Gore also worked as an actress and composed songs with her brother Michael Gore for the 1980 film Fame, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She was active until 2014, and hosted an LGBT-oriented public television show, In the Life, on American TV in the 2000s.
Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey to Jewish parents, Gore was discovered as a teenager. Her first single in 1963 at age 16 was the #1 hit It's My Party still perhaps her best known recording, which also made #9 in Britain. It was followed by others, including Judy's Turn to Cry (the sequel to "It's My Party"), She's a Fool, the proto-feminist You Don't Own Me, and Maybe I Know. Her record producer was Quincy Jones, who would later become one of the most famous producers in American music.
Instead of accepting the television and movie contracts that came her way, Gore chose to attend Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. This limited her public career to weekends and summer vacations and undoubtedly hurt her career. Nevertheless, throughout the mid-1960's, Gore continued to be the one of the most popular female singers in the United States and Canada.
By the late 1960s, though, her fame lessened as popular tastes evolved towards a harder-edged, psychedelic sound. Her last major hit was "California Nights," (1967) which she performed on an episode of the Batman TV series in which she guest-starred as one of Catwoman's minions. Afterwards, she continued to stay busy in the music industry, performed at concerts and in cabarets and achieved noted success as a professional songwriter, including composing songs for the soundtrack of the 1980 film, Fame. She received an Academy Award nomination for "Out Here on My Own," written with her brother Michael.
Gore continued to be busy, playing concerts, appearing on television, and recently (2005) recording a self-produced and critically-acclaimed CD, "Ever Since." She is also known for tackling a variety of musical genres, including a credible take on AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap."
Although Gore did not officially come out until 2005, her lesbianism was not exactly a secret. The 1996 film Grace of My Heart featured a character (played by Bridget Fonda) whose industry struggles over her sexual orientation were similar to Gore's. Beginning in 2004 Gore could be seen hosting the PBS series In the Life, which focused on LGBT issues.
On February 16, 2015, Gore died of lung cancer at the age of 68.
Misty
Lesley Gore Lyrics
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I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty, just holding your hand
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
That music I hear
I get misty the moment you're near
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hoplessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty and too much in love
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty and too much in love
Look at me
Lesley Gore's song "Misty" is a beautiful and poignant love ballad that captures the feeling of falling in love with someone. The lyrics are powerful and emotive, describing a feeling of helplessness and confusion that comes with being in love. The song explores the idea of being lost in love, unable to think straight or function properly without the presence of the beloved.
In the first stanza, the singer describes her own helplessness, comparing herself to a kitten up a tree. She feels like she is floating on a cloud and cannot understand her own emotions. Just holding the hand of her lover makes her feel misty and lost. The second stanza goes on to describe the impact that the lover has on the singer's life. When he walks into a room, it's like a thousand violins begin to play, or perhaps it's just the sound of his simple hello. The music he brings with him is overwhelming and fills her with a sense of misty confusion.
The chorus of the song declares the singer's love and devotion to her partner, stating that she is hopelessly lost without him. She recognizes that he may be leading her on, but she does not care because being with him is what she wants. The final stanza again emphasizes the idea of being lost without the lover, describing a world in which she would wander alone through a wonderland, unable to tell her right foot from her left. In this state of confusion, she is too misty and too much in love.
Overall, the lyrics to "Misty" are both beautiful and melancholic, capturing the feeling of being lost in love and the impact that it has on one's life.
Contributed by Ethan F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@joselamartine3248
I love this song ❤
[LYRICS]
Look at me
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty just holding your hand (just holding your hand)
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear
I get misty the moment you're near (the moment you're near)
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own (on my own)
I wander through this wonderland alone (alone)
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love (too much in love)
I'm too misty, and I'm too much in love
(Too much in love)
@daykovsky
walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play or it might be the sound of your hello that music i hear, i get misty the moment you're near, lesley 🖤
@celionjourney
Feel goosebumps everytime i heard this song... Thanks for this masterpiece
@yeahitskaylee
took my like 3 days to find this song no joke
@kyurie3039
Same here
@seven3250
Holy shi this is beautiful
@Mercuryhandle
This is so underrated
@joselamartine3248
I love this song ❤
[LYRICS]
Look at me
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty just holding your hand (just holding your hand)
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear
I get misty the moment you're near (the moment you're near)
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own (on my own)
I wander through this wonderland alone (alone)
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love (too much in love)
I'm too misty, and I'm too much in love
(Too much in love)
@olijimenez959
Abrigo la esperanza de que en el futuro las nuevas generaciones consuman música de calidad, como esta.
@STARCAT201
concuerdo
@leidyshernandez2067
Nunca pense que en pleno 2024 yo estuviera escuchando esta hermosa cancion misty , no se que senti cuando la escuche por vez primera tal vez me senti asi ,abrumada como dice jejej .....tampoco imagine que la versionaran tanto , todas cantan hermoso ,pero definitivamente Ella fitzgerald me conmueve con esa cancion en su voz .....Ahora es una de mis canciones favoritas