25 October 2005
Read an interview of Lesley in the New York Times.

7 June 2005
Lesley's new CD, "Ever Since", is now available for pre-order here! There is a special edition of 1000 copies available signed by Lesley.

25 March 2005
Lesley's new CD, to be titled "Ever Since", will be released on June 28, 2005. Be sure to keep watching the Engine company website for information on advanced sales.

8 March 2005
Lesley has joined Engine Company Records, and is currently working on a new album. Here is the release from Engine Company:
LESLEY GORE JOINS ENGINE COMPANY
This chart topping artist known for such hits as "It's My Party," "You Don't Own Me," "Out Here On My Own," and many others, joins Engine Company with her first studio album in nearly thirty years. The album, currently in production, features songs from Mike Errico, Shimmerplanet's John Fischer, Blake Morgan, and of course, Lesley herself. The band -- Jonathan Ellinghaus (drums), John Turner (bass), Mike Errico (guitars) and Blake Morgan (piano) -- features Engine Company's core, and displays a lush, smoky vision behind Lesley's astonishing vocals. Stay tuned for more news as this historic album comes together.

15 January 2003
Dates to watch for!
March 30 will be the 40th anniversary of the release of "It's My Party".
May 2 is Lesley's birthday.

18-December-2001
Lesley, along with other stars including Lou Christie, will be on CBS-TV's "Hollywood Squares" the week of January 7th. The show, taped on November 7th, will benefit the Helen Keller Worldwide Charity Foundation. Lesley is also to appear on a PBS special, "Let's Do It Again". The air time for this is not known.

10-December-2001
Check out the progress on Lesley's official site. It's looking pretty good!

13-Novemer-2001
The following is from Jack Natoli, Lesley's fan club president:
"Hi, Spoke to the A&E producers today. The biography will air at 8 PM Eastern and Pacific Time (December 7) and will be repeated again that same evening at midnight. The Teen Idols Week includes Buddy Holly (Monday), Brenda Lee (Tuesday), Bobby Vinton (Wednesday), Bobby Rydell (Thursday) and Lesley (Friday). The bio will be available on home video for sale after the airing. It should be available for $14.95 from 1-888-423-1212.Will keep you posted of any further news."

8-Novemer-2001
Lesley's biography on the A&E Cable network is scheduled to air on Decmeber 7. She will be part of "teen idols" week, so you may want to tape all of the shows for that week.

23-March-2001
March 30 is the anniversary of the release of "It's My Party".
May 2 will be Lesley's birthday. If you want to send a birthday card to her, address it to:
Lesley Gore
PO Box 305
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444-0305
Mark the envelope "personal -- please forward".

27-February-2001
Lesley's A&E biography will most likely air sometime between Novenber and January 2002 (see item below).

1-February-2001
Lesley will be the subject of the biography series on the A&E cable channel when they present "Teen Idols Week". This is still in production, and the air date is not yet known. I will post it here when I know it.

20-December-2000
Award winning impressionist artist Lorell Butler has sent me four pictures of her artwork. To see them, click on Lesley's Picture Gallery, then on Visitors Pictures and Fan Artwork, part 2, or click here.

25-September-2000
New CD's by Lesley? Word is that she has been working on a Chistmas CD, and on a CD of "her songs", including the new "millennium" version of "You Don't Own Me", which she has been doing in concerts lately. It has gotten raves from fans who have heard it.

5-June-2000
An official site for Lesley Gore? Yep, it's coming! The domain (www.lesleygore.com) has already been established, as has the service provider (planetnet.com). So it's only a matter of time!

5-April-2000
Lesley's birthday is May 2. If you would like to send her a birthday card, address it to:
  Lesley Gore
  PO Box 305
  Pompton Plains, NJ 07444-0305
Mark the envelope "Personal -- please forward." This is the fan club address, and Jack Natoli, fan club president, will deliver your cards to Lesley.

1-April-2000
Lesley's Place was named Fan Club Site of the Month by US Fan Clubs for the month of April.

13-July-1999
Lesley fulfills a childhood wish tonight as she opens on Broadway. See Lesley's Appearances for more info. The NY Post had this to say about it:
The hottest tickets on Broadway right now are for the two weeks, beginning tomorrow night, when dynamite Lesley Gore guest stars in the long-running "Smokey Joe's Cafe". Gore is riding the '60s pop revival and draws huge crowds across the nation. The little girl with the big voice recently wowed them in Nashville, where she appeared on a bill with the likes of Graham Nash, Mac Davis, Paul Williams, and Jackson Brown. The Tennessean newspaper's review called Gore's performance "one of the night's biggest surprises", and compared her to Judy Garland.
See the Tennessean review they mentioned here.

27-May-1999
Sorry, folks, Lesley will NOT be going on the cruise to Mexico and Honduras as reported previously. Watch the "Lesley's Appearances" section for more appearance info, though.

2-May-1999
Today is Lesley's birthday. Happy birthday, Lesley!

22-April-1999
I've added the cover and an interesting article from the September 1963 issue of "Song Hits" Magazine to the Picture Gallery.

30-March-1999
Today is the anniversary of the release of "It's My Party".
May 2 will be Lesley's birthday. If you want to send a birthday card to her, address it to:
  Lesley Gore
  PO Box 305
  Pompton Plains, NJ 07444-0305
Mark the envelope "personal -- please forward".
Here is a brief review from Jack about Lesley's appearance at Queens Theater in the Park.
Lesley started at 3 pm and sang for 45 minutes. Then there was a 15 minute intermission, Lesley changed outfits, and returned to do another 50 minutes! She sang almost every song she did at all the Rainbow and Stars shows. She looked and sounded fantastic and the show was sold out! Despite the horrible weather, it was a real treat! -- Jack

27-February-1999
I have added a "Lesley's Appearances" section to the site. Go to this section to see when and where Lesley will be performing.

24-February-1999
Lesley will be at the "Rock and Roll Revival" at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, on March 6 at 7 pm, along with with Lou Christie, Brian Hiland, Sam the Sham, and Little Eva. Ticket prices range from $25.75 to $51. For tickets, call 831-420-5260 or fax 831-420-5261.

10-February-1999
Lesley will be at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA, on April 24, at 8 pm, with the Happenings. Tickets are $25. Reservations & Information: 1-800-648-4102 or (717) 397-7700. Fax Orders: 1-800-648-3996 or (717) 397-7850. There is a $3 service charge added to phone orders.

8-February-1999
Lesley will be at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City from March 30 through April 5, with Lou Christie.

5-February-1999
VCR Alert! The AMC cable channel will show the movie "The Girls On The Beach" on Saturday February 6th at 10:30 pm Eastern time, and on Sunday the 7th at 4:30 am. Lesley sings three songs in this movie. A rare Beach Boys concert video will be shown after the movie.

29-January-1999
Lesley Gore will appear at the Grand Festival, which is to be held at the Sun City Grand retirement community in Surprise, Arizona on the 6th and 7th of February, along with Fabian, Joey Dee, and some others. This is in the Phoenix area. Lesley will be on at 1 pm each day, and the event is free.

23-January-1999
Lesley is on a new CD!
Lesley Gore sings "All One Family" on a new CD called "Sounds for the Soul". This CD was released by the New Jersey Benefit Project, to raise funds for some Northern New Jersey charities. There are several other artists on the CD, including Bruce Springsteen and Gloria Gaynor. You can read an article about the CD here, and you will find info on how to order one here.

18-January-1999
Here are a couple of Lesley's upcoming appearances. Thanks to Jim Alio for this info.
April 24, 1999, at the American Music Theatre, Lancaster, PA, with The Happenings.
August 8-15, 1999, Texaribbean Cruise to Mexico & Honduras, with The Marvelettes and The Shirelles on board as well. Go to acecruises.com for more info. Prices start at $986.00 for the cruise, which leaves out of Houston.

5-January-1999
Thanks to diligent voting by her fans, Lesley Gore was the Top Woman of the Month on the Women Celebrities site for December, 1998.

28-December-1998
VCR Alert! The AMC cable channel will be showing the movie "The Girls On The Beach" at 10:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday January 2, and 4:30 am Sunday January 3. Consult your listings for time and channel in your area.

4-December-1998
Another Lesley Gore site! See the Memory Go-Round's site here. They have a lot of 50's and 60's memorabilia for sale, including two audio tape collections of songs from live TV appearances by various stars. Both sets have Lesley Gore on them. For track listings and ordering instructions, click here. To see Memory Go-Rounds main page, go here.

Vote for Lesley Gore as the Women Celebrities' Favorite Famous Woman of the Month for December. To vote, go here.

26-November-1998
There's another Lesley Gore site on the web. Check out Craig's Lesley Gore Page. Craig is 13, and has done a fine job.

24-November-1998
Lesley will appear in "The Last Blast of 1998" at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Besides Lesley Gore, the show will feature Little Anthony & The Imperials, Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon, The Angels, Eddie Holman, and Mark Lindsay, the former lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Tickets are on sale at the Blaisdell box office and all Connection outlets at $35 for dance level and loges, and $25 for upper level seats. Tickets also may be charged 24 hours a day by calling 545-4000 from Oahu or 1-800-333-3388 from the neighbor islands. (From the mainland -- I'm not sure what to call.)

10-November-1998
I have removed the chat room from this site (which wasn't being used), and replaced it with an email discussion list. Just click on "Lesley's Discussion List" on the main page to join, or click here.

13-Oct-1998
VCR Alert! The AMC cable channel will show the movie "Ski Party" at 12 am Eastern time on Saturday the 17th (that's Friday midnight). That's 11pm Friday the 16th, Central time, and 9 pm Pacific time. Lesley is in this movie, and sings "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows".

20-Sep-1998
This site has been selected by Women Celebrities and is now in their database.

17-Sep-1998
Lesley will be at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse, NY on November 21 at 7:30 pm, with Lou Christie, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, The Outsiders and some other rock legends. Tickets are $26.50 or $24.50.

26-Aug-1998
Jack Natoli, president of the Lesley Gore Fan Club, now has email! His email address is jacknatoli@prodigy.net.

24-Aug-1998
Looking for a track listing for a particular CD? There is a new web service called the CD Database, which is attempting to have track listings for every CD ever published. I put a link to them on the main page, at "Lesley's Discography".

20-Aug-1998
There's a new Lesley Gore site on the web! Check out Gary Koonz's new site here.

6-Aug-1998
We won! This site won "Out of the Shadows" site of the week! Thanks to all who voted. The award was given late due to the illness of Danielle's grandmother. Danielle operates the Shadows ring, and if you would like to email her a message of sympathy, click here.

5-Aug-1998
Pollstar is now reporting Lesley's tour dates. According to them, she will be at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on the 15th of August, and at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville on the 25th of August.
I have added the Ultimate Band List's Lesley Gore pages to my links. They have the same biography as the All-Music Guide, but a different picture. They also have a link to Pollstar and other links.

4-Aug-1998
This page has a new easy-to-remember URL: http://listen.to/lesley. The old URL still works, and must be used if you want to access one of the sub-pages. For example, if you wanted to access the discography directly, you would use http://www.flash.net/~pswayne/lesdisc.htm. The new URL points only to the Flash Net site, not the Xoom mirror site.
I have the mysterious missing lyrics to "Just Let Me Cry". These are some additional lyrics that were written, but not used in the recorded song.

31-July-1998
This site has been nominated for "Out of the Shadows" site of the week. Now it's time to vote! To do this, go here and vote for "A Tribute to Lesley Gore". And while you are there, please nominate my Melanie Safka site for next week's contest. Just put this in the Nomination blank: "A Tribute to Melanie Safka (http://www.flash.net/~pswayne/melanie.htm)".

28-July-1998
A fan found this page while surfing around. There are two stories about Lesley here.

24-July-1998
Help this site become the "Out of the Shadows" site of the week. The first step is to nominate it. To do this, go here, vote for one of the sites in the current nominations, and put the following in the Nomination blank: "A Tribute to Lesley Gore (http://www.flash.net/~pswayne/lgore.htm)". Note: you must vote for one of the current nominations in order for your nomination to count.

13-July-1998
VH1 is going to show "The Girls On The Beach" again this friday night, at 8 pm Eastern time.

3-July-1998
The Rhino anthology, "Sunshine, Lollypops and Rainbows" is now scheduled to be released on the 14th of July.

24-June-1998
I have modified my page to make it more user friendly for vision impared persons. The various pages are now accessable via text links as well as the original graphic buttons.
For confirmation that Lesley will be in "A Capitol Fourth", go here and click on images. The PBS satellite will feed this show at 8 pm and 10:30 pm Eastern time on the Fourth. Be sure to check your listings to see when your PBS station will show it (they may tape-delay it to any time, such as 9 pm).

23-June-1998
Lesley will perform in concert for the annual "A Capitol Fourth" July 4th celebration in Washington. The show will be nationally televised by PBS on the evening of July 4, 1998. Check your listings. Not all PBS stations will carry this show at the same time, and some will precede it with last year's special. (Frank Dixon gave me the original news of this, and I looked up the show to try to get the time. PBS's own site does not list Lesley on the show, but they don't list everybody on it.

22-June-1998
Lesley's upcoming appearances:
 

• 11 July:  Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledford, Conn., with Martha Reeves and Ronnie Spector, in a show called "Legendary Ladies".The tickets are on sale now and are $35 and $25.
• 28 July to 2 August:  Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, with Lou Christie. For reservations call 609-441-5165. All tickets are $30. There will be one show nightly at 7 pm except Saturday at 7 and 10 pm.
• 15 August:  Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa. One show with Chubby Checker, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell. For ticket info call 800-545-FAIR or 515-262-3111.