Lesley Gore: · Lesley Sue Goldstein was born on 2 nd May 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. · She was only 16 when she met her producer, Quincy Jones. · She recorded demos which got to Quincy Jones through an agent. · Despite all the attention she got, Lesley stayed at school and continued studying. · One of her songs that stood out was ‘You Don’t Own Me’ an unapologetic declaration that women are not objects that men can possess and control. The song was written by the male songwriting duo John Madera and Dave White, but Gore inspired teenage girls to not let boys push them around. The song stayed at number 2 in the charts for weeks, coming second to The Beatles’ ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’. · Gore said: "When I first heard that song at the age of 16 or 17, femi...
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