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The Shangri-Las
The most prominent purveyors of teen melodrama in the Girl Group genre, the Queens, N.Y.-bred Shangri-Las specialized in songs of heartbreak and tragedy, vividly conveyed by impassioned lead singer Mary Weiss, the cinematic production of Shadow Morton, and emotion-packed songs penned by Morton and such Brill Building pros as Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. The Shangri-Las — originally two sets of sisters, Mary and her sibling Betty, and twins Marge and Mary Ann Ganser — established their trademark mix of adolescent innocence and haunted fatalism with their first two hits, "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" and "Leader of the Pack,"...
