Mary Weiss from The Shangri-Las is dead to me!

Out in the streets...

Is she picking you up after school today?

Unh-unh...

One of the all-time great songs: "Leader of the Pack

One of my favorite singers. RIP.

Dammit! She was only a few months older than I

Mary Weiss moved to New York's Greenwich Village and then to San Francisco. Returning to Manhattan a few years later and prevented from recording because of lawsuits, she worked as a secretary while taking college classes. She then went into the architectural industry, working in the accounting department of a New York architectural firm. Weiss moved up to be the chief purchasing agent and later ran a commercial furniture dealership. In the late eighties, she managed a furniture store and was an interior designer. By 2001, she was a furniture consultant to New York businesses. She married in 1974, but the marriage ended in 1988; she married again several years later, and her second husband managed her music career.

Betty Weiss, Mary's sister (and the fourth member of the original group ) is still alive and lives on Long Island: Betty Weiss had a daughter in 1964, necessitating her absence from the group during this period. She was the only member of the group to have a child (who was raised with the help of Betty's brother George Weiss, who died in 1998). Betty Weiss also married and held several jobs and now lives and works on Long Island.

The twins have died:

Mary Ann Ganser began having problems with drug and alcohol addiction in 1968. She died in Queens on March 15, 1970, aged 22, of a drug overdose. (This may have been a heroin overdose as mentioned in a contemporary newspaper report and on her death certificate, or a barbiturate overdose as related later by her mother to a journalist.) Her death has been incorrectly reported as having been caused by encephalitis, or by a seizure disorder.

Marge Ganser reportedly returned to school in the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, she married (changing her name to Marguerite Ganser Dorste), worked for NYNEX in Valley Stream, New York, and died of breast cancer on July 28, 1996, at age 48.

Another hit...

The Shangri- Las - Remember ( Walking in the Sand)

I read that Mary sang backing vocals on the Aerosmith cover.^^

Mary Weiss had the most unique, powerful voice perfect for the early- to mid-1960s.

The hits just keep o coming...

Shangri-Las 'Give Him a Great Big Kiss'

The Shangri-Las - Shout

Mary Weiss singing "Remember" - (Walking in the Sand) in 2008:

Radio interview: Q104.3FM Jonathan Clarke w/Mary Weiss

Television interview: Songwriters to Soundmen Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las Early Musical Interests April 2007:

I liked her one-off comeback album in the '00s.

She still had that beautiful long blonde hair, as the videos at R12 and R13 illustrate.

The 60's!| FIRST TIME HEARING Shangri Las - Leader Of The Pack REACTION:

He Cried

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (colourised)

Right Now and...

Boyfriend Jimmy, the leader of the pack, died in a motorcycle crash in 1963. It took her 60 years to die of a broken heart.

But seriously, they did make some memorable records. I still have about 6 of their hits on 45 records..

The Shangri-Las and Robert Goulet on "I've Got a Secret"

Get passed Betsy Palmer and Bess Myerson...and then you'll get to see Robert Goulet performing with the Shangri-Las LIVE on "I've Got a Secret."

I remember being shocked when I found out they were white.

The leader of the pack|| The Grave of Mary Ann Ganser

The Shangri-las * Mary Weiss * Interview & Rare Footage

They all seemed like they'd be some of Dawn Davenport's friends. Especially the Gansar twins, who looked exceptionally cheap and like they might have knives in their hairdos. I adored their trashy look and sound.

The Shangri-Las on Entertainment Tonight 1989

[quote]I remember being shocked when I found out they were white.

They were the tough white chick girl group, r22.

[quote]They were the tough white chick girl group

Seriously. I could imagine a hair-pulling catfight between them and Reparata and the Del-Rons.

Well, who *were* the other white girl groups? I'm trying to think of others but I can only think of the Lennon Sisters.

Great Performance: The Shangri-las * Where the Action Is * Give Him A Great Big Kiss

Revolver TV...

Another MARY! is gone.

And yet (side eye) DIANE still walks the earth......hmph.

^^Mary: "He's good bad, but he's not evil."

The Girls: "Tell me more, tell me more."

A constellation of blackheads on Marge Gansar's face. Tell me they didn't influence John Waters.

The Shangri-Las - Rare Studio Chatter, Outtakes and Unreleased Song

The Shangri-Las' Mary Weiss gives dating and gift advice

GOLDMINE Magazine presents Mary Weiss interview at Rock Con 2010

[quote]Well, who *were* the other white girl groups?

Not enough people know about Reparata and the Del-Rons, singers of "Whenever a Teenager Cries" and "Captain of Your Ship."

Somehow they simultaneously looked like little kids and middle-aged housewives.

Again, these were women in their late teens/early twenties.

r29 The Angels who sang "My Boyfriend's Back" were one that I can think of. Most of them were one hit wonders. Look up Egyptian Shumba by the Tammys. Strangest song to come out of the girl group genre. There was a Shangri-Las inspired song called "Nightmare" credited to a made up group called The Whyte Boots. This song made the Shangri-Las look like angels.

Please do not forget THE SHAGGS.

Is he tall?

Well, I gotta look up ...

How does he dance?

Close — very, very CLOSE.

Egyptian Shumba

The B-52s have said "Egyptian Shumba" was very influential in their own sound.

Marcie & the Cookies

Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (1968)

The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache (1968)

They're black and they're good.

Mary Weiss: "A deeply underrated artist. She didn’t just sing," one fan commented. "She performed."

The Shangri-Las, L-R Mary Ann Ganser, Betty Weiss, Marge Ganser and Mary Weiss, pose for a studio group portrait in 1964 in the United States.

Photo: Gilles Petard/Redferns © Provided by The Messenger

Cool, bad bitches...

Weiss’s death was confirmed to The Messenger by Miriam Linna, who runs the independent Norton Records label, which released Weiss’ final solo album, Dangerous Game, in 2007. “She was such a star to everyone in the rock ‘n’ roll business,” Linna said.

Reports are that Susan Dey is distraught. She can't speak.

Reparata and the Delrons' big hit, "Whenever a Teenager Cries"

Holy shit some poster I blocked is talking to themselves a ton.in this thread. This has to be a record.

[quote]Reparata and the Delrons' big hit, "Whenever a Teenager Cries"

Start your own thread, bitch, this one's mine!

I loved the Shangri-La's, and Mary Weiss. Rest in peace, Queen.

I met him at the candy store.

RIP Mary.

She was like 16 years old when they hit it big. Still in high school. RIP.

Mary!

Dirty fingernails!

Oh, boy, what a prize!