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Cash Box name the Shangri-Las as best new vocal R&B group for 1964. The Shangri-Las appeared as a quartet to promote "Remember", starting with their stint on the 1964 Labor Day Murray the K show. [16] In October 1964, Betty Weiss dropped out temporarily, leaving the group as a trio.
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)", also known as "Remember", is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton. It was originally recorded by the girl group the Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964, their first hit single. A remake by Aerosmith in 1979 was a minor hit. There have been many other versions of the song as well.
"Out in the Streets" is a song written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. It was first recorded by the American girl group the Shangri-Las in 1965 and released as their fifth single. The song was produced by Shadow Morton, arranged by Artie Butler and released on Red Bird Records (RB 10-025) with the Morton composition "The Boy" on the B-Side. [1]
"Leader of the Pack" is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group the Shangri-Las. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as a popular cultural example of a "teenage tragedy song".
Mary Weiss, the lead singer and focal point of the Shangri-Las — one of the truly legendary girl groups of the early 1960s, with hits like “Leader of the Pack,” “Great Big Kiss ...
"Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (sometimes entitled "Great Big Kiss") is a song written by Shadow Morton and performed by the Shangri-Las. It was released as a single in December 1964, debuting at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late December, [3] and peaking at number 18 for two weeks in late January and early February 1965.
The Shangri-Las' music echoed throughout the years, in a mainstream that acknowledged "Leader of the Pack" as a classic — in 2019, the song was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — as ...
Mary Louise Weiss (December 28, 1948 – January 19, 2024) was an American singer and interior designer, best known as the lead singer of the Shangri-Las in the 1960s. Their single "Leader of the Pack" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.