When Reid Wilson, a 14-year-old singer from Montgomery, stepped onto the America’s Got Talent stage, his nerves were palpable. But as soon as he began belting out Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit “You Don’t Own ...

Many of The Beatles‘ songs reached No. 1. For example, one of their early tracks prevented Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” from topping the charts in the United States. Notably, a famous musician ...

When 14-year-old Montgomery, Alabama native Reid Wilson stepped on stage, he charmed the America’s Got Talent judges with his sweet southern charm then quickly showed them another side of himself, ...

Originally written by two men, David White and John Madara, “You Don’t Own Me,” started out as another song about some boy in the 1960s then transformed into the anthem of female empowerment and ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. There's a certain kind ...