To all fellow fans, we lost a very talented singer Lesley Gore today Monday, February 16,2015. She was a part of the wonderful 60's music culture. What a great time it was being a teenager. Thanks for posting these music videos. I deeply appreciate what all of you have done for her. For now, I will have my mourning-party to honor her and her music by playing the various music videos of Lesley Gore. Thanks, Lesley!
Lesley Gore can be considered "The Voice of the '60s" except there was so many great women singers then,Dionne Warwick,Connie Francis,Aretha Franklin,Brenda Lee,Petula Clark,and one who doesn't get enough recognition,Joanie Sommers,we heard her at least as much as the others,she sang both major Pepsi jingles. And that's not even considering the groups and their great leads. What a wonderful decade to be young.
There were even more greats that can be added to your list, but it would be too lengthy here. The one thing about Leslie Gore, is that according to Quincy Jones, she was the only singer who could nail an exact take twice, and wth super power each time.
Lesley was a teen, the other ones were much older, she sang like an older girl, was a Beauty, and all the girls want to be just like her. That is why she is the authentic American sweetheart, that’s the difference between the rest.
In the year 1965, there was: the assassination of Malcolm X, the Vietnam war, the year white supremacists beat a minister to death, bloody Sunday, the funeral for Viola Liuzzo was held thanks to white supremacists, the necessity of the Watts riots, yeah what a nice world.
Oh! These innocent and kind and caring times of our world that won't ever be seen again. And Lesley Gore gave us so many great songs with her lovely voice and personality.
My thoughts are with Lesley Gore since Monday. Such a great personality; talent; and pioneer for rights. Our time seems to go so fast. We lost you way too soon. RIP.
Thanks for posting this, it was all great but my favorite part was at 3:29 when he sang "Mrs. Gore you got a lovely daughter" and Leslie realized what he said instead of "Mrs. Brown you got a lovely daughter" and she chuckles from surprise.
Also, did anyone catch her expression when they start to sing "Everybody loves a Clown"? It sounds like she started in the wrong key and corrected herself and did a 'Uhhggg' eye roll.
I thought that was beautiful What he did for Lesley. The song about the clown was given another complement about being beautiful. Very much loved Lesley. You will always be loved and missed.
Cute song by LESLEY, not one of her Giant hits, but a good song still. This is a rare chance to hear her sing it live so thank you so much for sharing what must be a fairly rare clip. I'm not sure how high this tune climbed on the Pop Charts, but as always it was a fine effort from the one and only LESLEY GORE.
Leslie Gore, like the girls groups of the sixties, represented the feelings of teenage girls then. That and a slew of hits should have been enough for her to get into the HOF.
This is a classic, and underrated performance from the Leslie and the those dancers, especially the short male. He’s the best dancer along with Donna. The rest is trash not my favorite.
This is a classic, and underrated performance from Leslie and those dancers, especially the short male. He’s the best dancer along with Donna. Is the other male dancer really Michael Bennett? No guessing!
The song was based on a motif similar to "Downtown" and came off hot out of the box on the market and then never got as high as everyone expected. Great record but Mercury seemed unable to get the horses going at the time.
One of the reasons why the song only reached #32 on the national charts is because the record was blacklisted in the San Francisco market because the song's lyrics refer to "Frisco" instead of San Francisco. It was said that people in San Francisco hate being referred to as "Frisco." Losing a major market like San Francisco can cause a huge dip in the charts.
Imagine if, in 1965, she had come out and admitted she was a lesbian... For all the supposed liberated thinking, flower children, drugs, anti-war crap, etc. it would have been met with a stunned silence. That was not in the genre of the day back then.
Unlike "Shindig!" on ABC, CBS's "Hullabaloo" retained a lot more of the feeling of a traditional musical TV show instead of being more legit rock & roll. Not that it really mattered because neither program lasted very long. It's ironic to watch Lesley having to play the game and sing about "my guy", being forced to cover up that she was/is a lesbian. That was forbidden in those days!
NBC. CBS wouldn't have been caught dead dealing with the youth demo outside of Ed Sullivan's musical guests until a certain pair of brothers succeeded where Gary Moore couldn't far as going up against Bonanza
I was 22 in 1965 and I didn't know much about lesbians, for that matter. It was that rare to have anyone openly admit it then. Out of curiosity, how do you know what she knew and did not know in 1965?
In the duet with Dick Kallman the song is Everybody Loves A Clown, NOT The The Tears of A Crown. This is obviously typical Japanese error as it is obvious from the incorrect spellings and the incorrect title; not to mention the fact that hoshino6--like most Japanese probably wouldn't dare have a native English speaker help him to make sure his English is correct, nor his facts are correct! Dick Coleman; Tears of A Crown; REALLY!
ウワハハハハハハ❗️ If you're calling me "Stug-gots," then you and I must know each other personally. Capsice? Capisci? No, you obviously don't. Evidentimenti non capisci. 🥱
I know your comment was from years ago, but in case anyone else has the same question, the lyrics are correct. In the song, she says "holds me tight" but I guess that was too risqué for television in the 60s, so they changed it to "holds me near"
He was mostly a stage singer and had his own TV sitcom for one season. He made headlines when he was murdered in his own apartment in NYC along with a friend of his who was visiting.
"Like most straight men" ? Who do you think you are to speak in the name of "most straight men" ? I know MANY very straight men who are way more open-minded than you are (thank God). And just to let you know, I'm a straight woman. Good luck to you, ami !
"a rip off of DOWNTOWN" - Yeah, right - it had words and music; that's about all it had in common with "Downtown". I don't really LIKE it, but don't think it was a rip-off of anything. I love "Maybe I Know", although I don't remember ever hearing it before. Lesley was a little before my time. I DO remember "It's My Party". R.I.P., Lesley. I wish singers were more like you these days instead of sleazy, vulgar trampy looking things "singing" horrible vulgar lyrics, relying on Auto-Tune, and dressing worse than hookers.
Nona Moose you are a buffoon...this crap was a blatant attempt to capture the essence of the mega hit downtown...now go eat some poontang on the planet LESBOS
Nona Moose You don't HAVE TO listen to such junk, you know. There are enough folk, country and international artists to keep you busy the rest of your life.
O.K., enough! You must be female and simpatico to "the life style." Fine, suffer in silence. Like most straight men, I do not respect "the life style" and am bored stiff with this whole conversation now. Have a happy life and good luck to you.
Rajamutto: Hahahaha, so true. If it smells it sells. This one was so bad no wonder it did not sell. Even the dancers couldn't save this one. All those good songs written by good song writers of the day and she picks or is told to sing this one. Absolute junk. Poor Leslie...what a waste of talent. And hey folks I am an old dude who was raised on this stuff. Occasionally, music got the flu, and I am afraid this one caught the flu...everyone run to the toilet now....I love LG, but really girl...
