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Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of The Shangri-Las, Dies at 75
The 1960s girl group out of Queens recorded No. 1 single “Leader of the Pack.”
The Shangri-Las shared concert bills with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Brown and more famed acts. Weiss recalled the time Brown booked the group for a show in Texas in a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone, saying, “When I walked out onstage, I thought he was going to have a coronary. After her time performing with The Shangri-Las, Weiss went on to pursue a career as a commercial interior designer and consultant in New York City.
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