So many of the best pop records of the late ’50s and early ’60s were really teenage melodramas — pocket operas with archetypal characters and tragic endings. And “Leader Of The Pack” takes that even ...

The post Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of The Shangri-Las, Dead at 75 appeared first on Consequence. Mary Weiss, who fronted the influential 1960s-era girl group The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75.

“Dressed in Black,” published by Verse Chorus Press of Portland, Oregon, is the first ever full-length study of the ...

Ron Case / Getty Images Mary Weiss, the former lead singer of the 1960s pop girl group The Shangri-Las, died on Friday. She was reportedly 75 years old. Her husband, Ed Ryan, confirmed her death to ...

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 Sunday ...

(CNN) — Mary Weiss, a singer who was part of the 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, has died, according to multiple reports. She was reportedly 75 years old. The news was confirmed by Miriam Linna of ...

WHAT THE tough chicks in women’s prison movies were to Doris Day, that’s what the Shangri-Las were to most of the other female singers in rock ‘n’ roll. The Shangri-Las didn’t wear chiffon and pass ...

New York indie rockers Versus have just released a new four-song EP (on Merge) entitled Shangri-La. In addition to the Steely Dan-esque title track, a Versus original, the disc also features their ...

Mary Weiss, lead singer of iconic ’60s pop group The Shangri-Las, has died at age 75. The news came via her label: “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation ...

Weiss was 15 years old when she formed the band in 1963 with her sister, Betty, and friends from school, twin sisters, Mary-Ann and Marguerite Ganser. The New York natives released their debut single, ...

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This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LEADER OF THE PACK") THE SHANGRI-LAS: Is she really going out with him? Well, there ...