Magic
Colors -- The Recorded Works of Lesley Gore. This site contains
Vince
Miller's considerable research on Lesley's
recordings, and features scans of record labels, sleeves, jackets,
etc. There are also scans of other Lesley Gore items, and a videography.
Steve's
Lesley Gore page. Here you will find many interesting photographs,
including some of Lesley as a child.
The
All-Music Guide's Lesley Gore page. Here you will find a pretty
good
biography, an album discography (note that they left out "The Canvas
Can
Do Miracles"!), and the opportunity to evaluate Lesley and her albums.
Also, check out their album reviews.
An Interview of Lesley
from People
Online Magazine. She talks about the impact of her music.
A
brief
biography
of Lesley Gore. She actually began
writing
songs long before doing "Fame" (mentioned in this biography). She
co-wrote
(with Syd Shaw) "I'm Coolin', No Foolin'" in 1964 at age 17 (a good
song,
too), and also wrote "Leave Me Alone" during this time all by herself.
If you know of an earlier song she wrote,
please let
me know. The first songs she co-wrote with her brother Michael were "I
Won't Love You Anymore (Sorry)" and "We Know We're In Love", in 1965.
The
story behind
the song "It's My Party". It almost wasn't her song. Sometimes
Quincy
Jones, Lesley Gore's producer (mentioned in this link), would have her
record songs she didn't like, but she would bargain to do them if she
could
do songs she picked. The first song she picked on her own was "You
Don't
Own Me". This song made to to number 2, and would have made number 1
except
for a couple of obscure Beatles songs, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and
"She
Loves You". They were number 1 and 3, with Lesley sandwiched in
between.
Frank's
Oldies Lyrics Archive. Lyrics to a number of Lesley's songs are
here, besides
other singers. Click on G (under Artist) to find Lesley's songs, or go
directly to the
G page here.
Songtext.net.
This is
is a song text site in Germany. You'll need to know a little German to
access it,
but the lyrics to some of Lesley's songs are there (in English).
Kelson's
Broadway MIDIs. Contains a MIDI and the lyrics to Lesley's Academy
Award nominated song, "Out Here On My Own" from "Fame".
Eddie
Rambeau.
A singer and songwriter in
the early 60's. He wrote Diane Renay's "Navy Blue".
Some
info about Les Paul, known mostly for his guitar designs. But he
was also the "father
of multitrack recording". This technique was used extensively in
Lesley's 60's recordings.
