MARY WEISS, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, is recording her first album of new material since 1965 with the Reigning Sound for release on Norton Records, with Billy Miller and Greg Cartwright producing. Mary is selecting from a batch of great new comps from today's most talked-about songwriters including Greg Cartwright, John Felice, Andy Shernoff, Jackie DeShannon and others TBA!
Mary was fifteen years old when she and her sister Elizabeth (Betty) began singing with identical twins Margie and Mary Ann Ganser in their Cambria Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, as students at Andrew Jackson High School. They soon came to the attention of George "Shadow" Morton and shot into the charts with massive hits on the Red Bird label including Remember (Walking In The Sand), Leader Of The Pack, Give Him A Great Big Kiss, I Can Never Go Home Anymore, Give Us Your Blessings and Out In The Streets.
The Shangri-Las gave a voice to real teenagers, with Mary's explosive lead vocals delivering emotion-packed melodramas that made them one of the most consistently exciting groups of the day.
Mary Weiss
c/o OUT IN THE STREET, INC.
P.O. Box 5050
West Babylon, New York 11707
Mary at SXSW with Reigning Sound and Miriam Linna and Rebeccah Mark
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las's Friend Space (Top 24)
Just wanted to cruise by and say hi - and also add that your music has a quality that still puts the frivolity and festive fun back into music. It's organic, spaciously comforting and enduring. What more can we ask for?
Mary, look what I found at a yard sale in Woodstock--Feb. 13, 1965 Cash Box "Girl Groups" edition, with you on the back cover, more pictures of you inside. Lenny Kaye mentioned in credits, too. If you'd like to have it, you're welcome to it.
Yo Mary, When out to dinner last night to this place that takes you back in time to places people our age hung out in. Guess what was on the juke box? "Leader of the pack" Hoping to see you after the summer is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take care,be safe, Best Linda
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Robert