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25-539: The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee by Presley on October 15, 1961. It completed his second hat-trick of chart topping singles in the UK. Presley is joined vocally on the chorus by Jordanaires first tenor Gordon Stoker. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on March 27, 1992. The single reached No. 2 on

50-557: A Heart " and " 24 Hours from Tulsa ". He and his wife Abby, discovered, guided and developed careers of many other performers and composers through their agency, including Barry White , Randy Newman , Al Kooper , Blood, Sweat & Tears , and Jimi Hendrix . Schroeder married record company representative Abby Steinberg on October 31, 1967. Abby was the sister of PR Newswire president David Steinberg . Aaron Schroeder died on December 2, 2009, in Englewood, New Jersey , aged 83. For

75-506: A Sidewalk Penny Arcade", one of the songs to introduce Rosemary Clooney as a solo recording artist. He proceeded to write more than 1500 songs seeking the varied talent of many collaborators. His chart record in the United Kingdom, as a writer, is 27 hits, 3 number ones, 9 top tens and 225 weeks on the chart. He wrote seventeen songs for Elvis Presley including five that reached number one: " It's Now or Never " as recorded by Presley

100-465: A potent teen-oriented multi-dance beat." Gore released a sequel to "It's My Party", which was titled " Judy's Turn to Cry ". In 1980, WCBN-FM , the University of Michigan freeform student radio station, played "It's My Party" for 18 hours straight the day after Ronald Reagan was elected. In 1999, the song was used as an advertising jingle to promote Burger King's 99-cent meal. In August 2021,

125-562: A record, or to take me into a master studio and redo it, but they weren't interested". The song was also recorded by Helen Shapiro for her Helen in Nashville album in February 1963, with Shapiro's regular producer, Norrie Paramor , and also Al Kasha . Shapiro later recalled: "Right from the first time we heard the song on the rough demo back in London, we thought we were going to sock them between

150-542: A test pressing of the track, comprising one hundred copies. Over the next two days, Jones mailed these out to radio programmers in key markets across the US. Gore heard her record played on the radio for the first time that Friday; the official release of "It's My Party" came later in the month, with the disc ascending to number one nationally in four weeks. Jones was abroad at the time of "It's My Party"'s release. On his return, he expressed dismay when Aaron Schroeder advised him that

175-460: A trend of using a remixed version of the song in videos on video-sharing app TikTok led to a resurgence of interest in the song. In 1981, a remake by British artists Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin was a UK number-one hit single for four weeks, becoming the first version of the song to reach number one in the UK. The record also reached number one in Ireland and New Zealand and reached

200-423: Is enhanced by several musical touches that producer Quincy Jones incorporated, including Latin-sounding rhythms , double tracked vocals, and effective horn parts. Allmusic critic Jason Ankeny wrote of the song, " 'It's My Party' remains one of the most vivid evocations of adolescent heartbreak ever waxed – Quincy Jones produced the record, although you'd swear it was Aaron Spelling instead." "It's My Party"

225-741: The 1999 career retrospective collection Artist of the Century . The song was also featured on the 2002 compilation ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits . Aaron Schroeder Aaron Harold Schroeder (September 7, 1926 – December 2, 2009) was an American songwriter and music publisher. Born in Brooklyn , Schroeder graduated from the school now known as the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. Having become an ASCAP member in 1948, Schroeder had his first success with "At

250-584: The Crystals .' We [the song's writers] were really excited, because that would ensure that the record was #1!" Schroeder apparently only learned of the Lesley Gore recording of "It's My Party" when Quincy Jones invited him to hear the completed track, which Schroeder found formulaic; believing that Spector would be able to cut a much stronger version of the song with the Crystals and not wanting to lose Spector's good will, Schroeder attempted to convince Jones to suppress

275-468: The UK singles chart in a five-week chart run in 2005 in a re-release. The B side was " Anything That's Part of You " which also reached the Top 40 in the U.S. Recorded on October 15, 1961, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, the session featured the following personnel: The Marvelettes released a version on the 1962 album The Marvelettes Sing and on Smash Hits Of '62 as Tamla TM 229. It was also recorded by Jo (of

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300-469: The duo Judy & Jo) as an answer song in 1962, entitled "Don't Want to Be Another Good Luck Charm", released as a 45 single on Capitol Records as catalog number CP-1468. Art Garfunkel recorded "Good Luck Charm" for the 1997 album Songs from a Parent to a Child . The song was covered by Travis & Shook on the 2006 collection Cape Cod Covers, Vol. 1: "The King" . Johnny O'Keefe , Bobby Stevens , Lawrence Welk , and Helmut Lotti have also recorded

325-430: The eyes with that one"; however, Shapiro's version was not one of the cuts chosen as an advance single from the album and by the time of the album's release that October the "It's My Party" track was perceived as a cover of Lesley Gore's hit. Lesley Gore recalls that "It's My Party" was among some two hundred demos producer Quincy Jones brought to review with her in the den of her family home in February 1963. On hearing

350-610: The last five years, he was a resident of the Lillian Booth Actors' Home of the Actors Fund in Englewood. His death came after a long battle with primary progressive aphasia , a rare form of dementia. It%27s My Party " It's My Party " is a song recorded by American singer Lesley Gore on her debut studio album I'll Cry If I Want To (1963). It was released as a single on April 5, 1963, by Mercury Records . The song

375-534: The prospect of her grandparents being invited. The demo for the song was cut by Barbara Jean English, a girl group veteran (the Clickettes, the Fashions), who was then working as a receptionist at the firm. She also worked with Jimmy Radcliffe , serving as the firm's in-house demo singer. Radcliffe produced the demo, and, according to English, "tried to persuade Musicor [the label owned by Aaron Schroeder] to release it as

400-435: The result that he envisaged in his head." Schroeder had more than 500 song recordings to his credit, including major records by dozens of artists such as Roy Orbison , Duane Eddy , Sammy Davis Jr. , Nat King Cole , Perry Como and Pat Boone . In the above-mentioned interview Schroeder said that he had in fact also participated in finalizing the hit song " It's My Party " ( Lesley Gore ). Together with his regular partner at

425-407: The rush release of "It's My Party" had precluded coining a more pleasant name for the singer than "Lesley Gore", to which Schroeder replied: "Didn't anybody tell you?... Quince, the record's number one. Do you really give a damn what her last name is?" Reviewing the song, Cash Box said that Gore "has a slick, wide-range voice aptly suited to the tune, a medium-paced, chorus-backed romancer with

450-595: The show's fifth season. In the early 1960s, Schroeder was founder and president of Musicor Records . He discovered, managed and directed the career of Gene Pitney and produced " Town Without Pity ", a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Song of 1961. With Hal David and Burt Bacharach he conceived the marriage of the Pitney sound with David and Bacharach's songs, producing a string of record successes including " (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance ", " Only Love Can Break

475-591: The song, Gore told Jones: "That's not half bad. I like it. Good melody. Let's put it on the maybe pile." The song proved to be the only demo Gore and Jones found agreeable. With Jones producing and Claus Ogerman handling arranging and conducting duties, Gore recorded "It's My Party" at Bell Sound Studios in Manhattan on March 30, 1963. In March 1963, Phil Spector heard the demo of "It's My Party" while visiting Aaron Schroeder's office. Wally Gold later recalled: "He [Spector] said, 'Great, I love it. I'm gonna do it with

500-481: The song. The first LP appearance was on the album Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 released in September, 1963. It was on the 1973 RCA Special Products Elvis double LP compilation (DPL2-0056(e)) and the 1978 package Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 and 4 (R214657), a 2 record set. The recording was included on the 1993 compilation From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters . The track also appeared on

525-516: The time, Wally Gold , he made corrections to an unfinished piece of material that another writer had brought in. When the work was done, Gold and Schroeder tossed a coin as to whose name should be listed among the credits. Schroeder "lost". Schroeder made a cameo appearance in the 1957 Warner Bros. rock and roll movie, Jamboree , as a songwriter. Schroeder also once appeared on the CBS television game show To Tell The Truth along with two imposters during

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550-424: The track. Schroeder did not mention Spector's version to Jones, but Jones and Spector both happened to attend a concert with Charles Aznavour at Carnegie Hall on the evening of March 30, 1963, and when they met outside it came up in conversation that Spector had recorded a version of "It's My Party" with the Crystals. Jones skipped the concert, instead spending that night – a Saturday – at Bell Sound Studios making

575-467: Was credited to John Gluck, Wally Gold and Herb Weiner, staff writers at the Aaron Schroeder Music firm in 1962. The lyrics were actually written by Seymour Gottlieb, a freelance songwriter. He gave the lyrics to Herb Weiner, with whom he partnered in writing songs, to peddle. It was based on actual events relating to Gottlieb's daughter Judy's "sweet sixteen" party , before which she cried over

600-469: Was selected as number 75 in Billboard Magazine 's top 100 songs on their 100th-anniversary "Greatest Hits Chart". In an interview with Jan-Erik Kjeseth he said that he was in fact present when Elvis recorded the song. He was very impressed with Presley's attitude: "Elvis wanted everything to be right; almost to the point of having tears in his eyes because he—Elvis—felt himself to be struggling to get

625-441: Was written by Herb Wiener, John Gluck Jr., and Wally Gold , and produced by Quincy Jones . The song lyrically portrays the discomfort of a teenage girl at her birthday party when her boyfriend Johnny disappears, only to return in the company of Judy, another girl, who is "wearing his ring", to indicate he has replaced the birthday girl as his love interest. "It's My Party" is in the key of A major . The song's effectiveness

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