This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LEADER OF THE PACK") THE SHANGRI-LAS: Is she really going out with him? Well, there ...

The Shangri-Las mixed a tough image with songs about teen love. Weiss, who died Jan. 19, left the group in the late '60s, and released her fist solo album in 2007. Originally broadcast in 2007. This ...

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, has died at 75. News of her passing was first confirmed to Rolling Stone by Miriam Linna of Norton Records, the label that released ...

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the pioneering 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, died Friday at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 75. Norton Records founder Miriam Linna confirmed the news to EW ...

Three members of the singing group the Shangri-Las, Margie and Mary Anne Ganser, and in the center Mary Weiss. Mary Weiss, the former lead singer of the '60s girl group The Shangri-Las, died on Friday ...