Songwriters to Soundmen Mary Weiss of the Shangri Las Early Musical Interests April 2007

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

13 жыл бұрын

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@msromo 6 ай бұрын

Rest peacefully Mary.

@haltmusic 13 жыл бұрын

This is great. Mary Weiss is an icon and a class act.

@ronaldjeffers2415 4 жыл бұрын

The shangri-las represent what America is all about the music is totally awesome pure America

@monkmchorning 4 жыл бұрын

I read that Shadow Morton once said that Mary Weiss was the hardest worrking 14 year-old he ever met. I admire that.

@larryvermeer6170 2 күн бұрын

Good evening my friend I love this band and also mary to RIP my lovely mary Am still listening to this music in July of 2024

@atlasking6110 7 ай бұрын

The woman is a stone-cold badass legend!

@tonyrussi7777 3 жыл бұрын

I interviewed The Shangri-Las in 1966 for Tiger Beat Magazine, I was 15 & they weren't that much older. Loved them.

@ravibhandari9050 3 жыл бұрын

How did you get that job at 15? Lucky cat. Was the interview published? I'd like to read it. What were they like? Did you meet all 4? There aren't too many interviews of them from the 60s surprisingly.

@tonyrussi7777 3 жыл бұрын

@@ravibhandari9050 it really wasn't a job somehow I won a contest a got a Tiger Beat Press Card, there were only the 3, Mary & the Ganser twins. I was shocked when I asked about their favorite singers & they named people like Tony Bennett ect.They said they were tired of staying in hotels & wanted to go home to be around their friends. They did like working with Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich.I really just wanted to meet them after the show & used that card for that purpose.They were cool, the kinda girls I liked at school.I think Tiger Beat just published a little paragraph about it.

@ravibhandari9050 3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyrussi7777 My mother is about the same age as them and also from Queens. Bennett was a God to NY, second only to Sinatra. Of course my mother certainly wasn't into either of them as a teenager since it was all about rock and roll. My impression is that the Shangri-Las had more sophisticated musical tastes than the material they recorded. I think they were embarrassed by Leader of the Pack despite it being their most successful track. Good on you for getting to meet them. Ellie Greenwich often spoke of their attitudes in the studio. I'm actually quite surprised that they said they enjoyed working with her.

@tonyrussi7777 3 жыл бұрын

@@ravibhandari9050 I was heavy into Motown & Phil Spector groups but "Leader.." was my least fave of the Shangrilas. Mary was the main one I talked to, she was really down to earth . I didn't have a pen or paper when I showed their road manager my Tiger Beat card & he opened their dressing room & said "these kids are from Tiger Beat, they wanna talk to ya."LOL

@juliereminiec4937 Жыл бұрын

Tony, What year was Tiger Beat magazine started? ( I remember it from the 70) Give Us Your Blessing is my favorite Shangri las song

@spiritj7062 4 жыл бұрын

LEGEND!!!!! I love the Shangri-Las

@jazzmanchgo 8 жыл бұрын

I love it -- they were all tomboys as young girls -- rebels from the beginning! Mary wasn't "just" a singer -- she was an actress, pure and simple. Those songs were full-blown mini-dramas in her hands. I always wished she'd kept on and pursued a career in theater and/or film; she definitely had the chops for it.

@joshron99 3 жыл бұрын

Mary's stage demeanor, presence and facial beauty and expressions (especially her effortless smile as she sang) reminded me of Peggy Lee

@JohnnyPringles86 6 ай бұрын

RIP Mary Weiss

@user-jo5bk1en5m 6 ай бұрын

RIP MARY WEISS 🙏 ❤️

@phila3884 4 жыл бұрын

What I love most is her description of all things American in the 50's-Everly Bros, climbing trees!, Erector sets and Lincoln Logs. Oh, and singing.

@user-kl4bh4lq6r 5 ай бұрын

What a talented lady she was Band's like The Bangles must have Been inspired by her singing harmony's

@Corporations8MyBaby Жыл бұрын

Liz and Mary were harmonizing from the beginning. Liz was a growling rock voiced singer... her lead vocals on Twist and Shout and Simon Says are barn burners. Once Mary took the job as lead singer, her sweet pop voice lent itself to those operatic songs. The Ganzer twins provided real DRAMA ... but each of them carried astonishing Gospel/R&B voices. Listen to Mary Anne on "I'm Blue" sometime. Wow. When the four of them were in a room together, all singing at once, witnesses have reported everyone got goosebumps. Everyone knew they were in the presence of greatness.

@tonylichacz6453 3 жыл бұрын

The Shang girls made history.

@sugarjoe50 4 жыл бұрын

Everly Brothers were also a major influence on Lennon & McCartney.

@bh8365 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph. Right. Also Simon and Garfunkel, among others.

@leahflower9924 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Betty was her sister wow good looking sisters

@overratedprogrammer 3 жыл бұрын

Street, bathroom, and tunnel singers are something we unfortunately lost I think

@StephenDBurge-in5qi 3 жыл бұрын

Respect 😊

@normanbommarito6029 2 жыл бұрын

She's great isn't she!!

@albertreynoso6714 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you I've seen several of these interviews by some really young or clueless interviewers it bugs me Mary deserved some one who knew their shit but she was cool

@STRONGMAN415 3 жыл бұрын

Wow my parents met at Freedom Land in the Bronx which is now CoopCity projects.

@MrRomanthunder Жыл бұрын

She’s badass.

@Charles-tv6oi Жыл бұрын

Hear they were catholic school girls n image on stage wasn't offstage. True or no?

@alfx5432 23 күн бұрын

Looking at there Performances , They were so Good but so young , I love them.

@retrowb3982 4 жыл бұрын

Where's the entire interview??

@AHDN1964 5 жыл бұрын

where can I watch the rest of this?

@jensenbell 11 ай бұрын

INK SPOTS!! HA! I love thinking of Mary and Liz just singing their hearts out for big brother George (RIP). I hear the Everlys in those really rich 4 part harmonies the Shangs did like in Out In The Streets or Run Run Diddy, or the "gone gone gone" at the end of Leader of the PAck. But I hear that pre-rock n roll phrasing in the way Mary sang lyrics like Train from Kansas City.

@kencooke8139 5 ай бұрын

RIP Mary

@kirikazesl1338 2 жыл бұрын

Une légende je t'aime 💖

@ViperJon 6 жыл бұрын

Mary was generally the lead singer and got most of the attention....but her sister Betty (Liz) was stunning looking and a good singer as well.

@juliereminiec4937 Жыл бұрын

Viper, Why didn't Betty Weiss sing lead on leader of the pack ?

@thomasbrower305 Жыл бұрын

Betty was a little older and was in and out of the group at various times. One of my favorite things is to listen to the songs and pick out who is singing lead. Betty's voice was a little deeper, but smooth as silk. Most importantly, whoever was singing, you believed them!

@ViperJon Жыл бұрын

Betty got pregnant too during that early time period.

@thomasbrower305 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she left the group the first time to get married.

@Corporations8MyBaby Жыл бұрын

Looks aside, Liz had the ROCK voice, where Mary (at first) had the pop voice.

@alfx5432 23 күн бұрын

I would like to hear the whole interview.

@HolgerGruber Жыл бұрын

Fourteen!

@larryvermeer6170 2 күн бұрын

If anyone here from the rock and roll Hall of Fame the seekers should be in the rock and roll Hall of Fame to

@JeksuChoppers 3 жыл бұрын

mi sugar mommy *.*

@garyweaver5398 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I think this guy is clueless about the group or he comes off that way. AN expert of the group would have inspired Mary more imho.

@markusodus 3 жыл бұрын

This guy sounds clueless on more than just the group, feel sorry for her having to sit with someone with such low enthusiasm and articulation

@rickrick5041 4 жыл бұрын

That's it?

@adrianmartin5780 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah,why would it not be a given for these ladies to be recognized for the Hall of Fame or given a Star on Hollywood Blvd,they sure deserve it but then again it would insult the art they produced to stand them with some of the lesser talent that is already recognized,gimme a break.

@badbob1946 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure this guy even knows who she is.

@kennethlatham3133 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying! She answers a question in a way that would excite anyone else and this guy just counts to three and asks the next question like a ROBOT.

@treke08 4 жыл бұрын

Is that Gary Bussy doing the interview?

@gymnastix 10 жыл бұрын

I agree with you "guitbibble." The interviewer (Warren Zanes) in this video is a douchebag. He used to be in a Boston band called The Del Fuegos. But he is certainly no journalist. Who knows how he got his job at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? This just shows why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is such an non-credible entity, with guys like him in positions of responsibility. The R&R HOF has also ignored many legendary acts while passing through others. It is an elitist clique that includes "Rolling Stone" publisher Jann Wenner, a man who used to print retractions to his critics' negative reviews of big league acts (such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young), when said acts and/or their record labels complained, and threatened to pull advertising. That magazine ceased to have credibility once this was commonly known.

@kennethlatham3133 3 жыл бұрын

I have my own reasons for despising Rolling Stone Ragazine but the primary reason is the way they re-rated their 1979 Rock"n"Roll Album guide, crapping all over records they had highly praised in that initial edition. The motives for such re-evaluations cannot help but suggest corrupt influences. There's one band in particular who took on the chin hard from these two-faced Yawkers. The music is the same; the reviewer is the one who changes. Well who gives a 💩 .

@FriendofDorothy 14 күн бұрын

A clunky interview at best.... She doesn't look very comfortable with this dude. She was perfect as the lead Shangri-La and i snow a pop music legend.