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.