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Lesley Gore recalls that "It's My Party" was among some two hundred demos producer Quincy Jones brought to review with her in the den of her family home in February 1963. On hearing the song, Gore told Jones: "That's not half bad. I like it. Good melody. Let's put it on the maybe pile." The song proved to be the only demo Gore and ...
Dort wurde Anfang 1963 der Produzent der Chicagoer Plattenfirma Mercury, Quincy Jones, auf die junge Sängerin aufmerksam. Er produzierte mit ihr eine Reihe von Probeaufnahmen, von denen vier Titel im März 1963 in den New Yorker Bell Sound Recording Studios aufgenommen wurden.
1963–1979: Commercial success. Gore was discovered after her uncle gave Joe Glaser a tape of her singing that he forwarded to Irving Green, president of Mercury Records. Green gave the tape to Quincy Jones for evaluation and Jones, recognizing her talent, became her producer. She was 16 years old.
5. Apr. 2024 · Learn how the legendary producer Quincy Jones helped the 17-year-old singer Lesley Gore achieve her first No. 1 hit in 1963 with 'It's My Party'. Discover the story behind the song, its impact, and its legacy in pop culture.
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26. Juni 2019 · Ever since a 17-year-old Lesley Gore sang it in 1963, the coolly mutinous song has moved women to reject passive femininity. Its writers, though, say there are layers of resistance in its...
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Born Lesley Goldstein, Gore was a 16-year-old student with a smoky voice when she first caught the attention of uber-producer Quincy Jones. In 1963, he helped her record her first hit "It's My Party," which embodied teenage angst and, nearly overnight, climbed to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
17. Feb. 2015 · Lesley Gore, a teen artist embraced by other teens when she sang "It's My Party" in 1963, died Monday of cancer in Manhattan. She was 68 years old. Gore's string of hits came before 1960s...
