638 Lesley Gore (1946-2015) “You Don’t Own Me” 1963

“Her career became shaky” because of “the Beatles and the British Invasion that landed on our shores right at the peak of Gore’s popularity. She continued touring and recording, though on these fronts her star had faded. She even had an acting career, appearing in two episodes of Batman (as Catwoman’s sidekick) in 1967. But her major accomplishments after 1970 were in movie songwriting, which she carried out in collaboration with her brother Michael” (Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, March-April 2016). 

Lesley Gore “You Don’t Own Me”