The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss

[TheRichcraft]

I didn't know the girls were white. They always sounded like early soul sisters to me.

[fg6971]

i know its only a silly video but i like it ,i like it yes i do,i like it.

[pointedrod73]

you got to be some stupid mother fucker to let go of that butt

[cookidoh093]

Glee shoudl really do this song due to rachels relationship with finn

[Freyja1133]

does anyone know what is sung in the fade of give him a great big kiss?

Curious

[alloyrat]

Who is the singer second from the left? Pretty face and nice do! Don't get me wrong, they're all pretty, but she is a CUTIE...

[Freyja1133]

@alloyrat that would be Betty Weiss

[alloyrat]

I've gotta build a time machine.

[jaslinc1]

All these yrs my crush on Mary has smouldered on. So great to hear and See her. Their songs never went by unnoticed and enjoyed. God Bless em all.

[Ivan1Drago]

rebecca black nunca superara a mary weiss

[FoxRunMan]

Everyone comments on Mary looking hot, and I agree, but I think Betty looks pretty fine in this video!!!

[jekiwe]

great great video......nostalgia at it's best!  the guty in the "shades" reminds me the tv host named Lolyd Thaxton>>>>>anyone else agree ?????

[budmangt2]

When i was 14 Mary was my first entertainer crush...LOL i"am 59 now and i feel like a old pervert..because when she say's...in that sexy voice, she dances close real close..I still fall to pieces...and she still looks hot at her age now

[arctickwassakwassa]

love this, i think this is my favourite performance the shangri-las did of this song that i've seen.

[indyvandal]

Full Shangs butt shot at the start.

I'm still in love L-U-V!

[BeezerTwo]

Totally agree with Glee doing a cover of this!!! Good idea! Love the Shangrilas. RIP Mary Ann and Margie.

[cookidoh093]

Glee needs to do a cover of this!!

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

2 of them, the lead singer and the other really pretty one, named betty are still alive..confusing!! sometimes i see a video of all 4 then only 3 !! i believe betty left at one point..have to ask my aunt..judy.

[notsovelvet]

Why do you have embedding disabled?

Don't you want people to share this with others?

[Kikomel1951]

what do the girls sing after the dad da da daaaasss in the background ? and duriung "tight tapered pants... " never could figure it out

[dazzababes]

@Kikomel1951

He's so cool, He's not a fool

[roamingump]

She was self-conscious about her ass. I've read interviews where she said she had to shop over on 8th avenue (NYC) and buy mens pants and another one where she said her body just wasn't built for girls pants. This is the only one ever I think, that shows her.

[mimesis6mime]

Mary is such an amazing performer. On TV they always mad her do these silly routines of singing to the guy in shades or the guy on the motorcycle. You can tell it makes her a little embarrassed but she just smiles and laughs at the situation, laughs at the people putting her through these little play acts. Mary to me always seemed above fame.

[Ivan1Drago]

never

well recorded

mary's ass

[PaulDePace]

dazzababes....love all of your videos!!!!

[skoshe47]

THE.....best female group ever !!!!!

[janedumestre]

When I say I'm in love, you best believe I'm in love, L-U-V.

He's good-bad, but he's not evil.

[DailyBrusher]

Whoa, swivel those hips, ladies!! I can see why David Johanssen and the New York Dolls were so inspired!! I am, too!

[PaulDePace]

Wow.  Betty Weiss is really something.

[breyanlovejerome]

They aren't the supremes but I like this song?

[askysbottom]

The girl groups grrrrowl! Nobody like the Shangri Las...another reason all r jealous of not being "there" in the 60's...truly an amazing musical adventure .

[fioramarfaing]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !

[ecnalubma696969]

Leather pants make me crazy! Like animal!!!

[kickassfan]

dolls

[TheBlondBeast420]

Sweet. Rare to see all four together. Nice.

Excellent.

[cherry88]

I LOVE THE SHANGRI-LAS!!!!  These girls are the best! If I was alive back then I'd want to be their best friend, they are the definitive cool ass chick.

[keyjack100]

talmeida 20...I'd STILL date Mary!

[dannya06]

oooh! rarity! and in the blouse outfits too!! love seeing the girls, could do without the dude!!!

[gogobionicgirl]

true but he is nice to look at :)

[amsterjam66]

also hear can now recognize a core slice of Patti Smith influencd by this- bit of course- said Lou

[justice3175]

I love these girls...When I first heard them I thought they were a black group...I was shocked to find out they were white...

[behdoc]

James Brown invited them to tour with him as his opening act. He thought they were black until they showed up to rehearse.

[problem49]

Tuffest chick band ever- RIP.

[BadfingerFan]

Mary Weiss, the group's lead singer is currently on tour promoting her new cd, which is her first release in over 40 years!

[BeatrixKidoo]

tell me more, tell me more

[talmeida20]

I would have dated Mary end of discussion

[obliviouspet]

My fav song is REMEMBER.

[horarwgt]

This, the third of The Shangri-Las 11 hits, ws the follow-up to "Leader Of the Pack." Released around Christmas 1964, "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 pop charts early in 1965. Lead singer Mary Weiss and her sister Betty were half the group; twins Mary Ann and Marge Ganser were the other half. Mary Ann died in 1971 of encephalitis and Marge in 1996 of breast cancer.  Mary Ann and Betty sill live in the NYC area. They're lovely people; I've interviewed them.

[jj85585]

I do right in your motherfucking face bitch, get a life hoe

[newyorkdolls71]

Ok, first of all this video is sweet. did you know the new york dolls have a song "Great Big Kiss" too? since they were influenced by these guys, they have a rockin' version of this!

[penthouse10]

Hi newyorkdolls71...we can't forget Johnny Thunders' version which is so terrific...peace

aka KCRamone

[yashband]

Sexy!

[jj85585]

the shangri-las are awesome they should have a dvd of all their performances like the supremes

[AKN74]

Discovered them looking through my parent's record collection, wish I was born 30 years earlier, Mary is gorgeous

[BytteBob]

Haha lovely song, lovely band, but it's lame how they try to make some sort of a play about it, did it with the "Leader of the pak" performance too. :S

[newyorkdolls71]

I like this song. I like the New York Dolls version of Great Big Kiss. Well, afterall they were partly influenced by the Shangri-Las. The New York Dolls are the best band ever! The Shangri-Las are the best girl group ever!

[garyifny]

Those girls look like they could cut a b*tch! LOL

[theafterboy]

i love the shangri-las

[petie71]

I love how they girls look like they can beat the crap out of the guy. Lol. x

[sfjohn5]

lol wonder where the guy in the shades is

today or who he was.

[dazzababes]

His name was Gene Weed and he was the presenter of Shivaree. He died in 1999.

[2good4Utube]

nice bodies

[kickassfan]

Girls looking like dolls and boys in love like gentleman..those were the 60s

[packard400]

...is he tall???? Well, I gotta look up..PRICELESS!!!!

[madpapi]

great song and performance but whats with that guys look ? you could rent out that huge forehead for advertisement its so big. he swears he looks good lol

[spintation]

Mary Weiss has a new cd out.

[hookalakah]

This Shivaree clip is rare in that the Shangs had the whole team on the field that day--you don't often see all four of them. And Gene Weed was sure having fun, cattin' with those girls.

[bigwilly1992]

can anyone recommend other artists if you like the shangri las?

[MillaKitO]

ronettes, supremes, crystals, martha reeves and the vandellas, marvelettes, chiffons, shirelles

[bigwilly1992]

thanks, man the shangri las are good

this and 'dressed in black' are my favourite songs

it shows how they can do both upbeat stuff and more seldom songs , and both can be amazing

[nettie1974]

Outside of really cool circles, The Shangri-Las are largely unknown...which is a crying shame, because I think there sense of drama, charisma, attitude, AND humor run circles around the more currently known 60's girl groups.

[LaVerne37]

"Dirty Fingernails, OH BOY !!! WHAT A PRIZE!!!" Some of the most unforgettable lyrics in Rock & Roll !! The Shangri-Las were the "bad girls," of the girl group era!!!  I just love it!!! Thanks for the video!!!

[jack4sally]

this song discribes faris rotter (from The Horrors) lol

[greatgambino]

these girls were bitchin!

[Arista83]

Now you know she didn't really talk like that.... "You best believe"?.... Riiiiiiigghhht. But I think they're still great.

[lharrigan]

These chicks were the origin of punk rock in the '60's and the source of Amy Winehouse's inspiration NOW!

[Yesimustbestupid2]

The Shangri-Las influence much more and much earlier & even much better women artists than Amy Winehouse. The names of women influenced by the Shangri-Las' sound & look nearly fill the bill of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame: Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett. A matter of fact I'd say we wouldn't have the ideal of the modern rock woman w/out the Shangri-Las.

[woody1230]

kate nash is mena b coverin dis wit billy bragg :D

[ChristopherClem]

The Shangri-las were the first major all-female group to wear long pants at almost all of their public performances, even at their most dressed and formal like this performance, with lacey fancy white shirst and white boots.

[monkfistlust]

ny dolls

[zoomflesh]

The guy from the new york dolls says that "when i'm in love you best belive i'm in love l-u-v"

[MrFisherMichigan]

Dumb ass........Johnny Thunders and he covered this song!

[zoomflesh]

yip i'm not that daft

[Freyja1313]

didn't Johnny Thunders change the lyrics before he covered Give Him A Great Big Kiss, to Give Her A Great Big Kiss?

[RamonePinhead]

You're the dumbass... The Dolls covered this song years before Thunders. And David Johansen, the lead singer of the New York Dolls, always said "when i'm in love you best belive i'm in love l-u-v" before doing "Looking for a kiss"

So, there!

[MrFisherMichigan]

No shit..............congrats! Yea!

[colbert1453]

thunders was the one in love with girl groups so he was the reason the ny dolls covered this song.. the damned also used the beginning of "leader of the pack" in "new rose" and aerosmith covered "walking in the sand"

[Amila85]

Great song... loved the guy's 'exit' at 1:38... very smooth!

[Phibrizoq]

Such a great song. The girls need to get better at dance synchronization, though.

[stevelotte]

Do you know if The Shangri-Las ever get out to the west coast?{Hot August Night) Reno, Nevada.

[aresius90]

Woww the whole "Close, very very close" thing at the end was copied by Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth on the song Little Trouble Girl, and it's practically the SAME voice, check it out! Lovely!

[dazzababes]

That's because it was a direct homage to The Shangri-las. It was written especially for the film 'Grace of My Heart' which features songs by many contemporary artists performed in a realistic 60's style.

[aresius90]

thanks for the information...I appreciate that.

[redlions11]

When I say I'm in love you best believe I'm in love---& then wha? [I can't understand that last part].

[dazzababes]

"When i say i'm in love, you'd best believe i'm in love, L.U.V."

[redlions11]

oh thanks!

[bellinghammond]

@dazzababes

...which was quoted by the New York Dolls at the beginning of their song "looking for a kiss"

[ittybittyzabka]

I love these girls. I just learned about this song yesterday and I love it already. I like how they dance, it's the way I like to dance too. Great song!

[j20tower]

I love Mary Weiss. Its hard to beleive she's almost 60 now. I saw her in 1964 in concert.

[labambawatusi]

...Dirty fingernails, oh boy what a prize!

[redlions11]

sexy but still sweet, not like today's girls who are just plain slutty and cheap acting.

[gabonicabitis]

Utterly brilliant in every way

[dmustard11]

Amy Winehouse loves these girls! They're her inspiration!

[strandwolf]

I'm definitely thinking likewise. Hot.

[poughkeepsiejohn]

Growing up in The Bronx, I was so ga-ga over girl groups in the Sixties, especially The Shangri-La's even though they came from Queens. Their voices were so spectacular. Then again, just their leather and lace outfits made them stand out. I wish more of today's performers dressed and sang like this because...and I hate to sound like my late father...those were the days.

[carmel156]

AWESOME !!! Thanks for the video .

[ableblue]

LOVE IT!

[bgoubler]

...jesus! watching this makes me wonder why people go on playing music!

[conventionalspoon]

unbelievably rad

[xbacon24]

White chicks?

[Freyja1313]

yeah, And Are you bringing this up?

[choggiekendall]

Why disable the embed??? Was that the original submitter's doin?? What, are you paraonoid, or just stingy??

[Freyja1313]

Cho: no maybe the video stops after a certain time& then stops completely

[j20tower]

they are hot. I remember when I was 13 and saw them at a concert. They were great.

[thelonelyslayer]

I f'en l.u.v. this song! ha. these girls are awesome.

[waynealarsen]

Those outfits rule! and it's the variant where the twins are agugmented by the other blonde girl. anyone know who she was. to the Twins, Rest in Peace and thanks for all the great tunes!

[wintergreen88]

I think she Mary's (the singer) sister. I'm not sure though.

[wintergreen88]

She's Betty Weiss, singer Mary Weiss' sister and she also in the group but didn't always perform with them.

[Freyja1313]

wintergreen, why didn' t Betty Weiss perform with the shnagri las? I think that Leader of the pack would've sounded better if She sang lead on it

[wintergreen88]

Betty did not perform regularly with the group until 1966 since she "preferred to avoid the rigors of touring". That's what it says on the Wikipedia site. Betty should have performed regularly with the group from the beginning because visually it looks better if she included in the performances since the two Weiss sisters look similar and twins also look similar to each other.

[Freyja1313]

thokk for explaining this to me, wintergreen

what do you think of my assertion that Betty weiss should've sang lead on Leader of the Pack?

[wintergreen88]

Betty was basically a backup vocalist. She's singing on the recordings as a backup vocalist. I don't know how she would have been as the main singer because I've never heard her as the main singer for any of their songs.

[wintergreen88]

The group's rise to fame is quite interesting. You can do a search on the web for information on the group. See the following sites: Redbird Entertainment - at redbirdent; Spectropop at spectropop; & History of Rock at history-of-rock.

[grapes57]

Nah man, Mary is AWESOME. Her voice sounds like that because in the 60's, they recorded a record exactly like ho wit owuld sound on a car radio. Which is why it sounds like its coming from a tin can..so it has NOTHING to do with her singing.

[Freyja1313]

grapes : I never said anything against Marys' singing,or her voice... I was reffering to ONly one song..Leader Of The PAck& how much better it would've sounded if Betty weiss sang lead on it

[assimilate]

Jesus, I had no idea the Johnny Thunders song was a cover.

[skyavalanche]

"Is he a good dancer?" "Whaddya mean "Is he a good dancer?" "Well, how does he dance?".."CLOSE...VERY VERY CLOSE!"

Better than Chaucer. They sang what we wouldn't dare say, but sure as hell thought!

[biglongcadillac]

Holy $h!&, I just got that, after 30 years of listening to this song. DUH!

[jk56f2]

chill out bud

[voidodz]

i wish i was in this group..

[slalomluke]

This is pretty good, no wonder the New York Dolls covered it.

[Freyja1313]

slalom: this song wasn't covered by the new york dolls..their song was called looking for a kiss....not give him a great big kiss

[darkshadyfigure]

It was covered in Thunders in the 80s, look for "Copy Cats"

[Timmybear]

"Give Him A Great Big Kiss" is on the album SO ALONE (though it would have fit in on COPY CATS too).

[Freyja1313]

Tell me more , tell me more

[oceanbound222]

Total pop legends.

[fireupthebatmobile]

i absolutely love them!

[gkanna]

Whoa I'm 16 again....love it!!!

[TedKowalski]

They were the best. What is the best compilation CD available for them?

[BullockOnline]

Hi. I think Rhino put out a 2 cd set. I knew someone who had it. Great music.

[bertisobe]

great !!!!!!!

[dharmamark]

I'm watching these every night lately. I'm in a daze cause those were the days.

[h1aa]

Mary was so in your face sexy.

[tropicalpancake56]

They sure were great!!!

[bobbydias]

Standing away because they were paid- this is one of many videos they made with the same people in the back. Not black and white- blue showed in the lighter parts of the picture, sometimes some green and some red along dark clothes on legs and arms- a fake picture to fool people to think they were from the 60s.

[whogotsoul]

although they basically copied black music, they're songs are badass

[mistercircumspect]

Now why can't they make 'em like this anymore?

[muffinisis]

original line up was betty and mary weiss, and the ganser sisters, mary anne and margie, who the heck was debbie harry?, i only remember the originals

[horarwgt]

Debbie Harry was the lead singer of Blondie.

[DA90027]

Awesome! Never get tired of wathcing these girls!

[retrofreaky]

It just shows how safer things were back in the 1960s: the audience is standing TWO FEET away from the girls. No way in hell would that close contact be allowed in 2007 with the threat of stalkers, etc. etc. Ahhhhh, the gold old days!

[dominique777]

STUFF CHICKS!!!

[BeamOut1]

I wish Andrew Loog Oldham would have managed them, he could have made them BIGGER than the Supremes.

[supremes1964]

HAHA! STOP! in the name of LOVE! Bigger than the Supremes LMAO nice try! still love the shangri-las  LOL

[pkcj11]

Debbie harry is much older than these girls.I think i read somewhere that she was a waitress at a club where the girls were performing.

[dazzababes]

Yeah, he is.

[chersch5]

Isn't the guy in the glasses the host of Shivaree?

[KroovyMonsoon]

The original Punk girls !!!! Somewhere in NJ a teenaged Debbie Harry was watching and learning !

[sundaeg1rl]

So cool!!

[behdoc]

Great video!

[buljan5]

please give me the embed code for this video!! i love it so much please!!!

[rkremer]

thank you sweet ANNEMARIE from Holland!

We love this song soooo much!!!

Greetings...Rasyif!

[hoctor]

The intro was left on this one unlike the one on Shindig with Ed Wynn, thanks yall, the NY Dolls were just a sparkle in their eyes eight yrs later they'd rock the world baby

[ewanmorgan]

That guy at the start, who looks like a cut price David McCallum, seems to be having a stroke?

[daFoos]

the Grandmothers of punk rock.

[Atomicgdogg]

thank you for posting this! its great to see all four shangri-las!