Uploaded by raredoowop on May 15, 2010
The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, a part of Queens, New York, in 1963. It consisted of two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) (born 1948) and Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss (born 1946), and identical twins Marguerite "Marge" (1947-1996) and Mary Ann Ganser (1947-1970).[1] The girls often appeared as a trio, as Betty Weiss rarely appeared on stage until late 1965, preferring to avoid touring. They began playing school shows, talent shows, and teen hops, coming to the attention of Artie Ripp, who arranged the group's first record deal with Kama Sutra. Their first recording in December 1963 was "Simon Says", later issued on the Smash label, on which Betty Weiss sang lead. They also recorded "Wishing Well" / "Hate To Say I Told You So", which became their first release in early 1964 when leased to the small Spokane label.[2] Initially, the girls performed without a name. But when they signed their first deal, they began calling themselves the Shangri-Las, after a Queens restaurant. Some discographies list The Beatle-ettes and The Bon Bons, who both issued singles in 1964, as early versions of The Shangri-Las. However, they are different groups.[3] Mary Weiss was the main lead singer; Betty, however, took lead on "Maybe", and a number of B-sides and album tracks. One of The Ganser Twins took lead on "I'm Blue", which is a cover of the Ikettes biggest hit at the time, and was included on their 1965 album "Shangri-Las 65!". One of the twins also takes the lead on "Sophisticated Boom Boom" b-side of "Long Live Our Love".
41 videosYouTube Mix for The Shangri-Las- 2:25
Shangri-Las - Shout [Very Good quality / No mpg4 resolution]by SixtiesPopGold22,842 views
- 2:30
Rama Lama Ding Dong-The Edsels-original song-1957-58by AK47bandit990,611 views
- 1:25
The Ronettes - You Make Me Want To Shoutby John1948ElevenA3164,688 views
- 1:16
The Shangri-Las - Shout (Shindig! 1965)by nyrainbow514,834 views
- 2:39
Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack [HD video / Excellent(-) picture quality]by 60popvideos50,180 views
- 4:19
Shoutby Esprika149,261 views
- 2:57
Lulu Shoutby dudleycudley7,414 views
- 2:03
Shout! [Original & complete version]by PJGM821,207 views
- 2:58
Ritchie Valens-Donnaby yeaaassh3,119,974 views
- 2:27
Bobby Darin - Dream Loverby CarlosC2170952,419 views
- 2:43
Shangri-las - Remember walking in the sandby invectiondk69,361 views
- 2:08
The Chordettes - Lollipopby moralesq1234,885,134 views
- 1:16
Little Eva - Locomotion (Shindig 1965)by nyrainbow5511,009 views
- 6:01
Lulu & the Luvvers 1966 shoutby mod13jazz13,617 views
- 1:50
Isley Brothers - Shout [Very Good(+) quality] (Live, 1964)by SixtiesPopGoldExtra44,138 views
- 2:25
The Shangri-Las -Simon Says 1965 (Live).wmvby raredoowop5,223 views
- 2:24
The Shangri-Las - Out In The Streets (Shindig! 1965)by nyrainbow540,747 views
- 2:04
Isley Brothers - Shout (live 1959)by John1948SixB25,850 views
- 2:23
The Shangri-Las - You Can't Sit Down (Live).wmvby raredoowop2,436 views
btw : incredible and so much information on the real shangri las !!!
thx anyways. a great job.
XXplaythegamesXX 2 months ago
why is Mary Ann Ganser (1947-1970) ??? thats only 23 years !!!! an error or whats happen to her ??
XXplaythegamesXX 2 months ago
nice remix!
MrsCcileB 2 months ago
great! the best female group ever. what type of machine is in the begining?
ducklingKATE 11 months ago