Lesley Gore 'It's My Party & She's A Fool' on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[OSREVNIV]

She looks just stunningly beautiful here..

[gurl]

The line "but hes supposed to be mine" sounds so childish and innocent. Its my favorite line

[abbyintheattic]

the fact she sounds better live than on her recording of this song is unreal

[VIDEOHEREBOB]

No autotune, no pitch correction. It's called hard work and dedication. Love that voice.

[squeezemyparticiple]

She was SEVENTEEN in this performance. Absolutely incredible.

[dekelanson]

RIP Leslie. She was a knockout, and what a voice.

[Bnguyen]

YouTube is truly a Time Machine. I feel like I’m in the past watching this video.

[jackandthebeanstalk]

The fact that this song is so boppy and cheerful sounding, but it’s actually about her boyfriend asking out another girl during her birthday party. Like damn girl I would cry too

[simone]

Her eyes were mesmerising even in black and white! Love listening to her songs a lot. Can't help not to feel joy every single time!

[luizarudnick]

"and i cry if i want to" her face while singing this: 😁

[WilberWiley]

I never realized how pretty she was. Natural talent, great voice, great stage prescense. An american original. Wow how much the recording industry has gone down the toilet since then. I remember listening to her on cklw in detroit on a transistor radio. She was a hit.

[artfrank]

She was a very classy and talented woman I believe she was only 17 years old in this video

[rustyopossum]

It’s great that this song is getting popular again, Lesley was a very talented and an amazing artist. Not to mention that all of her songs are absolutely great :)

[jessicagour]

She died in 2015, I wish she got to see her song become so popular again after so many years (was #1 in '63) this is an iconic masterpiece.

[chelswa_]

Something about the way she smiles while she sings is captivating

[olicent]

love how Melanie incorporated that small verse into Pity Party, its actually lovely to see where some of her inspiration comes from

[hareneishnadhar]

"You would cry too if it happened to you". That line will hit you hard if you ever went through a heartbreak before. The song is simply soulful.

[ellabella]

i have to say, from someone who used to listen to melanie a lot, both of these songs, lesleys and “pity party” are both very beautifully sung and well written with flawless meanings.

[primusmoss-lnjc]

She had such a clean gorgeous STRONG voice! Great range too! Also quite beautiful!

[jglasernyc]

Lesley was an excellent business woman, she owned her publishing and was able to make a nice living unlike many artists in those days.