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The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. Between 1964 and 1966 several hit pop songs of theirs documented teen tragedies and melodramas .
British musician Miki Berenyi named Shangri-Las-65! as one of her top 10 favorite albums: "I loved the album's mix of headstrong emotion ('Never Again'), melodrama ('The Train from Kansas City'), and cool banter ('Sophisticated Boom Boom')." [15] She added that "it was a great record for acting out," singing and dancing with a female schoolmate.
The Shangri-Las: 1 8 11 Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Shadow Morton 1972: The Shangri-Las, #3 UK (reissue) 1976: The Shangri-Las, #7 UK (reissue) 1985: Twisted Sister, #53 US, #47 UK "Don't Ever Leave Me" Connie Francis: 42 - - "You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me" The Dixie Cups 39 - - "Leader of the Laundromat" The ...
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". The song was covered in 1985 by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, who had a more modest hit with their version (no. 53 in the US).
"Remember (Walking the Sand)" shot into the Billboard Top 10 upon its late summer release in 1964, so Morton and the Shangri-Las rushed "Leader of the Pack" into the stores.
The song was released as the third single by the Shangri-Las, their first on Red Bird Records, and became a number five hit on the Billboard Hot 100, [8] and number nine on the Cashbox R&B chart. [9] It hit number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and became more successful in the UK when reissued on several occasions in the 1970s.
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 ...
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.