Biography for
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Date of Birth

2 May 1946, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Lesley Sue Goldstein

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Lesley Gore hit the music scene at 17 years of age in 1963 with the teen anthem "It's My Party". Born in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York, USA, she was discovered at a party by legendary producer Quincy Jones, who signed her to Mercury Records and produced "It's My Party". More hits followed: "Judy's Turn to Cry", "She's a Fool", "That's the Way Boys Are", and the surprisingly (for the times) feminist-oriented "You Don't Own Me". She branched out from recording and began appearing on stage in summer stock, and putting in appearances in movies and television shows (including one on the TV series "Batman" (1966)--which just happened to be produced by her uncle Howie Horwitz). In 1983, she was nominated for an Academy Award with her brother Michael Gore, for Best Song for the film Fame (1980). She still tours and records, in addition to appearing in summer stock productions.

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Trivia

Discovered by producer Quincy Jones while singing at a hotel in Manhattan. He went on to produce her most successful recordings, including "It's My Party", which spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart and three weeks on its R&B chart (USA) in June 1963.

Introduced her last major hit, "California Nights", on an episode of the TV series "Batman" (1966)--on which, coincidentally or not, her uncle Howie Horwitz was one of the producers.

Older sister of Michael Gore.

Inspired a storyline for the movie Grace of My Heart (1996) in which a 1960s bubble-gum singer is shown to be a closet lesbian. Coincidentally, Lesley helped with music for the movie, and in the movie the closet lesbian singer records a song Lesley herself recorded, "Secret Love".

She often hosts "In the Life" (1992), a magazine show about gay and lesbian issues.

When she was 11 years old her parents took her to her first Broadway musical, "My Fair Lady". She loved it so much that she asked her parents to see it again and again.

Is mentioned in the song "Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion.

Cousin of Alan Dean Foster and Jana Howard.

Cousin-in-law of Neil Bagg.

Aunt of Olivia Howard Bagg.

Studied literature and drama at Sarah Lawrence College.

Look at Lesley Gore. Same person.

Niece of Howie Horwitz.

She was the only female solo act to perform on the star studded "TAMI Show" (1964), one of the first big rock venues of the 1960s. Her million seller "You Don't Own Me", which she performed on that show, predated the era of Women's lib. That song has gained a new life recently, with its inclusion in a women's sportswear commercial.