Lesley Gore
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Oct 12, 2026
Darin MurphyGUEST
Okay.
Ed ChenHOST
And Marv, w- who was it? Was it a Lesley Gore record that did that same trick? I don't remember exactly which record.
Ed ChenHOST
I'll have to look that up.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Don't they know it's the end of the world? It ended when you said goodbye.
MichaelPANELIST
Oh.
Marc GoldHOST
Leslie Gore? Listen, great
MiltonPANELIST
song, great hit.
MiltonPANELIST
I don't know
Mike FeinerPANELIST
the name of the song, but I forget the woman's name.
speaker_3PANELIST
Was it Leslie Gore? Oh, no.
speaker_3PANELIST
Oh, no.
Mike FeinerPANELIST
That's the title.
LionelHOST
They grab them and pull them off because they don't want you to produce.
LionelHOST
Remember when Leslie Gore passed away? Remember Clive Davis? clive david now that he's dead doesn't matter leslie gore we knew her she was great remember um it's my party and we went to her kind of like her wake at frank campbell which is the big place but i really liked her a lot i really did and we went there and a lot of people were there by the way you know quincy jones produced her first album quincy jones and leslie gore anyway So we were there and Clive Davis was walking up the steps and we're behind him.
LionelHOST
And he had, he had like a bald spot, like a tonsure or whatever.
LionelHOST
It's like, remember GLH? Great looking hair.
GrammiHOST
It's my party day.
GrammiHOST
And this, my research indicated that it was inspired by a 1963 classic song sung by Lesley Gore.
GrammiHOST
And it was, the song says you can cry if you want to, but focuses on doing what makes you happy.
The Old ManHOST
Yeah.
speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, that's the way boys are
Rick AinleyHOST
Leslie Gore, of course, known for her big hit It's My Party, but that was a kind of a okay hit in the US.
Rick AinleyHOST
That's the Way Boys Are
speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's the way boys are.
Bonnie D. GrahamHOST
We...
Bonnie D. GrahamHOST
They used to call us Sadie Lou's from way back in the day, and if anybody remembers It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want to, Lesley Gore, I ran into her in the bookstore one day.
Bonnie D. GrahamHOST
I just looked at her and said, "Wow, that's Lesley Gore.
Bonnie D. GrahamHOST
I like her music." She was a student, so was Yoko Ono, Barbara Walters.
Bonnie D. GrahamHOST
They were way before my time.
JD McGibneyGUEST
Um, you know, and I, most, for most of my childhood, like, my mother controlled the r- the radio in the car, at home, whatever.
JD McGibneyGUEST
So, like, she, she's, like, a huge fan of, like, the Beach Boys, bubblegum pop, so there's, like, a shit ton of, like, Leslie Gore on, on the radio, like-
Matt AndersonHOST
Yep
JD McGibneyGUEST
... every time.
JD McGibneyGUEST
'Cause we were-
Matt AndersonHOST
...
Matt AndersonHOST
Leslie Gore's on the radio.
Matt AndersonHOST
What station is she listening to?
speaker_7UNKNOWN
Maybe I know that he's been a cheating.
Tommy JHOST
Back from a cracking year, that was 1964, Leslie Gore, Maybe I Know.
Tommy JHOST
We've got both ends of the spectrum from Steve today.
Tommy JHOST
That's Leslie Gore.
Tommy JHOST
This one is a record that was released probably about four or five years ago now.
Tommy JHOST
What a great tune this is.
Mario TrubianoGUEST
Got it.
Paul McKenzieGUEST
Like, take for example Leslie Gore, It's My Party.
Mario TrubianoGUEST
Um, um, you know how much I love-
Paul McKenzieGUEST
Mr. Postman, The Marvelettes Come on
9 MINS LATER
Paul McKenzieGUEST
Well, three of my favorite people, oh, that's a really tough question because I've got literally tens of thousands of people that helped to inspire this, uh, cavalcade of insanity in this head.
Paul McKenzieGUEST
But, um, uh, right now I would have to say, um, I would have to say, uh, uh, [panting] uh, John Coltrane.
Paul McKenzieGUEST
Uh, I would have to say, uh, uh, uh, Leslie Gore.
Paul McKenzieGUEST
And I would have to say, um, hmm, hmm, Eddie Cantor.
RobHOST
On Love Music, you are hearing Bonnie Bowden, which is one reason that the record sounds noticeably different from their classic Brazil '66.
RobHOST
Right before that, truly from 1966, that was Leslie Gore with Off and Running.
RobHOST
An original piece penned by Carole Bayer Sager.
RobHOST
It's arranged by Jack Nitzsche and produced by the great Quincy Jones.
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