On Jan 19, 2024: #MaryWeiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), died at 75.
#RIP 🪽🥀

#OnThisDay in 1948, #MaryWeiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC (d. 2024).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️

Remembering Mary Weiss from the Shangri-Las

(December 28, 1948-January 19, 2024)

#Music, #MaryWeiss, #TheShangriLas

After the 1968 break-up of The Shangri-Las Mary Weiss didn't sing.

But then, in 2007 –

Mary Weiss, "Don't Come Back" (2007)

"I always knew that I would record again someday."
~ Mary Weiss in the liner notes to 2007's "Dangerous Game".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra5fNgDHxaw

#MusicWomenWednesday
#TheShangriLas #MaryWeiss

Mit Hits wie „Remember“ oder „Leader of the Pack“ prägen The Shangri-Las den Girl Pop der 60er Jahre. Die Frontsängerin Mary Weiss ist vor kurzem verstorben. Im Popfilter erinnern wir an die Vorreiterinnen.

#60s #DerSongDesTages #GirlPop #MaryWeiss #Popfilter #TheShangriLas #PopfilterDerSongDesTages

https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-the-shangri-las-remember-walking-in-the-sand?utm_campaign=share_on_mastodon&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=mastodon

🧵RIP Mary Weiss

#MaryWeiss #TheShangriLas

Brown Spring Weekend
Providence RI, Sat 22 Apr 1967
#BDH photo by Greg Lloyd
#FilmPhotography

“Mary Weiss, Who Sang ‘Leader of the Pack,’ Is Dead at 75

As the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, she conveyed passion, pathos and toughness — and reached the Top 40 six times while still in her teens. NY Times, 22 Jan 2024”

#MaryWeiss #TheShangriLas

NYTimes gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/arts/music/mary-weiss-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk0.1rRL.IoPmuMrvcCvx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Brown Spring Weekend
Providence RI, Sat 22 Apr 1967
#BDH photo by Greg Lloyd
#FilmPhotography

Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75

“I had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything and get into it and sound believable,” Weiss later recalled in 2001. “You can hear it on the performances. It was very easy for me. The recording studio was the place where you could really release what you were feeling without everybody looking at you.”

https://pitchfork.com/news/mary-weiss-lead-singer-of-the-shangri-las-dies-at-75/

@pitchfork #MaryWeiss #TheShangriLas #LeaderOfThePack #Music

⛈️ 🙏🏽 1964

"I prayed and prayed to the Lord
To send me back our love
But instead you came to me
Only in my dreams"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKoP8FHY-B0

#ShangriLas #MaryWeiss #MyrmidonsOfMelodrama #DramaQueensFromQueens

#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas
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The Guardian:
Mary Weiss brought streetwise realism to the Shangri-Las – and let 60s girl groups flirt with danger

"Weiss’s piercing voice gave the trio’s songs about bad boys – with their unusually high body count – a lasting punch."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/20/mary-weiss-brought-streetwise-realism-to-the-shangri-las-and-let-60s-girl-groups-flirt-with-danger

#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas
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Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75 | Pitchfork

The pop singer was behind countless hits in the 1960s, including “Leader of the Pack”
https://pitchfork.com/news/mary-weiss-lead-singer-of-the-shangri-las-dies-at-75/

The Shangri-Las ~ Past, Present, Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raddwVBfL_8 #MaryWeiss

One of popular music's greatest vocalists.

#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas #TheShangriLas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sri2xpOkdYM

I was waiting for Alexis Petridis' piece on Mary Weiss.
He writes so well on those that have left us and sadly is getting way too many opportunities to display this skill.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/20/mary-weiss-brought-streetwise-realism-to-the-shangri-las-and-let-60s-girl-groups-flirt-with-danger
Mary Weiss brought streetwise realism to the Shangri-Las – and let 60s girl groups flirt with danger

RIP Mary Weiss.

#Music #MaryWeiss #ShangriLas

Rip Mary Weiss

https://youtu.be/W0O6tabbjjk?si=CB_rou5dC_mthV9B

#maryweiss #shangrilas

Mary Weiss (December 28, 1948 – January 19, 2024), best known as the lead singer of the Shangri-Las #MaryWeiss #ShangriLas #RIP #music

Shangri-Las lead singer, Mary Weiss, dies aged 75
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/20/shangri-las-lead-singer-mary-weiss-dies-aged-75
Weiss led US girl band with run of hit songs about teenage love and tragedy, including Leader of the Pack

RIP Mary Weiss.

#Music #MaryWeiss #ShangiLas

Farewell Mary Weiss

#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas

https://youtu.be/dYdr-MslXkw?si=XNd7fTVDETXYLrGc

https://www.tumblr.com/geminicollisionworks/739997910142484480/an-appropriately-sad-farewell-to-mary-weiss

#maryweiss #theshangrilas #teenagedeathsongs

Mary Weiss Dies: Voice Of Pop Hit ‘Leader Of The Pack’ Was 75
#News #Obituaries #LeaderofthePack #MaryWeiss #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2024/01/mary-weiss-dead-voice-pop-hit-leader-of-the-pack-was-75-1235798672/