Editing Lesley Gore (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 1964, "It's My Party" was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for rock-and-roll recording.<ref>Retro, Ricky. "It's her party, and it's Spector's turn to cry", ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 24, 2004.</ref>

[[NPR|National Public Radio]] named ''Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts'', Gore's second album, as forebearer of one of the top 150 albums recorded by women. The album missed the official list (1964–present) because it was released in 1963. "She is a forebearer for her assertion of feminine power in pop, and her validation of a female perspective."<ref>{{cite web |last1=FARRELL |first1=Margaret |title=Forebears: The Teenage Wisdom Of 'Lesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts' |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/30/546386766/forebears-the-teenage-wisdom-of-lesley-gore-sings-of-mixed-up-hearts |website=npr.org |access-date=June 2, 2018 |date=August 30, 2017}}</ref>

Lesley Gore's papers were donated to the [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]] and became accessible to the public in 2022. Catalogued by the library and her partner Lois Sasson, it includes family photos, scrapbook pages, annotated music and lyrics, business files, an unfinished memoir, and sound and video recordings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Kalia |date=2022-07-06 |title=Lesley Gore's Archive, Open to All, Arrives at the New York Public Library |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/arts/music/lesley-gore-archive-new-york-public-library.html |access-date=2022-07-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>