After calling in some favors, the group recorded their first demo, "Remember (Walking in the Sand)." The Shangri-Las ...

Along with the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las epitomize the girl group era more than any others. Weiss was at the center of their sound and look, with a tart, youthful, yearning voice that burst out of ...

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the 1960s pop group The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75, her record label said. "Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation ...