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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.
Jan 22, 2024 · Mary Weiss was the lead singer of the 1960s teen girl group the Shangri-Las, who had hits with “Remember (Walking in the Sand),” “Give Him a Great Big Kiss,” and their enduring No. 1 hit,...
Jan 26, 2024 · Mary Weiss left music after the group broke up in the late '60s, but she returned to music in 2007 and released her first solo album, which she titled "Dangerous Game." The CD was described in...
- Terry Gross
Jan 27, 2024 · The origin story of “Remember” could make for its own song. In the early 1960s, Weiss and her older sister, Betty, met the Ganser sisters at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, Queens....
- Paula Mejía
Jan 26, 2024 · Mary Weiss left music after the group broke up in the late '60s, but she returned to music in 2007 and released her first solo album, which she titled "Dangerous Game." The CD was described in The New Yorker as a remarkable solo debut.
- Terry Gross
Mar 4, 2007 · Mary Weiss, 58, was barely a teenager when she formed the Shangri-Las and quickly rose to fame with the hit “Leader of the Pack,” a boyfriend-from-the-wrong-side-of-town anthem of youthful ...
Jan 27, 2024 · Mary Weiss, who has died aged 75, was the lead singer of The Shangri-Las, who created a string of unique and influential hits in the mid-1960s including Remember (Walking in the Sand), I Can...
