NEW YORK -- Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own ...

The Lesley Gore story often ends less than a year after her career began. The underheralded New Yorker with the pristine voice enjoyed incredible success at 17 with four top-10 hits. However, there’s ...

Services are being held in New York Thursday for 1960s music icon Lesley Gore, best known for the hit, "It's My Party," which she recorded when she was just 16. Gore died of lung cancer Monday, ...

We talk a lot, here at Monkey See, about movies and television, often giving you (as we did earlier today) a heads-up about what's on tap for tonight or the weekend. One thing that we don't usually ...

Sixties pop star Lesley Gore died this morning (2/16) at age 68 after a battle with lung cancer. Discovered by Quincy Jones, the Brooklyn-born singer scored a #1 hit with her first single “It’s My ...

This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred before the time frame of NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums By Women. It feels understated that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Reid Wilson, a 14-year-old singer from Montgomery, stepped onto the America’s Got Talent stage, his nerves were palpable. But ...

Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry," and the feminist ...

Gore died of cancer on Monday. By The Associated Press Lesley Gore - H 2015 A singer-songwriter who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst “It’s My Party” and followed it up ...

Gore's other feminism-themed hit, "You Don't Own Me," was famously covered by Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn in the 1996 film The First Wives Club. The latter song was also featured in a ...

Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who scored a massive hit in 1963 with “It’s My Party,” died Monday. She was 68. Gore’s partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson, told the Associated Press that she died of ...