Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore died yesterday at the relatively young age of 68. Of course, she also got her musical start young, hitting #1 at the tender age of 17 with “It’s My Party”. While she was best known for that song, the follow-up “Judy’s Turn To Cry”, and the feminist-before-its-time “You Don’t Own Me”, my personal favorite was always “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows” (which I learned just today was featured prominently in the hit animated movie Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs).

Was able to see her 8 years ago at BlackRock in Germantown, so I’ll have to add her to the list of performers I was fortunate enough to catch while they were still with us.