It only took four weeks from release for this to become Lesley Gore’s only #1 in June 1963. She and her producer/mentor Quincy Jones sifted through a few hundred demos and this was the only one they agreed upon. Q was attending a Carnegie Hall event when he ran into Phil Spector, who mentioned the Crystals had recorded this great song and he wanted to put it out as a single. Jones didn’t tell Phil he’d recorded the same tune earlier that day with Lesley, so Quincy had it rush-released.
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