1968 Lesley Gore - He Gives Me Love (La La La) (mono)
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Lesley’s English-lyric version of the winning 1968 Spanish Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 91, Record World 96, Billboard 119
Released on mono 45 single Mercury 72819 - He Gives Me Love (La La La) (Manuel de la Calva-Ramon Arcusa-Michael Julien) by Lesley Gore, arranged & produced by Herb Bernstein
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I got this in a 10/$1 box in 1969, good song, first one I had ever heard by Lesley
Thanks for this, another new one for me. I didn't know that Lesley Gore was still putting out 45s in 1968.
Yes, Mercury Records was releasing songs by Lesley through 1969. Her contract with Mercury was up then and they did not renew the contract. "He Gives Me Love" was a single with "Brand New Me" as the B side. It was featured on Lesley's final Mercury album, "Lesley Gore: Golden Hits, Vol. 2".
Most people did not know either including me. Apparently Mercury released several singles and albums for Lesley in 1968 and 1969 most of which barely clung to the bottom of the charts. By 1971 Lesley was already performing at oldies clubs.
Peaked in Billboard at #119 in 1968. Shoulda...coulda...
Wow Lesley was going in a direction she never would phantom herself in but her voice really made the song of what it is. She would record more singles till Mercury dropped her but she simply had her moment till the dawn of the psychedelic era she was still among the pop performers during her chart success.
From I've read, Mercury executives were not happy with her new singing style and stopped promoting her until they dropped her.
@@jackjules7552 That's unfortunate they simply were planning to drop her if she didn't go back to what she was in 63. She defy them and continued her artistic carefree new style which buried her completely.
@@jackjules7552Executives Being Executives, Ruining People's Careers Since Day One.
I only remembered the theme as an instrumental muzak track, until I discovered the original Eurovision performance by Massiel. For me, the energy and exuberance of her Spanish language version just couldn't be translated or sung in another language, even by artists other than Lesley Gore. Too bad it couldn't have become the "Eres Tu" of its year. It only hit me, after recently listening to the original over and over again, that the first 10 notes of the refrain are the same 10 notes that begin "With a Little Help from My Friends." Thanks for posting!
agree with your observation here...The English version has a much slower tempo...sluggish...lacks the energy and fire of the Spanish version. The "La La La" chorus which is what makes the song is hardly noticed in this version (although I love Leslie)
Lesley Gore/Goldstein stated when she finally came out as a lesbian decades later that she knew about herself by 1966 and was never in rhe closet. Yet this is 1968 and another love song to a guy.And she kept giving interviews past the turn of the century stating she never married or had children due to her career. A carreer that hardly existed even in 1968. All bull all the time. She had a great voice.
I certainly don't think her career "hardly existed" in 1968 - she was still making good records but times were changing and the harder rock records were truly dominating the charts by 1968, it wasn't HER fault -
@@JohnnyGNV Really? She had no hits in 1968 or after. What was her highest charting record in 1968? She had her last top 40 hit at the very start of 1967 after a very slow 1966. Yes, tastes were changing but her having to be at college classes didn't help her singing career.
@@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew Well the Record we are hearing here received air play when I was living in New York and seemed to be well-received. It didn't chart very high but it certainly SHOULD have - Her voice was maturing and she couldn't stay the "it's my party" girl forever and she was trying new, more adult-sounding songs. She might have had a Hit with "Wedding Bell Blues" but the public latched onto the Fifth Dimension version. Vocally, I personally have always felt she was underrated ~
@@JohnnyGNV Her brother said it best at her college graduation in 1968: the others were embarking on their careers while Lesley's had ended.
In fact, she received a bill from Mercury Records for all her releases after 1964 that didn't sell ( including this one la la la). I grew up in NYC during this period. I was honestly shocked when " California Nights" got air play and became her last hit. Not that there was anything wrong with the song but she was strongly identified with the East Coast, not California so it was an odd song for her. I never heard a new song from her on the radio after that.
Underrated Song, Would Become A Hit If It Weren't For The Boomer Stuck-In-The-Past Executives Of Mercury Records, But What Can We Exepect Of Corporate People, Right?
Hard to find Lesley gore on 45 thx 45prof
Billboard 119 should have done better ! Luv this song 🎵
Lesley complained that Mercury records unceremoniously dropped her from the label after the hits ran dry.
She surmised that if she were male they'd have given her another position in the company.
She has a point...in 1971 Mercury gave Gene Chandler his own vanity label after only having one money making million seller, "Groovy Situation" in 1970.
I like many of her records and don't like that she felt "dropped" by the label but they actually gave her more time/chances than many other artists were given. She released six more Mercury singles after this song and none of them charted on the Hot 100 or bubbling under charts (one made it to number 36 on the US AC chart). She then moved to Crewe. Her last charted record was in 1975 on the AC chart. Gene Chandler continued to chart continuously between the Hot 100 and R&B charts as well as doing production work (especially Mel and Tim). His last charted record was in 1986 (#43 on the R&B chart).
@@gyost8147 Mercury executives were also displeased that she was now trying to sound like Joni Mitchell with her message songs.
@@gyost8147yeah it wasn't the male Boogeyman but her- attending college took time away from promoting records and- quite frankly- she was dated singing with a " bah bah bah" background.
She was quick to blame everyone but herself. Most of her songs after 1964 were flops. Her view was that college was more important than a singing career although she never had any job but singing. Her choice of clothes and hairstyles dated her and the music scene had moved on.
Absolut ! Lars Mikael.
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What's the b side??
The b-side is "Brand New Me"