2007-02-12 03:10:19 · 11 answers · asked by Sean M 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Singer Lesley Gore sang “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I want to”. It got to number 9 in June 1963. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin also had a hit with the song and got to number 1 in September 1981.
Lesley Gore was born in New Jersey in 1946 and she was just 16 when she had a hit with “It’s My Party”. The song only reached number 9 in the UK but was a USA number 1 and is still probably her best known song.
In the UK she only had one other hit – “Maybe I know” which reached number 20 in September 1964, but her career was much bigger in America with a further 16 hit singles and a total of 11 albums, the most recent of which was released in 2005.
She was one of the most popular singers in the USA and Canada throughout the 1960s, although her public appearances were limited to weekends as she was also attending the Sarah Lawrence College, a private coeducational liberal arts college in New York.
Although she enjoyed popularity in USA, it was fairly short lived – her first hit in 1963 and her last major hit coming just 4 years later in 1967. She performed “California Nights” on the Batman TV series in the episode in which she starred as one of Catwoman’s minions.
She continued to be successful as a songwriter including writing songs for the soundtrack to the film “Fame”. The song “Out Here on My Own” performed by Irene Cara won her a an Academy Award nomination.
2007-02-12 03:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by keirah™Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leslie Gore
2007-02-12 03:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Robert B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barbara Gaskin and Dave Stewart in 1981. Leslie Gore sang the original back in the early sixties. Also it really annoys me when someone puts the wrong answer in, see's what other people have answered with then totally changes thier answer. Editing i don't mind but changing your answer after seeing other peoples is just crappy.
2007-02-12 03:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lesley Gore
2007-02-12 03:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesly gore 1963
2007-02-12 03:16:19 · answer #5 · answered by sulzar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leslie Gore.
2007-02-12 03:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesley Gore sang it originally, but I think Blondie sang her own version too?
2007-02-12 03:16:39 · answer #7 · answered by zweebob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As above - Tracy Ullman also did a version with Neil Kinnock (the then Labour leader) in the video.
2007-02-12 03:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by Petra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leslie Gore , dusty springfield, me on a very drunk night. LOL
2007-02-12 03:14:59 · answer #9 · answered by Lynda27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the modern version barbara gaskin
2007-02-12 03:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by TEL BOY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋