I'm 17 and Lesley Gore was and always will be a huge inspiration to me as a singer and a person. I wrote her a letter just a few months before she passed and I got the sweetest reply, along with an autographed photo. Miss Gore was an amazing human being and I will miss her. But I will always have her wonderful songs to listen to.
Young man, what a wonderful sentiment! To appreciate such a great voice, and class such as Lesley is commendable. At your age, to know what a real singer sounds like, tells of your musical appreciation. Yes, she was inspirational. I loved her as a youth, and still do even after her passing. It's remarks like yours that tell me there's redemption for the youth of today when it comes to musical appreciation. I loved her the moment I heard "You Don't Own Me", and "Sunshine Lollipops".
I wish Lesley Gore was as sweet in her reply to me when I met her in 1980. She was one of my customers and I complemented her on her performance on the TAMI show which was playing at a revival movie theatre in town. She responded by being extremely nasty. She turned into the wicked witch of the East. I am not kidding.
@@skipandslide I understand how you would doubt it. Her public image comes across as being sweet and nice. But my experience with her proved different. But I forgive her and I am still a fan.
In this particular episode of The Mike Douglas Show, Lesley Gore sure sounds more jazzy than all of her previous regular musical scores. I just loved her Brooklyn articulated accent. Thank you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦
Loved this video of the beautiful & incredible Lesley. But I also just wanted to say how struck I was by hearing Lesley Gore & Barry Goldwater have a completely civilized political discussion in which they were able to disagree without being insulting, nasty, snide, or even anything less than just totally respectful and even KIND to each other. What a different world we have today! RIP Lesley, you were wonderful.
@@jackjules7552 Actually, Lesley described herself as very much an activist. She got involved in activism at Sarah Lawrence College; first volunteering for Robert F Kennedy’s presidential campaign; later she worked with Bella Abzug in the women’s rights movement. She described Congresswoman Abzug as her "mentor" in activism. “She kind of mentored me as to what’s important for women." During the 2012 presidential election, Lesley Gore organized a PSA that advocated for women’s reproductive rights. She was an activist for feminism and gay rights; wrote music for women's rights campaigns; and she hosted a Lesbian & Gay public television show, called "In The Life." So, it's not that SHE wasn't an activist. What I was commenting on is that it's that OUR culture has changed. Discourse ha gotten worse since the 60s. Especially around Conservativism; that's what has changed. I was commenting more that it's GOLDWATER who is the one who getting along with Lesley, not the other way around! Goldwater would not be tolerated by today's Conservatives. Notice, there is no insulting, snide, or condescending attitude coming from HIM, the way you would see today from a Rep. Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Gaetz; (to say nothing of political pundits like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity who are even worse in their displays of contempt and insulting accusations.) It's not that Lesley changed. Lesley was always kind and polite, and not because she "was no activist," but because she didn't use activist politics as an excuse to be personally rude and insulting to people. There didn't seem to be a rude bone in her body.
@@jackjules7552 she did'nt get along with Goldwater she just showed her class by cutting him to the quick with words . She was a lady about the debate , using her soft spoken words . Have no idea where you think she got along with goldwater pretty sure it was agree'd apon before hand to keep it civil.
@@anonyarena Yes, I know of her activist activities. But I have to disagree with you about her always being kind and polite. When I met her for the first time she was exceptionally scary rude. She came into my place of employment in 1980 and I gave her a one sentence compliment about her work in the TAMI show which at the time was being shown in a movie theatre in New York City. Her response was to give me a look of such contempt accompanied with a verbal dagger that cut right through. A friend of mine at work told me that she really doesn't respond well to compliments of her past work. Sorry. So much for her not having a rude bone in her body.
@@jackjules7552 Sorry to hear that you had that experience, although I've never heard anyone else who met her or who has known her express a similar story. As you know, it's always possible to catch someone on a bad day, over even to innocently compliment someone in such a way that's misinterpreted and comes across to them as a backhanded compliment which strikes them the wrong way (as in, "hey, you used to be good way back when,") even if that's not how it was said. Everyone is only human, and subject to their own interpretations. Again, sorry to hear that happened to you.
In my opinion, one of the greatest artists of all time. What's sad is that Mercury Records claimed she owed them $175,000 when they dropped her around the time this show aired. After years of litigation she finally saw earnings from her many slew of hits in 1989! In her words she was one of the "lucky ones."
Well maybe Lesley did owe Mercury records $175,000. From what I read of the case, Mercury claimed that because of Lesley's many failed recordings that she actually cost them money that they never recovered. From 1968 through 1970 Mercury released numerous singles and albums of Lesley's that sold poorly and in most cases did not even make the charts. Mercury blamed Lesley for the failure of her post 1967 recordings and released her from her contract around 1970, leaving Mercury with a huge debt. Mercury invested a lot of money in Lesley's recordings with their lush and expensive orchestrations. Even Lesley herself stated that it was not uncommon for her to walk into a recording session and find 20 background singers and an entire orchestra ready to support her recording of a song. Many of Lesley's recordings were starting to fail as early as 1966 but then she would rebound with a hit. However, having a hit for Lesley after 1967 no longer seemed possible.
@@jackjules7552 I actually enjoy her live singing more than the recorded music. My opinion is that the music was overproduced. She's so lively and expressive in her live singing that it made her reco I really noticed that in her TAMI performance. All the orchestra stuff and background singers were unnecessary. It was a jazz singing demo that got her discovered. She came off like a professional jazz singer. Lesley pointed out that were a lot of jazz elements to the songs that she sang. She even mentioned that It's My Party had some too.
Sorry, I don't agree. She got ripped off by the record company. She sign NO contract with them that said "I, Lesley Gore will be responsible for any records not sold". That's b.s. and record companies KNOW THIS. She made them millions of dollars and they paid her next to nothing in comparison to what she made for them. If a film fails in the theater do the actors owe the studio? They used that b.s. excuse to not pay her. According to Lesley herself she only received ONE check from the record company (I think for around 20G), that was ALL until she took legal action. I'm just glad she fought and won for the monies that was right fully hers@@jackjules7552
I love her voice and look. I grew up on r & b, but something about her voice caused me to seek out her music. I met her about 10 years ago, and she was gracious, charming, witty, and cute.
One of the great voices of the 60's. Thank you for posting. I miss how good talk shows were back then - today's "talk" shows seem to be formula driven and promotional in nature. Today it's about the gag -back then it was about intelligent conversation .
You are absolutely correct about television talk shows in the past. Whether hosted by the warm and friendly Mike Douglas and Dinah Shore, the witty-but-sensitive Jack Paar, the bright but sometimes pretentious Dick Cavett, the amiably chatty Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin (the latter who, in later years, had a penchant for theme programs), the convivial and sharp Tom Snyder, or the truly intellectual William Buckley and David Susskind, TV talk shows of the 1950s through '80s were about real conversation, the hosts more often asking.insightful questions of and actually listening to their guests, and the guests (for the most part) remaining through the program and sometimes interacting with their fellow guests. Today, TV talk shows are more rigidly formatted, with an endless stream of tireless (and often tiresome) self-promoters who say the same things on many different programs. The guests of TV talk shows today are mostly from the entertainment sphere, not as many more serious guests (such as authors and interesting non-celebrities), in part because viewers read less and are less culturally aware than in the past. Ellen DeGeneres has merely replaced Oprah Winfrey as the host of a superficial, politically correct show with a following that is almost cult-like but offers nothing of substance.
Today's late-night talk show hosts are so clueless, and the shows are so rigidly formatted, the star cannot even stay and "join the panel" as in the past. Those were the days.
What a class act. Very versatile. Her greatest hits CD is very uplifting and positive. I loved the recent jazz styling of her hits. She will be missed. RIP Lesley.
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer. It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor. She did two Soul songs in 1968.
In the 60's, Lesley appeared on the Mike Douglas Show on the following dates: 7/11/1966, 1/10/1967, 5/8/1967, 1/29/1968, 6/10/1968, 11/5/1968, 4/4/1969 10/3/1969, 11/10/1969 This is the 11/10/1969 appearance. The appearance from 1/29/1968 and prior are considered the rarest. But this video is truly a treasure, as are all videos of Lesley from the 60's.
would love to all of her appearances on Mike , gives a closer look at who she really was , loved Goldwater s comment about it looked good from behind too , today he would have been ridden out of town on a rail ..lol..
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Lesley Gore was the top female singer in her day. Everyone should buy her greatest hits CD and hear how great she was!
Wow...not only can ,Lesley Gore sing so magnificently,but she is also such an articulate speaker against the Vietnam War. Moreover,she speaks her mind so clearly, sitting right next to Sen. Barry Goldwater...it's an awesome performance!
Lesley Gore was one of at least two younger pop music singers (the other being Tommy James, of Tommy James & The Shondells) who, in 1968, publicly supported the brief presidential candidacy of Senator Robert Kennedy. In fact, I read somewhere Gore was a member of a group enlisting college students' support of RFK. That took some independence, as many more affluent college students supported Senator Eugene McCarthy (the first Democrat presidential candidate to break with Lyndon Johnson over the Vietnam War) for the '68 Democrat presidential nomination, precisely because RFK waited a bit longer (calculatedly analyzing the prevailing political winds) to break with LBJ and announce his own candidacy. In hindsight, of course Bary Goldwater proved to be correct, both that Lyndon Johnson was not the "peace candidate" he pretended to be in 1964 and about many other political and social issues where liberals (many among them Marxists with an agenda) advanced the erosion of the United States' system and values, with wasteful government spending that continues to bankrupt the U.S. to this day. I loved (and still do) Lesley Gore's music. But I have also lived long enough to have evolved from her naive political thinking (at least as expressed in this TV appearance). I also wonder if, by 2015, Gore was still as politically liberal as in this TV appearance from decades ago. As one old adage goes, "A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged." But more broadly, with age often comes more experience and wisdom to view the world more realistically than through the rose-colored glasses of youth.
She was a 1968 graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, English Lit. major, one smart cookie. Think about it, she' has classes and is appearing on Ed Sullivan & Batman at the same time and then does a concert tour over summer vacation.
wow lesley gore such a great artist and she never lost her talent like some of the artist from that time period . she will always be great . I had the oppertunity to meet her at two concerts and once in manhattan . I will always be a very big fan of hers . she was wonderful then and she is wonderful now . thank you for posting this great clip .
I was fortunate enough to see her in Funny Girl on tour in 1968. It was a theater in the round and in her first entrance, she was standing right next me waiting for her cue. I had been such a fan since 1963 and I almost passed out when I realized she was inches from me.
Had to be 2nd hand smoke. All the clubs she played in throughout her career. She's definitely in a better place where she continues to entertain in Heaven ;-)
The MIKE DOUGLAS house band is really cookin'. This jazz style of music really suits Miss Lesley's vocal delivery. It's a shame she never made an album focusing on Jazz/vocals like this. Her classic hits are great but this brassy, jazzy kind of music really showcases her amazing talent. Anthony Reichardt Santa Ana, California
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer. It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor. She did two Soul songs in 1968.
I was so shocked when i read she had passed away! i love her voice ! i watched her over and over in the two episodes in the Batman tv series in blue ray the week she passed .Sure my favorite episodes of the series .She did so good and she sang California Nights and Maybe now. She played so well her role as " Pussycat" she was so beautiful! RIP dear Lesley!
As if it wasn't bad enough that we lost Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, Gene Pitney and Rick Nelson---now Lesley Gore leaves us, too. Please say it ain't so.
wow, here Leslie is singing a rhythm and blues song to my surprise perfectly -- her own version -- sit down you're rocking the boat! mmmmm love her paige boy hair do sure do miss those talk shows!
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer. It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor. She did two Soul songs in 1968.
She was truly a great singer and performer! As per her cancer, she either was subjected to second-hand smoke, or she just simply developed the cancer, as one of my (non-smoking) aunts did. Sad.
Yes, she was a very nice singer. But her record company dropped her in 1969 because she started singing in a different style than the public was used to hearing. Her record company told her to stop trying to imitate Joni Mitchell and go back to the singing style that made her famous.
Interesting you wrote that, as Patty Duke's hit single "Don't Just Stand There" (at least before the bridge of the song) bears a similarity to Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me." I am certain it was calculated on the part of Duke';s handlers to give her a sound similar to Gore's. And the two women also resembled one anther.
I saw her in concert some years ago at the Mohegan casino...she was sooo awesome, revealed who "Johnny" was in her songs. Anyway, she was still quite a 'looker" at that time. One of my faves from back in the 70's, she always had my "ear" and always will...GOD, baby girl, RIP. a foverever fan. GPM-53.
Leslely's GIRL TALK album was a gem! It was originally released in 1964 on Mercury Records. Then around 1968 it was re-released on the MERCURY WING label (minus two songs). Also around that time, it was re-released on the WING label as a two-record set titled THE SOUND OF YOUNG LOVE. The other record in the set was LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (a re-issue of LESLEY GORE SINGS ALL ABOUT LOVE).
+fgldnglbs Were people actually civil, listened to on another, and more respectful to another back then, were as today everyone is all about who is right and wrong in wrathful ways.
quality333 I know what you mean about Lesley Gore's speaking voice, although it didn't bother me. She sounded a bit like Wayne Newton (who was actually rather androgynous when a younger man, and resembled a young k.d. lang; or is it that Lang resembled a young Wayne Newton?) or singer-songwriter Paul Williams. All three--Gore, Newton & Williams-- had this rather husky or raspy speaking voice with a trace of a lisp.
Wayne Newton oh man you hit that one on the nose. Im thinking she might have gone lesbian due to being dumped by so many guys in her songs it could have carried over in real life.
How nice it is to see two people with radically different views disagree civilly and with respect. It's why I respect Lelsey and respected Barry Goldwater
@@fomalhauto If I did not respect everybody who has different opinions then mine I would respect nobody and have no life. But few understand this nowadays, the problem is a lot worse then when I first commented on this video 8 years ago.
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer. It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor. She did two Soul songs in 1968. Mercury Records didn't think that they fit the image that they had for her, and so those two Soul songs weren't played. She sang jazz and soul when she was performing. A lot of her vocal style was jazz and soul like. BTW...some of her hit songs were R&B and not just Pop/Rock too. It's My Party topped both the pop and R&B charts. Pop is actually vague...It's referring to what's Popular..........Many music genres can fall into Pop. She never wanted to be just a pop singer. She wanted to do a lot more. She was capable of doing a lot more. She was trying to evolve and expand as a singer. She was doing the work, but it wasn't accepted because it didn't fit with the image that was made for her. Too many people tried to fit her into a box. She wasn't allowed to be herself. She loved Afro-oriented music. Etta James was one of the singers that mentioned that was one of her influences. She worked with more than one African American producer. After Lesley died, Quincy Jones referred to her as an incredibly soulful singer/songwriter.
Her 1968 Soul songs they sound like something from the 70s she even kinda raps in Take Good Care (Of My Heart) her sense of rhythm is outstanding , and it shows in her vocals constantly when she sings songs in general I'll Be Standing By ruclips.net/video/gglUxP8mh_M/видео.html Take Good Care (Of My Heart) ruclips.net/video/UjTuSgasrAc/видео.html Her jazz singing demos when she was 16 16 year old Lesley Gore "LOVE YOUR MAGIC SPELL" - jazz dance track unreleased ruclips.net/video/dEbz24xKeu8/видео.html 16 year old Lesley Gore "TRAVEL ON" - jazz dance track unreleased ruclips.net/video/Wk6aU0LjzZc/видео.html PINK PUSSYCAT Lesley Gore MYRON EARHARDT DEMOS 1962 ruclips.net/video/qn2IqAA7jEU/видео.html
"In your heart, you know he's right." [Goldwater campaign slogan in 1964] My first vote ever was an absentee ballot cast for Barry Goldwater while I was on active duty in the United States Army. I knew he was right about a number of key issues, foreign and domestic, and had that confirmed as LBJ went on to wreak havoc on our society, damage that changed the face of America to this day. In his last years, Senator Goldwater seemed to undergo a strange transformation in this thinking, but for most of his life, his was a strong voice for reason and the constitutional limitations on the excesses of government.
Eliezer Pennywhistler That's a bit harsh. Are there guidelines for comments that preclude personal reflections on the content of the videos? I can certainly live with your indifference, but your unprovoked hostility seems at the edge of civil behavior.
@@heartpursuer I agree i watched many coffins come home and i lived in a small down...teenagers...the others sent home as shells ...destroyed by what really happened over there...good boys who were alter boys and great kids...only to be taught to kill women and children to survive...yes Goldwater was right should have leveled them quickly and be done...so many young men and women died for nothing...just like with this stupid war we are in now...so many dying ...for what ?
She was so BIG when I went into College.. Saw her live in Des Moines during a 60's Reunion of singers... it was FABULOUS... all the BIGS were there... "YOU DON"T OWN ME" was her BEST!
What if she changed herself with another person? With an imposter. She looks completely different if you compare her from 1967, California Nights to 1969 and onwards. She doesn't look the same and it is only 2 years in between. Her voice, her looks and the way how she talks.
I wish someone could post the video of Lesley singing "Hey Jude/Cry Me a River" from The Ed Sullivan Show. Does anyone know the date of that performance?
yes it was a great discussion hearing both sides of the issue -- I don't know though going in with great force what would that have accomplished? They did that in Iraq a tiny country and all of it was lies -- service men are coming back broken and have no jobs; no families; are living out on the streets; what kind of a country is that?
I'm 17 and Lesley Gore was and always will be a huge inspiration to me as a singer and a person. I wrote her a letter just a few months before she passed and I got the sweetest reply, along with an autographed photo. Miss Gore was an amazing human being and I will miss her. But I will always have her wonderful songs to listen to.
Young man, what a wonderful sentiment! To appreciate such a great voice, and class such as Lesley is commendable. At your age, to know what a real singer sounds like, tells of your musical appreciation. Yes, she was inspirational. I loved her as a youth, and still do even after her passing. It's remarks like yours that tell me there's redemption for the youth of today when it comes to musical appreciation. I loved her the moment I heard "You Don't Own Me", and "Sunshine Lollipops".
Anthony, thanks for sharing such a lovely story. I wish you best in your musical endeavours.
I wish Lesley Gore was as sweet in her reply to me when I met her in 1980. She was one of my customers and I complemented her on her performance on the TAMI show which was playing at a revival movie theatre in town. She responded by being extremely nasty. She turned into the wicked witch of the East. I am not kidding.
@@skipandslide I understand how you would doubt it. Her public image comes across as being sweet and nice. But my experience with her proved different. But I forgive her and I am still a fan.
@@jackjules7552 Maybe she just wasn't into guys. She didn't like men. She preferred her own gender.
An incredibly intelligent, articulate, classy and talented artist and human being.
loved not only her singing voice but she had this soothing speaking voice as well
Her soothing speaking voice got deep and raspy with age.
She has such a calming & relaxing talking voice. So pleasing to listen to.
In this particular episode of The Mike Douglas Show, Lesley Gore sure sounds more jazzy than all of her previous regular musical scores. I just loved her Brooklyn articulated accent. Thank you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦
Loved this video of the beautiful & incredible Lesley. But I also just wanted to say how struck I was by hearing Lesley Gore & Barry Goldwater have a completely civilized political discussion in which they were able to disagree without being insulting, nasty, snide, or even anything less than just totally respectful and even KIND to each other. What a different world we have today! RIP Lesley, you were wonderful.
Lesley was no hippie or activist. That's why she got along with Goldwater.
@@jackjules7552 Actually, Lesley described herself as very much an activist. She got involved in activism at Sarah Lawrence College; first volunteering for Robert F Kennedy’s presidential campaign; later she worked with Bella Abzug in the women’s rights movement. She described Congresswoman Abzug as her "mentor" in activism. “She kind of mentored me as to what’s important for women." During the 2012 presidential election, Lesley Gore organized a PSA that advocated for women’s reproductive rights. She was an activist for feminism and gay rights; wrote music for women's rights campaigns; and she hosted a Lesbian & Gay public television show, called "In The Life." So, it's not that SHE wasn't an activist. What I was commenting on is that it's that OUR culture has changed. Discourse ha gotten worse since the 60s. Especially around Conservativism; that's what has changed. I was commenting more that it's GOLDWATER who is the one who getting along with Lesley, not the other way around! Goldwater would not be tolerated by today's Conservatives. Notice, there is no insulting, snide, or condescending attitude coming from HIM, the way you would see today from a Rep. Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Gaetz; (to say nothing of political pundits like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity who are even worse in their displays of contempt and insulting accusations.) It's not that Lesley changed. Lesley was always kind and polite, and not because she "was no activist," but because she didn't use activist politics as an excuse to be personally rude and insulting to people. There didn't seem to be a rude bone in her body.
@@jackjules7552 she did'nt get along with Goldwater she just showed her class by cutting him to the quick with words . She was a lady about the debate , using her soft spoken words . Have no idea where you think she got along with goldwater pretty sure it was agree'd apon before hand to keep it civil.
@@anonyarena Yes, I know of her activist activities. But I have to disagree with you about her always being kind and polite. When I met her for the first time she was exceptionally scary rude. She came into my place of employment in 1980 and I gave her a one sentence compliment about her work in the TAMI show which at the time was being shown in a movie theatre in New York City. Her response was to give me a look of such contempt accompanied with a verbal dagger that cut right through. A friend of mine at work told me that she really doesn't respond well to compliments of her past work. Sorry. So much for her not having a rude bone in her body.
@@jackjules7552 Sorry to hear that you had that experience, although I've never heard anyone else who met her or who has known her express a similar story. As you know, it's always possible to catch someone on a bad day, over even to innocently compliment someone in such a way that's misinterpreted and comes across to them as a backhanded compliment which strikes them the wrong way (as in, "hey, you used to be good way back when,") even if that's not how it was said. Everyone is only human, and subject to their own interpretations. Again, sorry to hear that happened to you.
In my opinion, one of the greatest artists of all time.
What's sad is that Mercury Records claimed she owed them $175,000 when they dropped her around the time this show aired. After years of litigation she finally saw earnings from her many slew of hits in 1989! In her words she was one of the "lucky ones."
Well maybe Lesley did owe Mercury records $175,000. From what I read of the case, Mercury claimed that because of Lesley's many failed recordings that she actually cost them money that they never recovered. From 1968 through 1970 Mercury released numerous singles and albums of Lesley's that sold poorly and in most cases did not even make the charts. Mercury blamed Lesley for the failure of her post 1967 recordings and released her from her contract around 1970, leaving Mercury with a huge debt. Mercury invested a lot of money in Lesley's recordings with their lush and expensive orchestrations. Even Lesley herself stated that it was not uncommon for her to walk into a recording session and find 20 background singers and an entire orchestra ready to support her recording of a song. Many of Lesley's recordings were starting to fail as early as 1966 but then she would rebound with a hit. However, having a hit for Lesley after 1967 no longer seemed possible.
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I actually enjoy her live singing more than the recorded music.
My opinion is that the music was overproduced.
She's so lively and expressive in her live singing that it made her reco
I really noticed that in her TAMI performance.
All the orchestra stuff and background singers were unnecessary.
It was a jazz singing demo that got her discovered.
She came off like a professional jazz singer.
Lesley pointed out that were a lot of jazz elements to the songs that she sang. She even mentioned that It's My Party had some too.
Sorry, I don't agree. She got ripped off by the record company. She sign NO contract with them that said "I, Lesley Gore will be responsible for any records not sold". That's b.s. and record companies KNOW THIS. She made them millions of dollars and they paid her next to nothing in comparison to what she made for them. If a film fails in the theater do the actors owe the studio? They used that b.s. excuse to not pay her. According to Lesley herself she only received ONE check from the record company (I think for around 20G), that was ALL until she took legal action. I'm just glad she fought and won for the monies that was right fully hers@@jackjules7552
I love her voice and look. I grew up on r & b, but something about her voice caused me to seek out her music. I met her about 10 years ago, and she was gracious, charming, witty, and cute.
One of the great voices of the 60's. Thank you for posting. I miss how good talk shows were back then - today's "talk" shows seem to be formula driven and promotional in nature. Today it's about the gag -back then it was about intelligent conversation .
You are absolutely correct about television talk shows in the past. Whether hosted by the warm and friendly Mike Douglas and Dinah Shore, the witty-but-sensitive Jack Paar, the bright but sometimes pretentious Dick Cavett, the amiably chatty Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin (the latter who, in later years, had a penchant for theme programs), the convivial and sharp Tom Snyder, or the truly intellectual William Buckley and David Susskind, TV talk shows of the 1950s through '80s were about real conversation, the hosts more often asking.insightful questions of and actually listening to their guests, and the guests (for the most part) remaining through the program and sometimes interacting with their fellow guests.
Today, TV talk shows are more rigidly formatted, with an endless stream of tireless (and often tiresome) self-promoters who say the same things on many different programs. The guests of TV talk shows today are mostly from the entertainment sphere, not as many more serious guests (such as authors and interesting non-celebrities), in part because viewers read less and are less culturally aware than in the past. Ellen DeGeneres has merely replaced Oprah Winfrey as the host of a superficial, politically correct show with a following that is almost cult-like but offers nothing of substance.
Today's late-night talk show hosts are so clueless, and the shows are so rigidly formatted, the star cannot even stay and "join the panel" as in the past. Those were the days.
Leslie can sing anything! Many thanks for sharing these awesome videos!
What a class act. Very versatile. Her greatest hits CD is very uplifting and positive. I loved the recent jazz styling of her hits. She will be missed. RIP Lesley.
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer.
It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor.
She did two Soul songs in 1968.
Lovely voice all the way around. RIP sweet Angel.
In the 60's, Lesley appeared on the Mike Douglas Show on the following dates:
7/11/1966,
1/10/1967,
5/8/1967,
1/29/1968,
6/10/1968,
11/5/1968,
4/4/1969
10/3/1969,
11/10/1969
This is the 11/10/1969 appearance. The appearance from 1/29/1968 and prior are considered the rarest. But this video is truly a treasure, as are all videos of Lesley from the 60's.
would love to all of her appearances on Mike , gives a closer look at who she really was , loved Goldwater s comment about it looked good from behind too , today he would have been ridden out of town on a rail ..lol..
She had great restraint i saw the look she gave goldwater when he said the squaw s would make it lol ...he was so stupid
She's singing about a place she will reside in forever...Heaven. Great voice and a wonderful talent. RIP Ms. Gore.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Lesley Gore was the top female singer in her day. Everyone should buy her greatest hits CD and hear how great she was!
Her "day" had long passed by this time.
Wow...not only can ,Lesley Gore sing so magnificently,but she is also such an articulate speaker against the Vietnam War. Moreover,she speaks her mind so clearly, sitting right next to Sen. Barry Goldwater...it's an awesome performance!
Lesley Gore was one of at least two younger pop music singers (the other being Tommy James, of Tommy James & The Shondells) who, in 1968, publicly supported the brief presidential candidacy of Senator Robert Kennedy. In fact, I read somewhere Gore was a member of a group enlisting college students' support of RFK. That took some independence, as many more affluent college students supported Senator Eugene McCarthy (the first Democrat presidential candidate to break with Lyndon Johnson over the Vietnam War) for the '68 Democrat presidential nomination, precisely because RFK waited a bit longer (calculatedly analyzing the prevailing political winds) to break with LBJ and announce his own candidacy.
In hindsight, of course Bary Goldwater proved to be correct, both that Lyndon Johnson was not the "peace candidate" he pretended to be in 1964 and about many other political and social issues where liberals (many among them Marxists with an agenda) advanced the erosion of the United States' system and values, with wasteful government spending that continues to bankrupt the U.S. to this day.
I loved (and still do) Lesley Gore's music. But I have also lived long enough to have evolved from her naive political thinking (at least as expressed in this TV appearance). I also wonder if, by 2015, Gore was still as politically liberal as in this TV appearance from decades ago. As one old adage goes, "A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged." But more broadly, with age often comes more experience and wisdom to view the world more realistically than through the rose-colored glasses of youth.
She was a 1968 graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, English Lit. major, one smart cookie.
Think about it, she' has classes and is appearing on Ed Sullivan & Batman at the same time and then does a concert tour over summer vacation.
@@gymnastix Long trip to crash on a right turn there...
wow lesley gore such a great artist and she never lost her talent like some of the artist from that time period . she will always be great . I had the oppertunity to meet her at two concerts and once in manhattan . I will always be a very big fan of hers . she was wonderful then and she is wonderful now . thank you for posting this great clip .
So versatile was she, so beautiful was she, a true star of the 60's that to this day is relevant and missed. Love you dear lady of song.
I was fortunate enough to see her in Funny Girl on tour in 1968. It was a theater in the round and in her first entrance, she was standing right next me waiting for her cue. I had been such a fan since 1963 and I almost passed out when I realized she was inches from me.
Brooklyn Bobby Awesome dude! I can't imagine to see live Lesley!
Beautiful Lady who could sing Very well. Best Wishes. Sincerely, Tom
Had to be 2nd hand smoke. All the clubs she played in throughout her career. She's definitely in a better place where she continues to entertain in Heaven ;-)
Oct 15, 1969. Vietnam War Moratorium [Peace Day] throughout the US.
100,000 Boston Common / 40,000 Bryant Park, Manhattan.
God bless her.
she was so talented... and you know what else...the greatest quality any girl could have she was SWEET.
She had such a range! And she looks nice too!
+chuck weigel They looked older back then, for twenty three she looked more thirty three.
The MIKE DOUGLAS house band is really cookin'. This jazz style of music really suits Miss Lesley's vocal delivery. It's a shame she never made an album focusing on Jazz/vocals like this. Her classic hits are great but this brassy, jazzy kind of music really showcases her amazing talent.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer.
It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor.
She did two Soul songs in 1968.
Lesley pointed out that there were jazz elements to the songs that she sang, and she even said that It's My Party had some too.
I was so shocked when i read she had passed away! i love her voice ! i watched her over and over in the two episodes in the Batman tv series in blue ray the week she passed .Sure my favorite episodes of the series .She did so good and she sang California Nights and Maybe now. She played so well her role as " Pussycat" she was so beautiful! RIP dear Lesley!
What a great and rare video clip - thanks for sharing it with the rest of us Lesley Gore fans - there are many of us - thanks again!
Love you Lesley. RIP, you were one special woman.
Thank you! I will look on my Computer if I have more like this.
Nice performance RIP Lesley Gore
loved her songs... Lesley Gore, totally awesome... Gonna Build A Mountain... and that she did... she's gone to be with the Lord
So nice to see her in color and yet still so young .
As if it wasn't bad enough that we lost Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, Gene Pitney and Rick Nelson---now Lesley Gore leaves us, too. Please say it ain't so.
A wow. I love that she stood up to Barry Goldwater!
wow, here Leslie is singing a rhythm and blues song to my surprise perfectly -- her own version -- sit down you're rocking the boat! mmmmm love her paige boy hair do sure do miss those talk shows!
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer.
It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor.
She did two Soul songs in 1968.
She was truly a great singer and performer! As per her cancer, she either was subjected to second-hand smoke, or she just simply developed the cancer, as one of my (non-smoking) aunts did. Sad.
Thank you! I also never was tired of her music. Lesley have so much mysterious Songs! I also would love to see her someday in Concert!
AAhhh.... back when singers could really sing
Yes, she was a very nice singer. But her record company dropped her in 1969 because she started singing in a different style than the public was used to hearing. Her record company told her to stop trying to imitate Joni Mitchell and go back to the singing style that made her famous.
Oh my God, this was fabulous ! Thanks so much for posting. I - as a 20 yo - rarely got the chance to watch 60s tv interviews of Lesley. Wonderful.
Great look....phenom Voice. a talent and then some. miss her lovely.
R.I.P. Lesley.
Every weekday at 4:30 , Mike Douglas had everybody on
Love her hair wow she is very pretty here. This is the best i seen her
I will always love Lesley Sue Goldstein!! Thank you my love!!
She reminds me of what Patty Duke's character in the "Valley of the Dolls" film adaptation should have been and sounded like!
Interesting you wrote that, as Patty Duke's hit single "Don't Just Stand There" (at least before the bridge of the song) bears a similarity to Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me." I am certain it was calculated on the part of Duke';s handlers to give her a sound similar to Gore's. And the two women also resembled one anther.
Omg I was actually thinking she reminded me of Neely O’Hara!
Thanks for posting this appearance. Any more like it? Thanks.
wow - she is great!
Lesley looked so hot in that episode of "BATMAN" she was in during the 1960's AND she look outstanding here, A+
I saw her in concert some years ago at the Mohegan casino...she was sooo awesome, revealed who "Johnny" was in her songs. Anyway, she was still quite a 'looker" at that time. One of my faves from back in the 70's, she always had my "ear" and always will...GOD, baby girl, RIP. a foverever fan. GPM-53.
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A voice made for Broadway. Beautiful and talented. The pop music of to-day is simply atrocious.
also made for jazz
she started off jazz singing
it was a jass demo that got her discovered
My favorite from the past
Leslely's GIRL TALK album was a gem! It was originally released in 1964 on Mercury Records. Then around 1968 it was re-released on the MERCURY WING label (minus two songs). Also around that time, it was re-released on the WING label as a two-record set titled THE SOUND OF YOUNG LOVE. The other record in the set was LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (a re-issue of LESLEY GORE SINGS ALL ABOUT LOVE).
HEY!!!! This was telecast on the VERY SAME DAY that SESAME STREET made its debut on NET, the predecessor to PBS!! :) :) :)
she grew up in tenafly,nj a great singer.
Her eyes!!! 😍
She was so Versatile!
A fair sampling of civil discourse, a discussion about achieving the same goal, but two ways of getting there.
+fgldnglbs Were people actually civil, listened to on another, and more respectful to another back then, were as today everyone is all about who is right and wrong in wrathful ways.
fabulous!
I didn't know she could sing jazz and swing so well too.....and 🎶 is gorgeous too
Lesley Gore 1946-2015
So great
At 67, I am still obsessed with woman.
"You can't be in love with a girl who has swollen gland under her chin". Lesley: "Oh you most certainly can." Sly, so sly. Lol.
Shelley Berman at his worst.
Eliezer Pennywhistler Had a great singing voice never cared for her speaking voice she also had beautiful eyes
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I know what you mean about Lesley Gore's speaking voice, although it didn't bother me. She sounded a bit like Wayne Newton (who was actually rather androgynous when a younger man, and resembled a young k.d. lang; or is it that Lang resembled a young Wayne Newton?) or singer-songwriter Paul Williams. All three--Gore, Newton & Williams-- had this rather husky or raspy speaking voice with a trace of a lisp.
Wayne Newton oh man you hit that one on the nose. Im thinking she might have gone lesbian due to being dumped by so many guys in her songs it could have carried over in real life.
I could have listened to her talk for hours
How nice it is to see two people with radically different views disagree civilly and with respect. It's why I respect Lelsey and respected Barry Goldwater
I don't respect Barry Goldwater
He opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
@@fomalhauto If I did not respect everybody who has different opinions then mine I would respect nobody and have no life. But few understand this nowadays, the problem is a lot worse then when I first commented on this video 8 years ago.
Great!!!!!
Queen of the 60's!
OMG!! For those of you who thought Lesley Gore just sang teenage pop tunes--it looks like she also sang easy listening tunes! :) :)
She was singing jazz music before she became a professional singer.
It was her jazz singing demo that got Mercury Records' attention and made Quincy Jones wanting to work with her as her producer and mentor.
She did two Soul songs in 1968. Mercury Records didn't think that they fit the image that they had for her, and so those two Soul songs weren't played.
She sang jazz and soul when she was performing.
A lot of her vocal style was jazz and soul like.
BTW...some of her hit songs were R&B and not just Pop/Rock too. It's My Party topped both the pop and R&B charts.
Pop is actually vague...It's referring to what's Popular..........Many music genres can fall into Pop.
She never wanted to be just a pop singer. She wanted to do a lot more. She was capable of doing a lot more. She was trying to evolve and expand as a singer. She was doing the work, but it wasn't accepted because it didn't fit with the image that was made for her.
Too many people tried to fit her into a box. She wasn't allowed to be herself. She loved Afro-oriented music. Etta James was one of the singers that mentioned that was one of her influences.
She worked with more than one African American producer.
After Lesley died, Quincy Jones referred to her as an incredibly soulful singer/songwriter.
Her 1968 Soul songs
they sound like something from the 70s
she even kinda raps in Take Good Care (Of My Heart)
her sense of rhythm is outstanding , and it shows in her vocals constantly when she sings songs in general
I'll Be Standing By
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Take Good Care (Of My Heart)
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Her jazz singing demos when she was 16
16 year old Lesley Gore "LOVE YOUR MAGIC SPELL" - jazz dance track unreleased
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16 year old Lesley Gore "TRAVEL ON" - jazz dance track unreleased
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PINK PUSSYCAT Lesley Gore MYRON EARHARDT DEMOS 1962
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So very sad.
Super beautiful
Imagine seating this queen next to a creepy warmonger.
L.Gore....❤R.I.P.
Lesley looks so interesting here
Wow !! Shelly Berman was on that show !
The Mike Douglas 'house band' was Joe Harnell and his band who had a major hit in 1963 called 'Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova'
Is that Barry Goldwater in the opening sequence ?
"In your heart, you know he's right." [Goldwater campaign slogan in 1964]
My first vote ever was an absentee ballot cast for Barry Goldwater while I was on active duty in the United States Army. I knew he was right about a number of key issues, foreign and domestic, and had that confirmed as LBJ went on to wreak havoc on our society, damage that changed the face of America to this day.
In his last years, Senator Goldwater seemed to undergo a strange transformation in this thinking, but for most of his life, his was a strong voice for reason and the constitutional limitations on the excesses of government.
No one cares about you.
Eliezer Pennywhistler That's a bit harsh. Are there guidelines for comments that preclude personal reflections on the content of the videos? I can certainly live with your indifference, but your unprovoked hostility seems at the edge of civil behavior.
heartpursuer
No one cares.
@@heartpursuer I agree i watched many coffins come home and i lived in a small down...teenagers...the others sent home as shells ...destroyed by what really happened over there...good boys who were alter boys and great kids...only to be taught to kill women and children to survive...yes Goldwater was right should have leveled them quickly and be done...so many young men and women died for nothing...just like with this stupid war we are in now...so many dying ...for what ?
Do you have Lesley's Christmas cd sampler titled GIFT WRAPPED? Fantastic cd!
check out Lesley's tour schedule at her fan club site: lesleygorefanclubdotcom. Lesley's website is not active.
Wow...she took on three guys and one of them Barry Goldwater..she was special
She was so BIG when I went into College.. Saw her live in Des Moines during a 60's Reunion of singers... it was FABULOUS... all the BIGS were there... "YOU DON"T OWN ME" was her BEST!
In some expressions she had something of gorgeous and good italian actress virna lisi to me
RIP
Lesley Gore was the Madonna of the 60’s.
I was trying to figure out who she she sounds lime here and it is MOLLY SHANNON.
What if she changed herself with another person? With an imposter. She looks completely different if you compare her from 1967, California Nights to 1969 and onwards. She doesn't look the same and it is only 2 years in between.
Her voice, her looks and the way how she talks.
and Barry Goldwater! He should have been president.
hell no
he opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
@@fomalhauto Because the public accommodation clause is unconstitutional. He actually believed in his oath to the constitution.
Goldwater was right with his comments on Vietnam
I wish someone could post the video of Lesley singing "Hey Jude/Cry Me a River" from The Ed Sullivan Show. Does anyone know the date of that performance?
its on here ...youtube that is ... you just have to look
yes it was a great discussion hearing both sides of the issue -- I don't know though going in with great force what would that have accomplished? They did that in Iraq a tiny country and all of it was lies -- service men are coming back broken and have no jobs; no families; are living out on the streets; what kind of a country is that?
It would have accomplished saving 60,000 young american lives like we did in saudi...
Barry Goldwater on the same show
Great seeing Barry AU H2O on stage.
sassy lady...RIP
Why can't all Gores be this reasonable?
She sounds a lot like martha tilton
If her dress was any shorter, it would be a belt! LOL 😂😂😂😂
STOP THE WAR ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THIS WAS AIRED 11/10/69 .....I WAS DRAFTED 09/15/69,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I'm guessing this is about 1971?
Nov 1969. Follow the conversation.
+TruthOldSchoolStyle At the top it said 1969.
First time i listened to her i thought she could be a black singer
Lesley, I love you but that dress is a disaster! A project runway reject!
Pai homg