![]() This time the wounded thrush sees Johnny and Judy together - “So I kissed some other guy. “Judy’s Turn to Cry,” written by Beverly Ross (“Lollipop,” “Candy Man”) and Edna Lewis, gave Gore the payback part of her two-act playlet. Rare was the answer song with an original tune and performed by the same artist. Damita Jo’s “I’ll Save the Last Dance for You” followed The Drifters’ “Save the Last Dance for Me.” These were the old songs with sex-change lyrics. Hits from the first decade of pop rock often summoned “answer songs.” Neil Sedaka’s “Oh! Carol” prompted “Oh Neil” by Carole King, the young singer Sedaka had written his top-10 number for. The oddly perky musical setting lets Gore mine the character’s hurt while slyly mocking it she is both the victim and the amused commentator. The verse, with its ominous melodic curve, spells out the dilemma (“Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone, / And Judy left the same time”) before the chorus erupts in the tantrum repetition of a little girl’s snit (“It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, / Cry if I want to, / Cry if I want to!”). The tale of a girl whose happiest birthday is ruined by seeing her boyfriend Johnny sneak off with the predatory Judy, who returns with his ring, “It’s My Party” is a little melodrama of public humiliation. 1 - the first pop hit in Jones’ storied, half-century-plus career. When Jones heard of Spector’s plans, he finished post-production on the song and released it March 30, 1963. Schroeder didn’t tell this to Jones, who had already produced his version with Lesley. The song sounded like a hit to Phil Spector, who wanted to record it with The Crystals. 1 singles for Elvis Presley, including “It’s Now or Never”). and Herb Weiner had written “It’s My Party” for the song publisher Aaron Schroeder (himself the composer of five No. Now he had to find a song that suited both her range and persona. ![]() The man with the golden ear heard a soprano that could segue from adolescent to womanly in a single phrase and saw pretty, dimpled girl coiffed in the era’s mandatory bouffant helmet. Her music teacher made some demos that got to Quincy Jones, then a fledgling producer at Mercury Records. Women in Music Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Music Template:WikiProject Women in Music Women in music articlesDaughter of a swimwear manufacturer, Lesley Sue Goldstein was born May 2, 1946, in Brooklyn and raised in Tenafly, N.J. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women in Music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women in music on Wikipedia. Pop music Wikipedia:WikiProject Pop music Template:WikiProject Pop music Pop music articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pop music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to pop music on Wikipedia. Women's History Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's History Template:WikiProject Women's History Women's History articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. ![]() Chicago Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago Template:WikiProject Chicago Chicago articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chicago, which aims to improve all articles or pages related to Chicago or the Chicago metropolitan area. This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as Start-Class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. R&B and Soul Music Wikipedia:WikiProject R&B and Soul Music Template:WikiProject R&B and Soul Music R&B and Soul Music articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject R&B and Soul Music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of R&B and Soul Music articles on Wikipedia. This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (marked as Low-importance).
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