, 2008. Accessed September 18, 2011. "In May 1963, the Jewish teenager from Tenafly, N.J., suddenly had the number one hit in the nation." Her younger brother Michael Gore|Michael , was an Academy Award|Oscar winner for Best Original Song for the theme song of Fame (1980 film)|Fame . Her father, Leo Gore, was a wealthy manufacturer of children's clothes and swimwear.
Lesley was a junior at the Dwight-Englewood School|Dwight School for Girls in nearby Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood when "It's My Party" became a #1 hit. It was later nominated for a Grammy Award for rock and roll recording.Retro, Ricky. "It's her party, and it's Spector's turn to cry", The Star-Ledger , May 24, 2004. "ONE DAY IN 1963, 16-year-old Lesley Gore was driving home from the Dwight School For Girls in Englewood when she heard a song on the car radio that knocked her out." It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 159 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6
Career: 1960s and 1970s
Gore's first hit was followed by many others, including: " Judy's Turn to Cry " (US #5), the sequel to "It's My Party"; " She's a Fool " (US #5); the proto- feminist million-selling " You Don't Own Me ", which held at #2 for three weeks behind The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand"; " That's the Way Boys Are " (US #12); "Maybe I Know" (US #14/UK #20); "The Look of Love" (US #27); and Grammy Award|Grammy - Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|nominated " Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows " (US #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.
Instead of accepting the television and film|movie contracts that came her way, Gore chose to attend Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers , 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 , 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 performed on both the January 19 and January 25, 1967, episodes of the Batman (TV series)|Batman television program|TV series , in which she guest-starred as Pussycat, one of Catwoman 's minions. In the January 19 "That Darn Catwoman" episode, she lip-synched to the Bob Crewe -produced "California Nights" (US #16) (skipping the second verse), and in the January 25 "Scat& #33; Darn Catwoman" episode to "Maybe Now"Hoekstra, Dave. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20070311/ai_n18709695 "Our favorite Lesley Gore moments", Chicago Sun-Times , March 11, 2007. Accessed May 31, 2007. "Who says debuting a new single on a TV show is such a new idea? Gore did it on & ndash; gulp & ndash; "Batman" in January 1967. And not only did she appear on the show to sing "California Nights," she did so in character& mdash;as one of Catwoman's minions: Pink Pussycat. The episode was titled "That Darn Catwoman," and Gore reprised her role that same season in another episode, "Scat& #33; Darn Catwoman."... Some amusing trivia: Gore was offered the song "A Groovy Kind of Love," but her producer wouldn't allow her to record a song with the word "groovy" in it." (the latter was for some reason cut from most later broadcasts of the episodes). Gore also performed the single "We Know We're in Love" ten months earlier on the final episode of "The Donna Reed Show", which aired on March 19, 1966. Afterwards, she maintained a lower profile in the music industry, performing at concerts and in cabaret s.
By the late 1960s, her popularity had decreased with the advent of harder-edged psychedelic music . Gore released " Wedding Bell Blues " as a single in 1969, but her version flopped while the 5th Dimension 's version spent three weeks at #1. Gore also recorded many of her hit songs in French language|French , German language|German , and Italian language|Italian . In an interview Gore said that when Mercury Records dropped her in 1969, they owed her $175,000.00 and she did not see a nickel from them until 1989, by which time Mercury has recouped all of their costs from her royalties.Citation needed|date=April 2010 Gore kept busy writing songs, including composing songs for the soundtrack of the 1980 film Fame (1980 film)|Fame , for which she received an Academy Awards|Academy Award nomination for "Out Here on My Own", written with her brother Michael Gore|Michael .Jones, Chad. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060421/ai_n16154640 "It's still her party, and Lesley Gore's not crying", Oakland Tribune , April 21, 2006. Accessed May 31, 2007. "The disc includes her stripped-down, almost Marianne Faithful-like version of ''You Don't Own Me as well as Out Here On My Own , the Academy Award-nominated song she wrote with her brother, Michael Gore, from the movie Fame ." The song was a Top 20 hit for Irene Cara .Citation needed|date=April 2007
Return to recording in 2005
Gore played concerts and appeared on television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 2005, she recorded her first album of new material since 1976 ( Love Me By Name ) Ever Since with producer/songwriter Blake Morgan for Engine Company Records (a small independent label). In addition to extensive national radio coverage and critical acclaim from The New York Times , Rolling Stone , Billboard Magazine , and other national press, three songs from Ever Since have been used in television shows and films: Better Angels , in CSI: Miami 's fourth season premiere episode, "Words We Don't Say", in an episode of The L Word , and "It's Gone", in the Jeff Lipsky-directed film Flannel Pajamas (film)| Flannel Pajamas . In 2009, "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" was featured in the film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs . "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" was also used in the Simpsons episode Marge on the Lam , for the Butlins Company TV advertisements in 2008 and for the Target Australia homewares TV advertisement in 2010.
Personal life
Beginning in 2004, Gore hosted the PBS television series In the Life , which focused on LGBT issues. In 2005, she stated in an interview that she was a lesbian. http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/6/lesleygore.html AfterEllen.com & ndash; Interview with Lesley Gore As of the time of the interview, Gore had been living with her partner for more than 23 years.
The Donna Reed Show (appeared as herself in the final episode of the series on 3/19/66, performing "It's My Party" and "We Know We're In Love")
Batman (TV series)|Batman (starring as "Pussycat") & ndash; her hit "California Nights" was introduced on this show, in the episode "That Darn Catwoman."
Club 1270 , a teen-oriented dance-party television show on WXYZ-TV in Detroit ("1270" was a reference to the frequency of WXYZ-AM radio, a leading Top 40 station in the Detroit area at the time, now WXYT (AM)|WXYT .)
Persondata| NAME = Gore, Lesley | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer | DATE OF BIRTH = May 2, 1946 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City , New York | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Gore, Lesley Category:1946 births Category:American child singers Category:American female singers Category:American pop singers Category:Lesbian musicians Category:LGBT musicians from the United States Category:Living people Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Musicians from New Jersey Category:Musicians from New York City Category:People from Tenafly, New Jersey Category:Sarah Lawrence College alumni Category:Motown artists
de:Lesley Gore es:Lesley Gore fr:Lesley Gore ko:??? ?? it:Lesley Gore he:???? ??? nl:Lesley Gore no:Lesley Gore pl:Lesley Gore ru:???, ????? sv:Lesley Gore th:??????? ????
Copyright Citations
This article is licensed under the GNU License
Click here for original article: Lesley Gore
