You Don't Own Me: The Life and Times of Lesley Gore
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1495024415 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 209 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Al from Brazil said so those were useful. but i kept bumping into things like bundling. to a lifelong real fan such as me, and not a curious reader of 60s nostalgia, the book is disappointing.and the information about the author says it all. he is a youngster, and did not live in the 60s. so his knowledge is that of a researcher and interviewer, not as being th. ANTHONY IRELAND said WAS THERE A DARK SIDE TO LESLEY GORE?. I enjoyed the book. Would have liked more detail on some parts. For example, the section which told about the "WAS THERE A DARK SIDE TO LESLEY GORE?" according to ANTHONY IRELAND. I enjoyed the book. Would have liked more detail on some parts. For example, the section which told about the 2nd time that Lesley was stalked. The author states that the stalker was someone she used to work with. Now that needs explaining! But yet the author did not elabora. nd time that Lesley was stalked. The author states that the stalker was someone she used to work with. Now that needs explaining! But yet the author did not elabora. I do own this book and I'm glad. Rudy I was duly impressed with the author's love of the subject and his skill as a writer. However, because of Gore's untimely death and that many of the people involved in her early career were deceased or unavailable for comment , much of the author's information was taken from
1963 tail fins were in, sock hops were hot, and a fairytale white knight was president. But beneath the bubblegum facade 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. (Book). For the next several years, the crowned Princess of Pop dominated the radio with a string of hits including "Judy's Turn to Cry," "She's A Fool," "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows," and the rousing anthem for independence, "You Don't Own Me," making her the most successful and influential solo female artist of the 60s. 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 f
''Very much a labour of love, Tolliver has digested all the information available, and gathered more from those close to he: but sadly, not Lesley who dies earlier this year.Well constructed with some great photos, both publicity and personal, this is a story about a young girl who was much more than a pop music puppet.'' --The Beat''An insightful profile of an ancestral riot grrrlWhat emerges is a portrait of a strong woman who, constrained by the girl group sound, still captured the '60s cultural shift with feminist anthem ''You Don't Own Me'' and Martin Luther King elegy ''I Can't Make It Without You.'' Later material proved less creatively satisfying for Gore, but identity and emotional release were found from the '90s onward as the host of the PBS TV show In The Life, where she explored LGBT issues.'' --MOJO Magazine
Trevor is currently an adjunct English professor at Mount San Antonio College where he teaches literature and developmental writing. He lives with his husband, four active sons, and two jolly guinea pigs. TREVOR TOLLIVER (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) was raised in Duarte, California, and received his formal degrees from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and his musi