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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 .
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.
The Shangri-Las performed "Out in the Streets" on the TV show Shindig! in 1965. [3] Later that year, the song was added to their second album, Shangri-Las-65! [4] The song was covered by Blondie in 1975; [5] but this cover was not released until 1994, when it was included on The Platinum Collection.
But the Shangri Las were just teenagers — Weiss was only 15 when “Remember” was released — and were beset by lineup instability; all members except Weiss left at one time or another. After ...
The Shangri-Las were the last of the great girl groups, emerging in 1964 just as the sound was eclipsed by the rise of British Invasion bands. Unlike peers such as the Shirelles and the Crystals ...
Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” has died. She was 75. Miriam Linna, founder of Weiss' label, Norton Records, said ...
The tune of "Leader of the Pack" is credited to pop impresario George "Shadow" Morton together with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.According to Morton, [4] he wrote the song for the Goodies (also known as the Bunnies [5]), but instead it was needed as a follow-up to the Shangri-Las hit "Remember (Walking in the Sand)".
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