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Fifty-two-track double CD has all the hits and then some. It may seem excessive for those who only want the hits, and some of the selections (particularly from the late '60s) are weak. But Gore had more worthy B-sides, album cuts, and low-charting singles than most people assume, and there are a good number of those on this collection: "Wonder Boy" (a white Martha & the Vandellas cop), "Off and Running" (covered by the Mindbenders in the To Sir with Love film), "Look of Love" (one of Greenwich-Barry's greatest girl-group-style songs), a cover of Laura Nyro's "Wedding Bell Blues" (which lost out on the charts to the Fifth Dimension's version), and interesting little-known compositions by Goffin-King, Paul Anka, Van McCoy, Marvin Hamlisch, and Lesley herself. Gore covered more territory than the teen self-pity anthems for which she's most remembered, and this anthology, while not enough to make you demand her election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is not nearly as relentlessly lightweight as her detractors would have you imagine. Includes some tracks that were previously unavailable on album, or previously unreleased in the U.S.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Paul Anka, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Wally Gold, ComposerLyricist - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Cy Crane, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - John Gluck Jr., ComposerLyricist - Herbert Weiner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Beverly Ross, ComposerLyricist - Edna Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Claus Ogermann, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Marcus H. Barkan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Marvin Hamlisch, ComposerLyricist - Howard Liebling, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Gloria Shayne, ComposerLyricist - Edna Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Barkan, ComposerLyricist - Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Gloria Shayne, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Marcus H. Barkan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Marvin Hamlisch, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Howard H. Liebling, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Gloria Shayne, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Dave White Tricker, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Johnny Medora, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Barkan, ComposerLyricist - Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Syd Shaw, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Barkan, ComposerLyricist - Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Dave White Tricker, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Johnny Medora, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Wyche, ComposerLyricist - James B.G. Steward, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group A Universal Company
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - John Gluck Jr., ComposerLyricist - Steve Donroy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Sonny Gordon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Len Praverman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - Mann Curtis, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Davis, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Frank Herve, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Ross, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Shelby Singleton, Producer - Carole Bayer Sager, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Helen Miller, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Artist - Tony Powers, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Quincy Jones, Producer - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Glen Stuart, ComposerLyricist - Nola York, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Russ Titelman, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Paul Kaufman, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor - Bob Elgin, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Shelby Singleton, Producer - Michael Gore, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Lorber, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Shelby Singleton, Producer - Carole Joyner, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Rick Cartey, ComposerLyricist - Alan Lorber, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Shelby Singleton, Producer - Michael Gore, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alan Lorber, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Nitzsche, Conductor - Carole Bayer Sager, ComposerLyricist - Toni Wine, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Producer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Allen Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Gary Knight, ComposerLyricist - Bob Crewe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hutch Davie, Conductor - Lesley Gore, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Crewe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Bernstein, Conductor - Ray Bloodworth, ComposerLyricist - L Russel Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Crewe, Producer - Hutch Davie, Conductor - Marvin Hamlisch, ComposerLyricist - Howard Liebling, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gary Knight, ComposerLyricist - Bob Crewe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hutch Davie, Conductor - Lesley Gore, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Crewe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hutch Davie, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Ray Bloodworth, ComposerLyricist - L Russel Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steve Douglas, Producer - James Arthur Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Michael Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steve Douglas, Producer - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Edward McKendry, ComposerLyricist - Ward Chandler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steve Douglas, Producer - Michael Gore, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Herb Bernstein, Conductor, Artist
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steve Douglas, Producer - Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sedaka, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alan Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Garry Bonner, ComposerLyricist - Trade Martin, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Charles Koppelman, Producer - Don Rubin, Producer
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ramon Arcusa, ComposerLyricist - Manuel De la Calva, ComposerLyricist - Michael Julien , ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Herb Bernstein, Conductor, Producer, Artist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Gary Geld, ComposerLyricist - Peter Udell, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Herb Bernstein, Conductor, Producer, Artist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kenneth Gamble, Producer - Bobby Martin, Conductor, Artist - LEON HUFF, Producer - THOM BELL, Conductor, Artist, ComposerLyricist - Mikki Farrow, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Cindy Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Conductor, Artist - LEON HUFF, Producer, ComposerLyricist - THOM BELL, Conductor, Artist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist - Cindy Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Michael Gore, ComposerLyricist - Lesley Gore, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Fifty-two-track double CD has all the hits and then some. It may seem excessive for those who only want the hits, and some of the selections (particularly from the late '60s) are weak. But Gore had more worthy B-sides, album cuts, and low-charting singles than most people assume, and there are a good number of those on this collection: "Wonder Boy" (a white Martha & the Vandellas cop), "Off and Running" (covered by the Mindbenders in the To Sir with Love film), "Look of Love" (one of Greenwich-Barry's greatest girl-group-style songs), a cover of Laura Nyro's "Wedding Bell Blues" (which lost out on the charts to the Fifth Dimension's version), and interesting little-known compositions by Goffin-King, Paul Anka, Van McCoy, Marvin Hamlisch, and Lesley herself. Gore covered more territory than the teen self-pity anthems for which she's most remembered, and this anthology, while not enough to make you demand her election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is not nearly as relentlessly lightweight as her detractors would have you imagine. Includes some tracks that were previously unavailable on album, or previously unreleased in the U.S.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 52 track(s)
- Total length: 02:08:09
- Main artists: Lesley Gore
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1996 UMG Recordings Inc.
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