The Shangri-Las mixed a tough image with songs about teen love. Weiss, who died Jan. 19, left the group in the late '60s, and released her fist solo album in 2007. Originally broadcast in 2007. This ...

What was fresh, though, was The Shangri-Las. Making their name with a street-tougher image and more emotionally complex songs than the glammed-out girl groups of the early decade, the quartet fit in ...

Singer Mary Weiss once described her influential girl group this way: “The Shangri-Las were punk before punk existed. People thought we were tough.” To further the point, Joey Ramone once told Weiss ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. On April 21, 1965, three members of the Shangri-Las appeared on ABC’s musical variety show Shindig, their silhouettes faintly visible on the dark stage. With the ...

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, the 1960s girl group who hit No. 1 with the teen angst song “Leader of the Pack,” has died at the age of 75. Weiss’ death was announced Friday in a ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the pioneering 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, died Friday at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 75. Norton Records founder Miriam Linna confirmed the news to EW ...