You don't own me
Subtitle: the life and times of Lesley Gore
By: Trevor Tolliver
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781495024412
Subjects: Singers; Biography
Other titles: Life and times of Lesley Gore
Description: 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 fall from popularity and struggle for relevance in the 1970s, and her reemergence as a powerful songwriter, political activist, and camp icon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199), discography (pages 189-196), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Put another dime in the jukebox; title: Prologue. Out here on my own; title: The sweetie pie from Tenafly; title: Let's get this party started; title: Tears on my pillow; title: You don't own me; title: The trouble with boys; title: The changing of the guard; title: California dreaming; title: Last call; title: When yesterday was tomorrow; title: A blank piece of paper and a hope; title: That old time rock & roll; title: Disco; title: That's entertainment; title: Here she comes again; title: Lightning strikes; title: Lesleymania revived; title: Arsenic and  buttered popcorn; title: Give my regards to Broadway; title: Dirty deeds; title: Better angels; title: Start the party again.