You Don't Own Me: The Life and Times of Lesley Gore

You Don't Own Me: The Life and Times of Lesley Gore

1963 â€“ tail fins were in, sock hops were hot, and a fairytale white knight was president., That summer, sixteen year-old singer Lesley Gore released her debut single, â€œIt's My Party â€ propelling her to Number One on the charts., For the next several years, the crowned Princess of Pop dominated the radio with a string of hits including â€œJudy's Turn to Cry â€ â€œShe's A Fool â€ â€œSunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows â€ and the rousing anthem for independence, â€œYou Don't Own Me â€ making her the most successful and influential solo female artist of the 60s., But beneath the bubblegum faÃ§ade was a girl squirming against social and professional pressures to simply be herself and to forge a future where she could write and perform music beyond the trappings of teenage angst and love triangles., Assembled over five years of research and interviews, this is the first and long overdue biography of Lesley Gore, one of pop music's pioneering Mothers, which chronicles her meteoric rise to fame, her devastating fall from popularity and struggle for relevance in the 1970s, and her reemergence as a powerful songwriter, political activist, and camp icon., The biography includes behind-the-scenes stories about the making of her hit records, debunks or clarifies popular myths about her career, and places her remarkable life and times within a historical context to reveal how her music was both impacted by, and contributed to, each decade of her astounding fifty-year career.
Country USA
Brand Backbeat
Manufacturer Backbeat
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 146488
ReleaseDate 2015-08-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 888680070526
EANs 9781495024412

Country	USA
Brand	Backbeat
Manufacturer	Backbeat
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	146488
ReleaseDate	2015-08-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	888680070526
EANs	9781495024412

You Don't Own Me: The Life and Times of Lesley Gore

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