NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me," died Monday. She was 68.
Gore died of cancer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson.
"She was a wonderful human being — caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, great humanitarian," Sasson, a jewelry designer, told The Associated Press.
Brooklyn-born and New Jersey-raised, Gore was discovered by Quincy Jones as a teenager and signed to Mercury Records.
Gore's other hits include "She's A Fool," ''That's the Way Boys Are" and "Maybe I Know." She co-wrote with her brother, Michael, the Academy Award-nominated "Out Here On My Own" from the film "Fame."
She also played Catwoman's sidekick in the cult TV comedy "Batman."
In the 1990s, Gore co-wrote "My Secret Love" for Allison Anders' film "Grace of My Heart," released in 1996. A couple of years later, she appeared in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" on Broadway. Gore had been working on a stage version of her life when she died.
In 2005, she released "Ever Since," her first album in 30 years, but was sure to revisit older hits in front of fans. "If I've learned anything in this business," she told The New York Times that year, "how stupid would it be not to do 'It's My Party' when people come to hear it?"
Worth seeking out: "The Canvas Can Do Miracles", her 1982 covers album. "Ever Since" a 2005 release about which AMG wrote "Just a lovely album quite worthy of your time".
Rest In Peace.
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Worth seeking out: "The Canvas Can Do Miracles", her 1982 covers album. "Ever Since" a 2005 release about which AMG wrote "Just a lovely album quite worthy of your time".
Rest In Peace.
Will do, Kid Bailey. Thanks!
Well, another passing proof that my childhood has been passed by father time.
Thank you Leslie for inviting me to the party!
Luv, Rick A
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Here's her bit from the TAMI Show.. great collection of backup dancers at the end! Chuck Berry, Jan & Dean, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Smokey & The Miracles, and Marvin Gaye.
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I absolutely love the TAMI show. One of the great DVDs of all time and from a time when rock and roll was just fun and not self-serious at all.
Agreed. I actually went to see it in the theatre upon it's release. I went with my older sister and a couple of my cousins. I was 9 at the time, and I still remember how much I enjoyed it.
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I'm particularly interested in the "Electronovision" technology they used to make it - specially-designed high-definition (800p, 25fps) cameras and VTRs that allowed them to shoot it and edit it like a multi-camera TV show, but then transfer it via kinescope to flim with resolution sufficient to look good on a movie house screen.
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