The Shangri-Las is tagged as: 60s, pop, girl group, female vocalists, girl groups The Shangri-Las were an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, New York as the Bon Bons in 1963. It consisted of two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) and Elizabeth “Liz/Betty” Weiss, and identical twins Marguerite “Marge” and Mary Ann Ganser. In April of 1964, since the girls were still minors, their parents signed for them with Red Bird Records; Mary was 15, Betty was 17, and the Ganser twins were 16. That same year, they had their first hit, “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” (US #5, UK #14), after being hired by the producer George “Shadow” Morton. Their songs for Morton featured lavish production with heavy orchestration and sound effects; their biggest hit, the renowned death disc “Leader of the Pack” (US #1, UK #11), climaxes with the sounds of roaring motorcycles and breaking glass. The band continued to have a string of US hit records, mainly on depressing themes such as death, loneliness, and abandonment. Songs included “Past, Present and Future”, “Give Him a Great Big Kiss” and “Long Live Our Love”. In 1966, the Shangri-Las’ subsequent two releases on Red Bird failed to make the top 50... Read More About The Shangri-Las Biography...  Send The Shangri-Las ringtones to your cell
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