Lesley Gore - The Best of Lesley Gore: 20th Century Masters-(Millennium Collection)
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Artist: Lesley GoreEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-09-26
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
- It's My Party
- Judy's Turn To Cry
- She's A Fool
- You Don't Own Me
- That's The Way Boys Are
- I Don't Want To Be A Loser
- Maybe I Know
- Hey Now
- Look Of Love
- Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows
- My Town, My Guy And Me
- California Nights
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Music Review: Lesley Gore as the undisputed Queen of Sixties Adolescent Angst
Rating: 4 Stars
I saw Lesley Gore described as a "one-hit wonder," which certainly struck a wrong chord with me. While she hit #1 with her very first release "It's My Party" in 1963, she was had a lot more hits even if none of them made it all the way to the top. Her follow-up song, "Judy's Turn To Cry" made it to #5 and so did "She's a Fool." In 1964 "You Don't Own Me," the proto-feminist anthem that is arguably her best song, made it to #2. That same year "Maybe I Know" made it to #14 and "That's the Way the Boys Are" to #12. Even in the wake of the British Invasion ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" was #1 when "You Don't Own Me" was right behind it) she made it back to the Top 20 in 1967 with "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows" and "California Nights."
You should not be surprised that she was this successful because Lesley Gore was one of the dominant female singers associated with the "girl group" sound in the early 1960s, who had Quincy Jones producing most of her early sessions and doing double-track vocals of songs written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry, and Marvin Hamlisch. The result is that Gore was as commercially successful a female solo singer as there was on the face of the planet during this period. Obviously we are not talking about the lady singing soul, but while other practitioners of the angst of adolescent yearning would come and go (e.g., Shelley Faberas and "Johnny Angel"), Gore personified the idea for several profitable years. The problem was that "It's My Party" and "Judy's Turn to Cry" started Gore out with the image of a whinny teenybopper and when you consider her entire catalogue those songs do not define the mainstream of her work which goes in the other direction as this hits collection amply proves.
There are only a dozen tracks on "20th Century Masters: The Best of Lesley Gore," and there are several Lesley Gore hit collections that have all of these songs and the proverbial much, much more. Consequently, they would be better buys, ergo the four-star rating. But in terms of limiting yourself to just a dozen Lesley Gore this list is perfect. That is because whoever picked the non-hits did a great job by selecting "The Look of Love," "Hey Now," and "My Town, My Guy and Me." ("I Don't Want to be a Loser" charted at #37 and "Hey Now" was at #76, so I guess I operationally define a hit as Top 40). This is a very good Lesley Gore hit collection given the limited number of tracks, but there are better out there to be found, so take that into account when deciding if this is the one you want to get it.
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