Lesley Gore, of "Its My Party" fame, Died today at the Age of 68. She sang that song when she was 17 and still in high school. Produced by Quincy Jones, it topped the charts in June 1963. The song, about a girl whose party is ruined when she catches her
boyfriend, Johnny, with a rival, became a pop hit. The follow-ups, "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "She's a Fool," were in a
similar teen-love vein, but Gore's next hit, "You Don't Own Me," was
something else entirely. "We loved her and we are very sad. She was an incredibly powerful, incredibly beautiful talent," Blake Morgan a family friend stated.
This relates to the 20's when people started to become celebrities due to there fame, or infamy! This shows that even though her hit song was 68 years ago, she is still considered a part of american history which is what we are studying.
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