[bigbob]

I'm posting this story from February because the subject, Judy Solash (then Judy Gottlieb), died Oct. 2 from a brain tumor, and few people have heard the story about how she is the "Judy" who inspired Lesley Gore's signature song and #1 hit. (It was also the first hit single for producer Quincy Jones).

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks for re-posting. I must have missed it the first time.

[cicero2k]

Interesting story.

A restaurant owner dad in the garment district likes to write song lyrics for fun, knows a guy who knows a guy.

The rest is history.

So much for longevity, these women died young, my sister born in the same era / location also died.

[JoeProBono]

[justlurking]

An interesting follow-up at the end of the article:

She and her family never anticipated the longevity of "It's My Party." They're still collecting royalties.

"I have a $1,000 check on my dining-room table right now," said Solash's brother Steve. "It's not enough to retire on."

The payments include royalties from modern-day singers who have sampled the famous line—like Robin Thicke, whose "Sex Therapy" includes the lines "It's your body/We'll go hard if you want to" and the movie "Casper" which features the line "It's my party and I'll die if I want to."

[Albion Wilde]

using the Donroy pen name, he did write another Gore song, "Sometimes I Wish I Were a Boy"—and Solash said she fed him that line too. "The reason I said it was we were the transitional group of women where men could go to law school and become doctors, but we were expected to be teachers and nurses," said Solash. "It wasn't that I wanted to be a boy - I wanted their rights and privileges."

Transgenders: you're doing it wrong.

[MUDDOG]

“California Nights” was another good one.