The Shangri-Las

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The Shangri-Las were an American pop music girl group of the 60s that became well known for their 'streetwise' image and popular songs about teenage angst, being massively influential among later female vocalists. The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School, located in Queens, New York, in 1963. It consisted of two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss and Elizabeth "Liz/Betty" Weiss alongside identical twins Marguerite "Marge" and Mary Ann Ganser. After working together for a bit, Mary Weiss ended up singing lead. In April of 1964, since the girls were still minors, their parents signed for them with Red Bird Records, with their name coming from the title of a mythical place of wonder. Mary was 15, Betty was 17, and the Ganser twins were 16. That same year, they had their first hit with "Remember (Walking in the Sand)". The song, a U.S. #5 and a U.K. #14, was created after producer George "Shadow" Morton hired the band. Their songs with "Shadow" Morton featured lavish production with heavy orchestration and sound effects. Their biggest hit, the renowned death disc "Leader of the Pack", climaxes with the sounds of roaring motorcycles and breaking glass. A U.S. #1 and U.K. #11 hit, the tune still gets serious airplay to this day. According to a Biography episode on various 60s 'Brill Building' songwriters, including retrospective interviews with Greenwich, Barry and Morton among others, Barry said that at the time he was suspicious of Morton's overt attention to Greenwich. Di

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The Best Of The Shangri-Las

Leader Of The Pack

60s Girl Groups - The Shangri-Las & The Crystals

Myrmidons Of Melodrama

The Complete Collection

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of The Shangri-Las

Essential Classics, Vol. 534: The Shangri-las

The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time

Remember (Hits and rarities from the bad girls of 60s pop)

Solid Gold Shangri-Las

The Shangri-Las

The Very Best of The Shangri-Las

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