Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Leader of the Pack (Song) Morton, Shadow (1941-2013) Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music Shangri-Las, The (Music Group) Weiss, Mary (1948-2024)
Mary Weiss, Who Sang ‘Leader of the Pack,’ Is Dead at 75
As the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, she conveyed passion, pathos and toughness — and reached the Top 40 six times while still in her teens.