# The Party's Over: Lesley Gore RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861 "2015-02-16T22:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/1 "2015-02-16T22:02:42Z")
[Sixties pop icon Lesley Gore passed away this weekend.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/party-singer-songwriter-lesley-gore-dies-68-29004127) A highly underrated singer, [songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r0b68rRs_I) [like these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JMk-YEhwvI) never even got released as singles. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/2 "2015-02-16T22:08:41Z")
…and now it’s Judy’s turn to die. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/3 "2015-02-16T22:38:01Z")
I never thought she was an underrated singer, she did some wonderful work. Her songs take me right back to my youth, to the good places for a change. And I always thought young girls should be required to listen to “You Don’t Own Me” and then write a 500 word essay on what it means. RIP, Leslie Gore. Thanks for the great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/4 "2015-02-16T22:43:17Z")
Aww, I’m sorry to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/5 "2015-02-16T23:23:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …and now it’s Judy’s turn to die. First I got offended, then I laughed. A lot. Well played. RIP, Leslie. May your afters be full of sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/6 "2015-02-16T23:36:12Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > songs [like these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JMk-YEhwvI) never even got released as singles. Those were B-sides of singles. The A-sides were “Maybe I Know” and “She’s a Fool,” respectively. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/7 "2015-02-17T00:20:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > First I got offended, then I laughed. A lot. Well played. > > RIP, Leslie. May your afters be full of sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. I still don’t get the Judy reference. Glad someone figured it out. I have Its My Party on my mp3 player. Great song. Sorry to learn Leslie Gore has passed. RIP ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/8 "2015-02-17T00:35:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …and now it’s Judy’s turn to die. > [@aceplace57](#): > > I still don’t get the Judy reference. Glad someone figured it out. > > I have **Its My Party** on my mp3 player. Great song. Sorry to learn Leslie Gore has passed. RIP It’s My Party and I’ll die if I want to. Judy reference: Judy’s Turn To Cry. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/9 "2015-02-17T00:45:01Z")
ah, I wasn’t familiar with the sequel song. thanks ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/10 "2015-02-17T01:53:52Z")
I adored Lesley Gore! This had to be her absolute best moment ever: https://www.youtube.com/embed/0XoNF-fzYMw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD0XoNF-fzYMw If I had been in the Boy Wonder’s shoes, I’d’ve told Batman to stick it where the Bat-sun doesn’t shine the second she came on to me! :o ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/11 "2015-02-17T04:29:24Z")
I could never choose between her and Kate Bush. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/12 "2015-02-17T04:47:25Z")
And she invented the internet. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/13 "2015-02-17T06:16:34Z")
Hard to believe that America was ever this happy: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn9-pBGJgG8) No one born after 1966 could possibly understand! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/14 "2015-02-17T15:41:19Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I adored Lesley Gore! This had to be her absolute best moment ever: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoNF-fzYMw&list=RD0XoNF-fzYMw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoNF-fzYMw&list=RD0XoNF-fzYMw) > > If I had been in the Boy Wonder’s shoes, I’d’ve told Batman to stick it where the Bat-sun doesn’t shine the second she came on to me! :o Batman must have had some inside knowledge. Apparently Lesley had a 33-year longtime companion named Lois. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/15 "2015-02-17T16:18:06Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Batman must have had some inside knowledge. Apparently Lesley had a 33-year longtime companion named Lois. Not surprising, after having fallen in with Catwoman: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2qt1l5Z-6Ls/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHiA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgUSg-MA8=&rs=AOn4CLD4a2Ogv6wmczG0s3Cca-GT2eq8dg "The Purrfect Crime Julie Newmar Catwoman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qt1l5Z-6Ls) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/16 "2015-02-17T17:18:56Z")
I started listening to rock 'n roll in 1963 so “It’s My Party” would have been among the first songs to stick in my head. No Rolling Stone or social media in those days, but we knew that she was a teenage girl just like us. She was all of 20 when she appeared on Batman. She didn’t write any of her hits - which means for some people on this board she’s not a real artist - but she had great taste in songs and great talent around her. Quincy Jones started his production career with “It’s My Party.” Marvin Hamlish had his first hit with “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows” and wrote the gorgeous “California Nights,” produced by Bob Crewe. Other songs were by a roster of top East Coast hitwriters. “Maybe I Know” was by the wonderful Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. It’s the opposite to “You Don’t Own Me.” The singer forgives her boyfriend’s cheating but she still loves him. The lyrics hurt today, but the melody is sheer magic, a hook that buries right into the brain. The sixties were special. Sorry. It’s just true. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-partys-over-lesley-gore-rip/712861/17 "2015-02-17T22:17:16Z")
CDs ruined _It’s My Party_ for me. The clarity is too good. That dinging sound in the background is incredibly annoying. I used to like it, can’t stand it now. It’s hard for for people to properly know the way these songs originally sounded. There’s an in-the-closet character based on Lesley in the movie [Grace of My Heart](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116442/trivia). She has a very touching scene.