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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.
Jan 20, 2024 · Mary Weiss, the singer who channeled the melodrama of adolescence as the lead vocalist of the quintessential girl group the Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75. Her death was announced...
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Jan 20, 2024 · Mary Weiss, lead singer of the 1960s pop group The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75, her record label said. "Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my...
Jan 19, 2024 · Mary Weiss, leader of Sixties New York band Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75. Her death was confirmed to Rolling Stone on Friday by Miriam Linna of Norton Records label, which released...
The group was formed in 1963 by two pairs of sisters: Mary Weiss (b. December 28, 1948, Queens, New York, U.S.—d. January 19, 2024, Palm Springs, California) and Betty Weiss (byname of Elizabeth Weiss; b. November 27, 1946, Queens) and twins Margie Ganser (byname of Marguerite Ganser; b. February 4, 1948, Queens—d.
Jan 26, 2024 · Today we remember the group's lead singer, Mary Weiss. She died last week at the age of 75. The Shangri-Las had a tough urban image and sang songs about teenage love, love that often ended up...
