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Mister Ed

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4. I've long admired her because...
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 07:55 PM
Feb 2015

...despite her youth, she never went all Britney / Bieber, but instead maintained a sane, modest, and perhaps even humorous perspective on her status as a teen idol.

At the height of her celebrity status, she was quietly toiling away at her studies in the background, first graduating from high school and then from Sarah Lawrence College.

Just two weeks ago, I watched her entire set from the landmark 1964 T.A.M.I. television special, and came away filled with renewed respect for her. At a time when many of the pop stars being marketed to teenagers were mere cardboard cutouts, she was a genuine talent.

And then, of course, there's "You Don't Own Me". There it was. At a time when the top 40 was flooded with young female vocalists exalting and worshiping the boy they adored, Lesley just laid it all down, in two minutes four seconds. If I could pick a single song to find a place in my teenage daughter's head and heart, I guess this one would be it.

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