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16. Feb. 2015 · The pop singer, who had four Top 5 singles in 1963, died of cancer in 2015. She was known for her hit song "It's My Party" and her role as Pussycat on Batman.
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- Stephen M. Silverman
- Who Was Lesley Gore?
- Early Life and First Hit Song
- Early Career and Songs
- Education
- Discovering Her Sexual Orientation
- Songwriting
- Personal Life
- Final Years and Death
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Lesley Gore's first and most popular hit, 1963's "It's My Party," remains her calling card today. Her voice became the quintessential sound for youthful longing, and she recorded several other hits throughout the 1960s, including "Look of Love," "Maybe I Know" and "You Don't Own Me." Gore was later nominated for an Academy Award for "Out Here on My...
Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore was born Lesley Sue Goldstein on May 2, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. Gore grew up in nearby Tenafly, New Jersey. She was only 16 years old when she was discovered by legendary music producer, Quincy Jones. Though several versions of the story of their auspicious meeting exist — one source said that they met at a party,...
Over the next two years, while she remained in high school, Gore released a string of bubble-gum hits like "She's a Fool," "That's the Way Boys Are," "Look of Love," "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" and "My Town, My Guy, and Me." One song that stood out from the rest, however, was "You Don't Own Me," an unapologetic declaration that women are no...
After graduating from high school, Gore continued to pursue music but did not let her career get in the way of higher education. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, an all-female university, and reserved summers and holidays for performances, recording sessions and tours. Later in the 1960s, Gore released singles such as "Treat Me Like a Lady," "H...
It was also at Sarah Lawrence that Gore realized that she was a lesbian. Before college, she later explained, she simply had never had the time to examine her true feelings. "I had boyfriends," she said. "I was scheduled to get married ... All of that was part of the agenda at the time ... Part of the problem that I had ... was being out in the pub...
After college, Gore continued to release singles but also began to explore other creative avenues, including television and stage performances. She once guest-starred on the hit TV show Batmanas Pussycat, lip-synching "California Nights" in the episode. As the 1970s progressed, Gore moved out of the spotlight to pursue songwriting. Dropped from Mer...
Mostly content to drop out of the spotlight, Gore did not release an album or single between 1982 and 2005. Toward the end of this time, she began hosting episodes of a PBS documentary series called In the Life, focusing on gay and lesbian issues. She officially came out to the public at large on the show, something she said her work on the show in...
In 2005, Gore released a comeback album, Ever Since, which was praised by critics and featured in the soundtracks to several movies and television shows, including CSI and The L Word. Gore died of lung cancer on February 16, 2015 at the age of 68. She had lived in her native New York City with her partner of over 30 years, Lois Sasson, and their do...
Lesley Gore was a singer-songwriter who had a string of hits in the 1960s, including "It's My Party" and "You Don't Own Me." She died of lung cancer on February 16, 2015, at the age of 68.
Gore had been working on a memoir and a Broadway show based on her life when she died of lung cancer on February 16, 2015, at the NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 68.
Lesley Gore, who was a teenager in the 1960s when she recorded hit songs about heartbreak and resilience that went on to become feminist touchstones, died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 68....
16. Feb. 2015 · Lesley Gore, who had several hit songs in the Sixties with Quincy Jones, died of cancer in 2015. She was a feminist icon and a co-writer of the Oscar-winning "Fame" song.
17. Feb. 2015 · She died yesterday. Lesley Gore is best known for that anthem of teen misery, the 1963 classic "It's My Party." But as NPR's Sam Sanders reports, her career was bigger than just one hit. SAM...
17. Feb. 2015 · Die US-Sängerin Lesley Gore, die 1963 mit „It's My Party“ weltbekannt wurde, ist im Alter von 68 Jahren gestorben. Wie die „New York Times“ unter Berufung auf ihre langjährige ...
