Track Listing

1. It's My Party - Lesley Gore, Quincy Jones, Claus Ogerman, Claus Ogermann
2. Judy's Turn To Cry
3. She's A Fool
4. You Don't Own Me
5. That's The Way Boys Are
6. I Don't Wanna Be A Loser
7. Maybe I Know
8. Hey Now
9. Sometimes I Wish I Were A Boy
10. Look Of Love
11. All Of My Life
12. Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows
13. My Town My Guy And Me
14. I Won't Love You Anymore (Sorry) - Lesley Gore, Shelby Singleton, Alan Lorber
15. We Know We're In Love - Lesley Gore, Shelby Singleton, Alan Lorber
16. Young Love - Lesley Gore
17. California Nights - Bob Crewe, Lesley Gore, Hutch Davie
18. Summer And Sandy - Bob Crewe, Lesley Gore, Hutch Davie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49245 in Music
• Released on: 1999-02-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 44 minutes

Customer Reviews

All the essential hits and most of the minor ones
Even in her American homeland, Lesley didn't have many hits. In Britain, she only had two hits (It's my party and Maybe I know) and only the first of them is famous. Nevertheless, compilations of her music continue to be released at regular intervals.

This particular compilation has all the essential hits, these being It's my party, Judy's turn to cry, She's a fool, Maybe I know, You don't own me, Sunshine lollipops and rainbows, Look of love and my personal favorite, California nights. Most of the other songs here were minor American hits -minor in terms of chart placement but major in quality. You know the way pop music goes - once singers are deemed unfashionable, radio schedulers ignore their music.

With 18 tracks, this compilation is probably just right for most people seeking Lesley's hits of the sixties.

Nobody Knows Where My Johnny Has Gone.....
How we all laughed at that line in our teenage years....but extraordinarily enough this confection of a greatest hits album just gets more & more camp as it skips along.

Lesley Gore sold absolutely charabanc loads of records in the US in the 1960s but was a more limited success in the UK. Like so many of the early 60s singers there are plenty of very serious web sites devoted to the lady with the concrete hair but this somehow misses the point.

I bought this collection with the expectation of listening to it just once but I must admit that it now gets played pretty regularly. I think many of the toons still sound fresh in part because they haven't had years of radio play in the UK. Make no mistake these are all fairly short & simple tracks telling of love & rejection but are very easy to listen to & often have some insidious hooks in the chorus that burp out of your own mouth just when you least expect them to.

If you have heard & like the original Its My Party (that is loads better than that 1980s version by Dave Stewart) then the collection is worth a punt but just promise me you won't write a phd thesis about it (no not even the track called Sometimes I'd rather be a boy or whatever it is called)

The biggest name in girl high school pop
Leslie Gore appeared at a time when record companies were after their own teen girls following the success of Linda Scott and her label also had Diane Ray who charted with a cover of Andrea Carroll's Please don't talk to the lifeguard.
Her first record was actually a cover-the original had been made a year earlier by Helen Shapiro.
Only 2 hits in the U K but she had a run of them in the States with Californian Nights her final chart entry
This represents her most important music