Lesley Gore: It's My Party | ||||
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Released | June 21, 1994 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Bear Family | |||
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Lesley Gore: It's My Party is a five disc box set from Bear Family Records released June 21, 1994, that includes every Mercury Records release by Gore between 1963 and 1969. It also includes foreign language versions and never-released songs. [1]
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