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    The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge"...
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  • Shangri-Las-65! is the second album by the Shangri-Las. Released in September 1965, it serves as the follow-up album to Leader of the Pack, which was...
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  • Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays...
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    designer, best known as the lead singer of the Shangri-Las in the 1960s. Their single "Leader of the Pack" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in...
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  • group the Shangri-Las. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as a popular cultural example of a "teenage tragedy song". The song was...
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  • of the Kuok group Shangri-La Toronto, a hotel/condominium under construction in Toronto The Shangri-Las, an American girl group of the 1960s Shangri-La...
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  • Leader of the Pack is the 1965 debut album by girl group the Shangri-Las. The album was produced to capitalize on the group's breakthrough hits "Remember...
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  • in the Sand)", also known as "Remember", is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton. It originally was recorded by the girl group the Shangri-Las, who...
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  • Sophisticated Boom Boom (band) (category Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom)
    sound" was reminiscent of the Undertones, the Bluebells and the Mo-dettes. They took their name from a song by the Shangri-Las titled "Sophisticated Boom...
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  • night at the Copa with the girlfriends; Sunday dinner at Paulie's. "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" by The Shangri-Las – Henry with Janice at the Suite before...
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  • artists The Shangri-Las, Billie Holiday, Minnie Riperton, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, The Specials, Little Anthony and the Imperials...
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  • in the Sand)", "Leader of the Pack", and other hits for girl group the Shangri-Las. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, United States, and raised in Hicksville...
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  • recorded a cover of the Shangri-Las' song "Past, Present and Future". It peaked at #56 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1983. The same year their version...
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  • (attributed to Lulu and the Luvvers). She re-recorded the song in 1986, and it reached number 8. The Shangri-Las included a version of the song in their debut...
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    Armstrong, Mary Wells, The Dixie Cups, Peter and Gordon, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, The Animals, Manfred Mann, The Shangri-Las, and Lorne Greene. Dean...
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    The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, and The Shangri-Las, William said in 1985, "We all love The Shangri-Las, and one day we're going to make Shangri-Las...
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  • received album, Weiss was backed by the Reigning Sound. Mary Weiss was the lead singer of the 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, that released a number of hit...
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  • It would later become the title of the band's third studio album. The title matches that of the 1965 song by The Shangri-Las. Dead or Alive Pete Burns...
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  • refer to: "Sophisticated Boom Boom", a song by the Shangri-Las released in 1965 on their album Shangri-Las-65! Sophisticated Boom Boom (band), a Scottish...
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  • 2017. The album features cover versions of some of the group's favorite songs and artists including The Everly Brothers, The Shangri-Las, The Cramps...
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    Miki Berenyi (category Alumni of the University of North London)
    guests. The two drummers also joined MB3 on stage in New York for a live performance of Lush’s ‘Baby Talk’. In 2020, Berenyi cited The Shangri-Las as an...
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    (Walking in the Sand) by The Shangri-Las". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022. Breihan, Tom (July 5, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Shangri-Las' "Leader...
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  • Röyksopp from The Inevitable End, 2014 "Oh No", a popular TikTok motif from the song "Remember (Walking on the Sand)" by the Shangri-Las, sampled and remixed...
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  • Stonewall (1995 film) (category Films set in the 1960s)
    Baby Gee" The Shangri-Las – "Sophisticated Boom" The Shirelles – "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" The Shangri-Las – "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" The Ad Libs – "Boy...
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  • Boy". The Guardian. Retrieved January 28, 2024. Madarang, Charisma (January 20, 2024). "Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of Sixties Girl Group the Shangri-Las, Dead...
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    Billy Joel (category Entertainers from the Bronx)
    "Leader of the Pack", which became a major hit for the Shangri-Las. Joel states that in 1964 he played on a recording of the Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walking...
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  • was included on the 2009 compilation album, The Shangri-Las & The '60s Girl Group Garage Sound. List of all-women bands Biography, The Girls website. Archived...
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    100 songs of 1964. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 2, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January...
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    of The Genius at the Royal Court Theatre. At this time, she was also the lead singer of the pop group Cindy & The Saffrons; they recorded the Shangri-Las'...
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    been covered by among others, the Shangri-Las, the Supremes, and Ike & Tina Turner. Spector's choice was to not release the Spector/ Jeff Barry/ Ellie Greenwich...
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