I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.

I. Her father Leo Gore was a wealthy manufacturer of children's clothes and swimwear. Her record producer Quincy Jones responsible for all her hits from 1963 to 1965 would later become one of the most famous producers in American music.

She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party" which Lesley Gore recorded at the age of 16. Lesley Gore (born May 2 1946) is an American singer.