Ed. note: Lesley Gore, one of the first female teen pop stars of the '60s, died Monday of cancer in her native New York. She was 68. The singer was many things to many people — Gore's coming out in ...

In 1963, when she was only 16, Lesley Gore recorded one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history, It's My Party, and I'll Cry If I Want To. Gore has stayed in the business since the 60s, and she ...

In a lot of the big hits of the early ’60s, there’s a kind of queasy racial dynamic at work. White songwriters, managers, label execs, and producers would team up with a talented young black singer or ...

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Sixties pop star Lesley Gore died this morning (2/16) at age 68 after a battle with lung cancer. Discovered by Quincy Jones, the Brooklyn-born singer scored a #1 hit with her first single “It’s My ...

The artiste who helped Quincy Jones score his first number one hit in America, and inspired pop culture has died. A Ayomide O. Tayo Follow Female iconic singer Lesley Gore on Monday, February 16, 2015 ...

Many of The Beatles‘ songs reached No. 1. For example, one of their early tracks prevented Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” from topping the charts in the United States. Notably, a famous musician ...

Lesley Gore's scorching performance at the College of Staten Island last night could have easily set off the venue's smoke alarms. The system did, in deed, go off mid-way through the show, though ...