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"Leader of the Pack" is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group the Shangri-Las . The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as a popular cultural example of a " teenage tragedy song ".
Leader of the Pack is the debut album by girl group the Shangri-Las, released in 1965 by Red Bird Records.The album was produced to capitalize on the group's breakthrough hits "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and "Leader of the Pack", the latter of which had been co-written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich in addition to George "Shadow" Morton. [1]
The streetwise image of the Shangri-Las – initially a promotional device for "Leader of the Pack" [12] – contrasted with other "girl groups" of the 1960s, and they were cited as an influence by 1970s punk rock-era acts such as the New York Dolls, Ramones and Blondie; [33] the latter covered "Out in the Streets" twice. [34]
The Shangri-Las' music echoed throughout the years, in a mainstream that acknowledged "Leader of the Pack" as a classic — in 2019, the song was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — as ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.…
Mary Louise Weiss (December 28, 1948 – January 19, 2024) was an American singer and interior designer, best known as the lead singer of the Shangri-Las in the 1960s. Their single "Leader of the Pack" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.
Later that year, the Shangri Las soared to No. 1 with “Leader of the Pack,” a miniature teen opera with a dramatic spoken introduction and rumbling motorcycle-rev sound effects.
"Leader of the Pack" The Shangri-Las: 1 8 11 Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Shadow Morton 1972: The Shangri-Las, #3 UK (reissue) 1976: The Shangri-Las, #7 UK (reissue) 1985: Twisted Sister, #53 US, #47 UK "Don't Ever Leave Me" Connie Francis: 42 - - "You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me" The Dixie Cups 39 - - "Leader of the ...