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Oh No! I just heard Lesley Gore has left us.

by MissTerraK
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Lesley Gore Dies At 68




I sang this song and choreographed a dance routine for three of my friends for our 9th grade talent show. One of my friends mom made us the skirts for the costumes and it was a blast! We won!

Ah, sweet memories.

God Speed Lesley!


Terra


  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I haven't heard anything about her in ages, but definitely remember some of her work. Anyone know what she's done in the last few decades? Was she still in music?
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      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?"


      She officially came out to the public when she hosted several episodes of the PBS series, "In The Life," which dealt with gay and lesbian issues.


      During the 2012 presidential campaign, Gore turned "You Don't Own Me" into an online video public service announcement demanding reproductive rights which starred Lena Dunham and Tavi Gevinson, among others


      In the last few years, she performed at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency in New York and, along with Ronnie Spector and LaLa Brooks, headlined the "She's Got the Power" concert outdoors at Lincoln Center in 2012.
      From the article I linked to.
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    Duh.......drool. Sorry - I didn't notice that was a link. Just read over it and started thinking.

    Interesting. I didn't know any of that about her.
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  • Profile picture of the author joe golfer
    She was a true talent. That interview was interesting -- like doubling vocals was not allowed by the union! Wtf?

    So they had to sneak back in after the union engineer had left.

    Here is a bittersweet song she did later in life about a lost relationship. It also captures the rise and fall of her worldwide success.

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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

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    I sang this song and choreographed a dance routine for three of my friends for our 9th grade talent show. One of my friends mom made us the skirts for the costumes and it was a blast! We won!

    Ah, sweet memories.




    Terra


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    Really. I find it hard to believe you were a Freshman in 1963 ??? You cant be 67 years old ??
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by discrat View Post

      Really. I find it hard to believe you were a Freshman in 1963 ??? You cant be 67 years old ??

      LOL, Robert!

      I didn't say that my freshman year was the year song came out, haha!

      I knew the song because my mom loved it and played her 45 of it over and over on the record player when I was little.


      Terra
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