The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964) Stereo HQ Audio

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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 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'.
The tune of "Leader of the Pack" is credited to pop impresario George "Shadow" Morton together with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. According to Morton, he wrote the song for the Goodies (also known as the Bunnies), but instead it was needed as a follow-up to the Shangri-Las hit "Remember (Walking in the Sand)". He said he did not know that he was supposed to have a second idea ready to follow up "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" until Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Red Bird Records co-owners with George Goldner) asked him, "Hey, what do you want to do for the second record?" Morton said he "got a bottle of champagne, two cigars" and "went into the shower, sat down, drank the champagne, smoked the cigars, and wrote the song on a shirt cardboard with my kids crayons." Morton claimed he credited Barry and Greenwich as co-writers for business reasons; however his recollection has been questioned by Ellie Greenwich.
The song is about a girl named Betty, asked by friends to confirm that she is dating Jimmy, the leader of a motorcycle gang. After singing of love at first sight ("I met him at the candy store/He turned around and smiled at me/You get the picture?/That's when I fell for the Leader of the Pack"), Betty's heart turns to despair as she bemoans her parents' disapproval. The parents claim Jimmy hails from "the wrong side of town" and ask Betty to tell Jimmy goodbye and find someone new. Betty does as she is asked, and Jimmy speeds off on his motorcycle. Moments later, he crashes on a rain-slickened surface and dies; Betty's pleas for Jimmy to slow down are in vain.
In July 1964, Morton recorded the vocals for "Leader of the Pack" with the Shangri-Las at the Ultrasonic Sound studio on the second floor of a Manhattan hotel. The song was produced by George "Shadow" Morton. These vocals were dubbed over the instrumental parts, which had been previously recorded at the Ultrasonic Recording Studios in Hempstead, New York. Billy Joel, then a young session musician, said on November 16, 2010 during an interview with Howard Stern that he played piano on one of the demos for "Leader of the Pack," but he was not sure if any of his parts made the final recording. In fact, the piano part was played by Roger Rossi, a staff musician for Ultrasonic Recording Studios at the time. Rossi said, "I remember the date like it was yesterday, there were no written charts, so unfortunately, some musicians kept making mistakes. As I recall, it took 63 recording takes before Shadow Morton was satisfied." Rossi added, "By the end of the session, in take 62, I also messed up and Morton laughingly yelled out, 'Ohhhh, noooo. Not you, too!'"
According to legend, to add the authentic sound of a motorcycle engine, one was driven through the lobby of the hotel and up to the floor of the recording studio. No one was arrested, but a ticket was issued. However, in an interview four decades later, Shangri-Las lead singer Mary Weiss said the motorcycle sound was taken from an effects record. The Zombies' drummer Hugh Grundy recalls revving up a motorcycle backstage when the Shangri-Las performed on a U.S. tour.
"Leader of the Pack" was released as a single on the Leiber and Stoller label Red Bird Records, the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1964. In the United Kingdom, the single was refused airplay by the BBC, probably due to its death theme, although some have speculated that it was considered likely to encourage violence between mods and rockers. It charted three times on the UK Singles Chart: number 11 in 1965; number 3 in 1972[8] (by which time the BBC ban had been lifted); and once again at number 7 in 1976, when its sales figures as a reissue on two different labels (Charly and Contempo) were combined to arrive at its chart position. The record also reached number 1 in Australia.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at number 447. In the 2010 revision of the list, it was moved to number 454 as new entries were added.
The song is featured in a Broadway musical based on the songs of Ellie Greenwich, Leader of the Pack, which opened in 1985. In 1990, the song was featured in the soundtrack of the Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas.

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  • @muffee68
    @muffee68Ай бұрын

    Listening to this AWESOME song in April 2024 🎊 ❤

  • @avantixsiempre

    @avantixsiempre

    29 күн бұрын

    Here may 24

  • @sindyrichter7040

    @sindyrichter7040

    28 күн бұрын

    @@avantixsiemprein Italia, in Sicilia,in Germania ,in Saxonia it is April 10 hours ago 😅😂

  • @avantixsiempre

    @avantixsiempre

    27 күн бұрын

    @@sindyrichter7040 good 4 u

  • @catchinka7066

    @catchinka7066

    21 күн бұрын

    Loved robert goulet!

  • @somchitrwright6749
    @somchitrwright67494 ай бұрын

    My heart is broken at the loss of beautiful Mary Weiss. Her voice and performance was permeated with the pathos of her many wonderful songs. Only 15 when she recorded “Leader of the Pack” with her school friends who became The Shangri-Las. Now it is like the ELO song “ My Shangrila has gone away. Faded like the Beatles on “Hey Jude” . Goodbye Mary. We will miss you. ❤

  • @yvonnecooper5004

    @yvonnecooper5004

    4 ай бұрын

    Well said❤😢

  • @TwistedRiffster

    @TwistedRiffster

    3 ай бұрын

    You’re weird

  • @GeorgeCalldickygrononoback

    @GeorgeCalldickygrononoback

    3 ай бұрын

    that was such a beautiful song very well performed and at such a young age they think they're living room destined for real good life in the music industry but unfortunately thingsthings happen😢😢😂😂😂😢😢😢😢😊❤❤😂😂❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉nevernever forgotten

  • @FirstBookShelf-li8hh

    @FirstBookShelf-li8hh

    3 ай бұрын

    "My heart is broken" a bit of a drama queen I think

  • @tryithere

    @tryithere

    3 ай бұрын

    I didn’t know she had died. The twins both died pretty young.

  • @mlang20
    @mlang204 ай бұрын

    damn puts a tear in the eye, i miss being a child in the sixties , beautiful time to be alive

  • @toddglover1121
    @toddglover1121Ай бұрын

    God, I wish I could start my life all over again! I miss them good ole days.

  • @SMOKEYMCPOT727
    @SMOKEYMCPOT727Ай бұрын

    I was born to the oldies no music is better than this💯❤️

  • @nancybusso6171
    @nancybusso6171 Жыл бұрын

    Gosh I loved this song! I was 14 when it came out! Now I’m 71 and it sure brings back memories!! 🏍

  • @ysbryda

    @ysbryda

    Жыл бұрын

    ✨🌷🌱✨ ,,,😎,,, 🌱🌱✨ ✨🌱🌱 ✨🌱 🌱✨ 🌱 ✨

  • @vivianmatienzo4498

    @vivianmatienzo4498

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here!!

  • @user-pm4ef8yu7w

    @user-pm4ef8yu7w

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @BIGBADWOOD

    @BIGBADWOOD

    Жыл бұрын

    spot on

  • @magee632

    @magee632

    Жыл бұрын

    🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @djt2nd
    @djt2nd2 жыл бұрын

    I was born in the 80s but the 50s and 60s had the best music I grew up with my mum listening to it on a weekend cleaning the house and making the Sunday dinner

  • @steveosullivan5262
    @steveosullivan5262 Жыл бұрын

    It had to be the summer of 1970. I was a paperboy and was getting ready for our family to head up to the cottage in Canada. I came across a bunch of boxes that the folks had left out in the trash after they moved. So I loaded what I could carry in my wagon. Records, by the score. 1950's and early 60's. Had to been hundred 45's. The girls that owned them loved to dance, that became clear. All summer long we played "oldies" this one was one of my favorites. I always wanted to thank those girls..I had never owned a record before. We ha the gift of music in our era, it help us cope. The kids today...no poets, not songs,only games. Pity

  • @hamsandwich6374

    @hamsandwich6374

    Жыл бұрын

    And just think this is what your parents must have experienced with the change in generations. Because back in their day people had to be multi-talented to even be famous for the most part. Dance, sing, act , horse riding, trained in stage combat etc whatever the case may be for movies / music. These days all you need is a good computer engineer and a green screen or some auto tune and a pretty face.

  • @curtischildress9580

    @curtischildress9580

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hamsandwich6374 The need for a pretty face & a nice body is going to vanish...digitized performers looking so real no one can tell.

  • @suzannebrown9359

    @suzannebrown9359

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, I was still in grade school or just starting H S so it was definitely the mid to late 60’s. HS grad in 67

  • @yvonnecooper5004

    @yvonnecooper5004

    4 ай бұрын

    You found a treasure.

  • @aprilgoff583

    @aprilgoff583

    Ай бұрын

    I was born in 80 and these songs were part of my childhood too. My bff and I listened to the 50s and 60s religiously lol. Good times. I was actually lucky because I was introduced to so many genres and decades in my youth. I feel old though.

  • @cynthiam3943
    @cynthiam39432 жыл бұрын

    As someone who is 74 you can’t beat this music 👏👏👏👏

  • @kixigvak

    @kixigvak

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too! The twin backup signers were born the same day as I was in 1948!

  • @jonnygranville281

    @jonnygranville281

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome.

  • @catchinka7066

    @catchinka7066

    4 ай бұрын

    You are so right!

  • @rita9942

    @rita9942

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@kixigvakthat's awesome 😎

  • @loretamariabertozi.6401

    @loretamariabertozi.6401

    29 күн бұрын

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill2 жыл бұрын

    I grew up listening to music like this. I'm old. Good for me. That means I grew up in great times.

  • @carolynsimpson1801

    @carolynsimpson1801

    2 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @auntbee8581

    @auntbee8581

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here it was the best of time's!!

  • @ann-christinfranzen6552

    @ann-christinfranzen6552

    Жыл бұрын

    Så sant....

  • @wvadventurer

    @wvadventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    The most Boomer comment ever, lol

  • @leestockton9367

    @leestockton9367

    Ай бұрын

    We are blessed! Wouldn't want to be a youngster with the state of the world and the state of music now

  • @bertie_magoo
    @bertie_magoo3 ай бұрын

    Feb 2024 and who's listening to this classic with me.

  • @onepainfulangel1111

    @onepainfulangel1111

    Ай бұрын

    Meeeee

  • @typhoon2245

    @typhoon2245

    Ай бұрын

    April for me, went down the rabbit hole and Under Pressure led me to this. Weird isn't it.

  • @gregsimmons694

    @gregsimmons694

    Ай бұрын

    God bless you ! Jesus saves sinners

  • @fredmartin328

    @fredmartin328

    Ай бұрын

    April 2024

  • @tracyhoughton3749

    @tracyhoughton3749

    Ай бұрын

    Me, bring it on ❤

  • @marlenesullivan3113
    @marlenesullivan311310 ай бұрын

    WHO'S STILL ENJOYING THIS SONG? GREAT ERA OF MUSIC🎶

  • @jonmaveus1426

    @jonmaveus1426

    10 ай бұрын

    I am right now! ❤❤❤

  • @JohnSteech

    @JohnSteech

    9 ай бұрын

    Wow I remember this huge hit

  • @CarmelDeery

    @CarmelDeery

    9 ай бұрын

    A timeless classic, YES I'M STILL LISTENING TO THIS SONG IN 2023, !!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉😂😂❤

  • @normanalvarez5751

    @normanalvarez5751

    9 ай бұрын

    🥰

  • @marilynpoynter4526

    @marilynpoynter4526

    7 ай бұрын

    Me

  • @Carol-he2mo
    @Carol-he2mo2 жыл бұрын

    The guy on the motorcycle is my (was my...R.I.P.) famous cousin, singer and actor, Robert Goulet.

  • @user-wf2pb3mi2n

    @user-wf2pb3mi2n

    2 жыл бұрын

    Loved him!

  • @jamesmiller4184

    @jamesmiller4184

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember him well from those days. Terrific voice! You're lucky to have had such a distinguished relative.

  • @darth-loser

    @darth-loser

    2 жыл бұрын

    Robert Goulet!

  • @charlottejameson8924

    @charlottejameson8924

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really good looking and talented but maybe slightly too old for the par

  • @yvonnecooper5004

    @yvonnecooper5004

    3 ай бұрын

    I should have recognized him. I'm a fan. I actually thought it was Danny Thomas. Thanks for sharing.

  • @michelledaniels1958
    @michelledaniels19584 ай бұрын

    I was 6yrs old and I remember the words still great era my sisters played it over and over Mary you always made me cry this song still tugs at my heart ❤ RIPIH MARY WEISS never forgotten ♥

  • @JohnSteech

    @JohnSteech

    4 ай бұрын

    I was 9 when leaders of the pack came out in 1964 Love you Mary Weiss. 😢❤😢

  • @user-li9hw4vi8z
    @user-li9hw4vi8z6 күн бұрын

    I still listen to all these songs. I was born in 1957. I like all these old songs.

  • @mysticlight5846
    @mysticlight58464 жыл бұрын

    The guy on the motorcycle is famous singer Robert Goulet from Canada, he did this as a favor for the girls who are huge Robert Goulet fans at the time and to promote the song for the girls record label too

  • @yolandajohnson8685

    @yolandajohnson8685

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the Interesting music fact.

  • @MrNowayjose1

    @MrNowayjose1

    4 жыл бұрын

    My Mom loved Robert Goulet

  • @DasaLetsPlay

    @DasaLetsPlay

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, didn't know that! Thanks for sharing!

  • @77jacquishaw

    @77jacquishaw

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s amazing.

  • @raulraul5776

    @raulraul5776

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the info.

  • @lindastjohn5007
    @lindastjohn5007 Жыл бұрын

    The 60's and 70's were GREAT!!

  • @curtischildress9580

    @curtischildress9580

    Жыл бұрын

    I know...my young life growing up is in those years...never to happen again.

  • @sammyvh11

    @sammyvh11

    Жыл бұрын

    Except Vietnam

  • @curtischildress9580

    @curtischildress9580

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sammyvh11 Very true. So very true.

  • @lindastjohn5007

    @lindastjohn5007

    Жыл бұрын

    So very true.

  • @davesigmon8144
    @davesigmon81444 ай бұрын

    One of my all time favorite songs depicting teenage drama. RIP Mary Weiss.

  • @ycul21
    @ycul212 жыл бұрын

    You can't beat these classics from the 60s. The greatest music ever.

  • @davidcole8448

    @davidcole8448

    2 жыл бұрын

    Without a doubt

  • @renata4dannyripdannymyhubb719

    @renata4dannyripdannymyhubb719

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed ❤

  • @lindatilley3588

    @lindatilley3588

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great music.great times loved the sixtees

  • @deborahbaker4770

    @deborahbaker4770

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yepp I was born in 1958 and I love this music

  • @sandraherrera6832

    @sandraherrera6832

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @SuperRed1969
    @SuperRed19692 жыл бұрын

    Guy on the bike pure makes me laugh, the facial expressions and bouncing the bike around.

  • @mikebryant8122

    @mikebryant8122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Singer Robert Goulet, helping promote the group.

  • @belkyhernandez8281

    @belkyhernandez8281

    Жыл бұрын

    He was funny while they were serious. Sort of made me laugh.

  • @holoholohaolenokaoi2299

    @holoholohaolenokaoi2299

    3 ай бұрын

    the honda 50cc was bouncing around under all that horsepower.

  • @blurgle9185

    @blurgle9185

    3 ай бұрын

    @@belkyhernandez8281 WHAT? this song isn't a joke? I thought they were satirizing, the lyrics seemed too ridiculous to be serious.

  • @belkyhernandez8281

    @belkyhernandez8281

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@blurgle9185 Real song. Not satire. Still played on the radio when I was a kid in the 80s. I liked it through my teen years

  • @maybeitsneato
    @maybeitsneato4 ай бұрын

    I loved listening to this record with my father when I was a kid. One of his prized possessions was a signed photo he had. gotten from the band at a show. RIP Mary, say hello to my father for me if you see him on the other side.

  • @0megacron
    @0megacron4 ай бұрын

    Never in history has there been a more beautiful love song written about a greaser.

  • @peterd6842

    @peterd6842

    3 ай бұрын

    For sure, this is an epic song. As for beautiful love songs about greasers, you might also consider Richard Thompson's "Vincent Black Lightning."

  • @tryithere

    @tryithere

    3 ай бұрын

    How about ‘Do the Fonzie.’

  • @drincogni
    @drincogni3 жыл бұрын

    Her hair is pure gold!😋😀😀😀😀👍👍👍

  • @rattusnorvegicus4380

    @rattusnorvegicus4380

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...and a major fire risk, a few haystacks went up in the ciggie-smoking days.

  • @CSAccetura

    @CSAccetura

    20 күн бұрын

    Looks like Joe pesci is going to shake some diamonds out of that mother f*****

  • @mikecoats489
    @mikecoats4894 ай бұрын

    Mary Weiss, what a voice, no autotune in those days!

  • @alfching2499

    @alfching2499

    Ай бұрын

    Double Tracking Though

  • @jenniferkay4038
    @jenniferkay4038 Жыл бұрын

    I'm in England and I bought this single in the days when we could listen in a booth, to a whole album if we wanted! I love this and all Shangri-Las music. I feel so lucky to be born when I was, and have The Best musical memories. Thank you BeepSleepMusic for posting this video.

  • @Gerardnolan191

    @Gerardnolan191

    Жыл бұрын

    Smiles, how are you doing Jennifer?

  • @loriannenberg3583
    @loriannenberg35834 ай бұрын

    I lived on Long Island ten miles from where the Shangri-Las lived in Queens. I have fond memories of trying to look as cool as these young women were, but, there was nothing like the real thing. Incredible talent and raw emotion. This was 60s rock music at its peak-tried and true, and nothing comes close to it. Mary and The Shangri-Las will live on in our hearts forever.

  • @GeorgeCalldickygrononoback

    @GeorgeCalldickygrononoback

    3 ай бұрын

    100100 I agree with you

  • @mikeymoo1291
    @mikeymoo12912 жыл бұрын

    Her voice breaks your heart. And what an amazing opening line to a song. It's like a mini drama. Wonderful stuff.

  • @geneeric-jones4610

    @geneeric-jones4610

    2 жыл бұрын

    That Honda 305 Dream revving up sounds awesome!....BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

  • @coreycox2345

    @coreycox2345

    Жыл бұрын

    It drew us right in, Mikey moo.

  • @sharksport01

    @sharksport01

    Жыл бұрын

    Whats on her head?

  • @curtischildress9580

    @curtischildress9580

    Жыл бұрын

    @Dan Dugan Super!!!

  • @curtischildress9580

    @curtischildress9580

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sharksport01 Roadkill???!!!

  • @cynthiaschneider2282
    @cynthiaschneider22822 жыл бұрын

    Glad my Mom listened to allot of music- One of my favorites- still listening Mom

  • @billyangus
    @billyangus4 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. Mary 🌈🌈🕯🕯 You're now in Heaven, riding with your beloved "Leader Of The Pack".

  • @felixmadison5736
    @felixmadison573610 ай бұрын

    SIGH...I was 15 years-young and this video and song floods my mind with great memories of 1964.

  • @chrischamaschuk463
    @chrischamaschuk4633 ай бұрын

    one of the greatest classics of alltime

  • @robertbilling6266
    @robertbilling62664 жыл бұрын

    Must have heard this hundreds of times, but I never knew what the singers looked like. Thanks.

  • @rodbrown1732

    @rodbrown1732

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just what I was thinking

  • @DaphneHarridge

    @DaphneHarridge

    4 жыл бұрын

    Robert Billing, same here!

  • @tedzaremba1412

    @tedzaremba1412

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those other 2 are twins?

  • @tedzaremba1412

    @tedzaremba1412

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @DaphneHarridge

    @DaphneHarridge

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ted Zaremba , according to wiki, yes. Marge and Mary Ann Ganser are twins. It also says they began with four members. I had no idea! 🤷‍♀️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shangri-Las

  • @c.a.6254
    @c.a.6254 Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE the lead singer's hair, it was GORGEOUS.

  • @fredziffle1991
    @fredziffle199129 күн бұрын

    1964 i was 6yrs old but i remember this.

  • @jamieb0nd
    @jamieb0nd12 күн бұрын

    It's the first time I've ever seen the shangilas, I heard them first bring played about 1969 in my house because someone had this record. This came out the year I was born 1964. I'm nearly 60 now and I still love this tune and the story 👈🤩

  • @ericjahoda2997
    @ericjahoda29972 жыл бұрын

    My dad gave me a "Silvertone" (Sears) transistor radio and this was one of the first songs I heard, laying on the sand in So. Cal., circa 64'. What a time to be young. Next would come The Beach Boys and then The Beatles and everything would change!

  • @carolinelambert4950
    @carolinelambert49503 жыл бұрын

    Lost era. Wonderful innocence. With a touch of rebelliousness in the song. Wistful times.

  • @deanfumblinnelligan3669

    @deanfumblinnelligan3669

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello Caroline, How are you doing?.

  • @carolynrobinson6110
    @carolynrobinson6110Ай бұрын

    I love music like these and I am only in my 40s ❤

  • @senorkapowssite
    @senorkapowssite2 жыл бұрын

    "Look out, look out, look out, look out".... I love it.

  • @pattayaguideorg
    @pattayaguideorgАй бұрын

    I was born in 67, been listening to this song every now and then my whole life, love it! in 2024, saw the girls sing it here for the first time, I never once imagined they were white girls singing this classic.

  • @rumbellefever
    @rumbellefever2 жыл бұрын

    The 50's, 60's....and the 70's...My favorite time in MUSIC!!!!🧡💛💚💙❤️💜❤️🎷🎺🎸🎹🎶🎵

  • @estellawobker3568
    @estellawobker35682 жыл бұрын

    My cousin bought me this seven single when I was 11 years old...😍 She is 74 now and I'm 68...brings back so many memories. 😊

  • @MrHeavensoverrated

    @MrHeavensoverrated

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is lovly... Go give her that hug of love

  • @mikeymoo1291

    @mikeymoo1291

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's very sweet.

  • @sandraherrera6832

    @sandraherrera6832

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s awesome 🤩

  • @kfl611

    @kfl611

    2 жыл бұрын

    Makes you wonder just where did all those decades go ! I recently retired and am still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up...............

  • @dalewalker4614

    @dalewalker4614

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kfl611 ❤❤❤ I'm 72 and I never want to grow up! Happily "Stuck in the '60's!" 💟☮😎

  • @marios.sanchez
    @marios.sanchez Жыл бұрын

    first time I`ve seen this group instead of just hearing it on the radio. the lead singer is a "babe"🙂love the hair🩷

  • @jacquelinejohnson7541
    @jacquelinejohnson75419 күн бұрын

    Brilliant brings back so many memory's 👍🤗🙏💖🇬🇧

  • @douglashoward6565
    @douglashoward65652 жыл бұрын

    I wasn’t born till 1978 grew up listening to this music from my parents and I love it I am now 42 and still loving it.

  • @topherbarrow4631

    @topherbarrow4631

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I'm 1973

  • @jamesmiller4184

    @jamesmiller4184

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gees, that's too bad you guys were born so late! But, you've got the music and flicks if not the direct memories. Hey, not too bad! Am pre-Boomer era here, and I congratulate you for having excellent taste in music. (I myself was mostly into classical then but, even though this music got into one. Now it IS nostalgic to me.) Happy listening.

  • @ycantabrana
    @ycantabrana2 жыл бұрын

    never will we see this talent ever again again

  • @wendyl0v3
    @wendyl0v38 күн бұрын

    Here cause of Back to Black. Can’t believe never heard of this awesome song before . ❤

  • @laurietijerina3816
    @laurietijerina38162 ай бұрын

    Who's still listening in March of 2024?

  • @johnoostveen1856

    @johnoostveen1856

    2 ай бұрын

    I’ve never stopped!

  • @BladeStar-uq6xe

    @BladeStar-uq6xe

    Ай бұрын

    March 29th, 2024! In fact I'm doing a Playlist. Up to about 50 pre-1970s songs so far.

  • @AVIARYCOURT

    @AVIARYCOURT

    Ай бұрын

    Me !

  • @gingerbuckley2010

    @gingerbuckley2010

    Ай бұрын

    Northwest floriduh

  • @dreban

    @dreban

    Ай бұрын

    I ironically just now discovered this song bc it’s playing at dennys at 12:58am right mow

  • @janetbenning2645
    @janetbenning26452 жыл бұрын

    I grew up on this kind of music.. 68 years old today and still love that good old rock and roll

  • @chrisretired5379

    @chrisretired5379

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right on, Janet ! 💝💝 Hey from AK !

  • @TEAMERICA96

    @TEAMERICA96

    2 жыл бұрын

    I grew up and learned my way around SoCal in the Sixties on that very same Yamaha 80. I definitely remember the song but didn't hang around home long enough to watch pretty girls on TV. 72 today!

  • @broella6493

    @broella6493

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! only 15 with a voice like that..

  • @dalewalker4614

    @dalewalker4614

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TEAMERICA96 72 also! I had a Honda 90 in high school & used to take the college girls that housed in my neighborhood on motorcycle rides..... the tighter they held on, the better! ❤ You and I probably both knew instantly that the 4-cycle exhaust track used in the recording didn't come from that 2-cycle Yama' 😂😎

  • @GoofballLtG
    @GoofballLtG3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up listening to this song. And after 44 years this is the first time I’ve seen a video of it! Thanks for sharing it!

  • @jackiejack4659

    @jackiejack4659

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw them in concert many years ago in Cleveland Ohio I remember the motorcycle on stage.

  • @alpiekaar

    @alpiekaar

    2 жыл бұрын

    same for me ,,,,,,jeez. im old

  • @pricklycactusblossom6790

    @pricklycactusblossom6790

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alpiekaar ~ Age sometimes creeps up on us. Sad.

  • @alpiekaar

    @alpiekaar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pricklycactusblossom6790 it sure does

  • @Mercmad

    @Mercmad

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pricklycactusblossom6790 Nothing sad about it when I consider the alternative...😁😁

  • @kendalbateman8702
    @kendalbateman8702 Жыл бұрын

    This is from the old Steve Allen show, I've Got A Secret. Robert Goulet was a guest on the show. When the band started singing their new number 1 hit, Goulet rolled out on the bike. The girls never missed a beat... After the song ended, Goulet stumbled back on stage all bandaged up.

  • @redoz9768

    @redoz9768

    Жыл бұрын

    they were clearly miming, so it wouldn't have been that hard to not miss a beat.

  • @dalewalker4614

    @dalewalker4614

    11 ай бұрын

    @@redoz9768 If I were that lead singer I would have cracked up when Robert Goulet started "revving the engine" by bouncing the motorcycle up and down..... 😂😂😂 If that didn't crack me up, when he gave her the stupid grin, and then started talking to her while she was singing would have done the trick! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @JohnSteech

    @JohnSteech

    9 ай бұрын

    Sensational ¡!!!!!!!

  • @13lilsykos

    @13lilsykos

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the context. I was wondering what was with him.

  • @kazamshah4543

    @kazamshah4543

    3 ай бұрын

    They looked like they had loads of fun doing this performance. Wish I had a time machine. 60s was a beautiful, fun time to be young.

  • @vanetamorrison2972
    @vanetamorrison297225 күн бұрын

    Just coming back from watching Amie Winehouse. This was played in the film. So much i could say...

  • @franciscomclaughlin1476
    @franciscomclaughlin1476 Жыл бұрын

    I love the 60s and 70s I can’t get out of it

  • @dalewalker4614

    @dalewalker4614

    11 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤ Class of '69 here! I just flat-out tell everyone that "I'm stuck in the '60's" when it comes to music.... I'm very happy in the golden days of Rock-N-Roll, Ballads and Love Songs and never want to leave! ❤❤❤

  • @Crimepaysaskapolitician
    @Crimepaysaskapolitician Жыл бұрын

    I remember this song, my older brother listened to all kinds of music

  • @TonyLovell
    @TonyLovell Жыл бұрын

    I love the relatively elderly motorcyclist here, and his amusement at his role.

  • @martinmold1051
    @martinmold1051 Жыл бұрын

    I must be getting on..I remember liking this when I was at school in Cardiff. Time is pushing on..

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles2 жыл бұрын

    I met him at the candy store, he never said he was forty-four !

  • @stevedixon8567
    @stevedixon85674 жыл бұрын

    "They told me he was bad, but I knew he was sad" is such a great lyric

  • @cascade3769

    @cascade3769

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sarcasm spotted.

  • @mummyjohn

    @mummyjohn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cascade3769 no....very much the opposite

  • @misterrea861

    @misterrea861

    Жыл бұрын

    It's proto-emo

  • @damiensuil2183
    @damiensuil2183 Жыл бұрын

    simply brilliant

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk4 ай бұрын

    Rest in Peace Mary......big hit been a long time.....best to all.

  • @drumcdoo9050
    @drumcdoo90502 жыл бұрын

    I'm 65 now but remember this song well. Aged 14 was bombing around in a field next to the M1 on a 200cc Triumph Tiger Cub which cost £10! Raced from one field to another misjudging narrow gap ending up with front wheel going into ditch with barbed wire fence and hedge the other side. Dislocated hip and ended up in hospital for three weeks in traction. School mates requested 'Leader of the pack' be played on the hospital radio. Cheered me up immensley. Spent 3 months in plaster from knee to chest and tried one day unsuccesfully to ride with cast still on!! So lucky not to end up in wheel chair or dead because of not wearing helmet and traveling at over 50 MPH..

  • @TurboMountTV

    @TurboMountTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    We all have our teen motorcycle ending accidents. Mine was against a tree. Didn't learn. Then it was a hill too steep for me and 125cc bike. Cracked knee cap. Learned.

  • @davidkastin4240
    @davidkastin42402 жыл бұрын

    Absolute Gold. Aged liked fine wine. The older it gets the better it sounds, the more it's appreciated. Best decade for music.

  • @NaturalMeAmerica
    @NaturalMeAmericaАй бұрын

    These women were remarkable singers and actresses

  • @jerryturner3997
    @jerryturner39974 ай бұрын

    All ⏱️-"CLASSIC" "LEADER OF THE PACK" 🎶 Rest in "SHALOM" Miss Weiss! -🌹-❣️-🌄...1/19/24

  • @TurboMountTV
    @TurboMountTV2 жыл бұрын

    These girls get a number 1 hit right in the middle of Beatlemania.

  • @MissCatfriend
    @MissCatfriend4 ай бұрын

    Rest in love ❤ and peace 🕊, Mary Weiss!

  • @reneemoreno8030
    @reneemoreno8030 Жыл бұрын

    I was 8 yrs old...still great music when music said something.

  • @audreynichols7988
    @audreynichols79884 ай бұрын

    I remember well 1964, standing in front of the bedroom mirror with our hairbrushes as microphones, singing along to this song and dreaming of one day having our own boyfriends since we were only nine. The feelings this song made of feel even then, what great memories, and I still can't help singing along!!

  • @dongrohol5425
    @dongrohol54252 жыл бұрын

    The Shangri-Las. A Great Group. Seen Them In Person,Back In The 60's' Twice. Sang All Their Hit's. Even Received Their Autograph.

  • @beelzebub9387

    @beelzebub9387

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lucky

  • @michelleprie2854
    @michelleprie28543 жыл бұрын

    What a GREAT Piece of Nostalgia!!! 🎶💖🎶

  • @louismatassa9105

    @louismatassa9105

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most certainly!

  • @richardbool4232

    @richardbool4232

    2 жыл бұрын

    great piece of music too

  • @phyllisperezbatista695
    @phyllisperezbatista695 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this song

  • @user-mz7eg8rr8q
    @user-mz7eg8rr8q2 ай бұрын

    I am. Listening to this in March 2024. A storyteller song

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash2 жыл бұрын

    The lead singer was very pretty and also extremely talented. Excellent song and amazing video!! Hats off to Robert!!

  • @zevcrider3683

    @zevcrider3683

    Жыл бұрын

    The lead singer's name is Mary Weiss and she is still alive at 73 years old!

  • @sharksport01

    @sharksport01

    Жыл бұрын

    Are the back-ups sisters?

  • @zevcrider3683

    @zevcrider3683

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sharksport01 not that I know of. Im pretty sure they both passed

  • @sharksport01

    @sharksport01

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zevcrider3683 i looked it up. They are twins. Also the lead singers sister was in the group, she wasnt there because she was having a baby. Lead singer became an architect/designer.

  • @Scratchingforcash

    @Scratchingforcash

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sharksport01 maybe? I’m not sure but I should’ve mentioned them too. They also are very talented.

  • @lalomontoyajr.9282
    @lalomontoyajr.92823 жыл бұрын

    Damn! That lead singer girl is so beautiful! 😍 She looks like a 2021 girl! Any body have a time machine?

  • @donstaley8420
    @donstaley8420Ай бұрын

    The Shangri las we're way ahead of the time's and should be in the rock and roll hall of Fame ❤

  • @joannefairhead2403
    @joannefairhead2403 Жыл бұрын

    This brought back good memories of a great time to just be a kid. My sister had this song on a "45" record. I heard it many times growing up👍 thankyou for this. 🇨🇦 🍁

  • @ThompsonSmith207

    @ThompsonSmith207

    5 ай бұрын

    Hello Joanne How are you doing today?

  • @terriweilenman8546
    @terriweilenman85462 жыл бұрын

    I love this song

  • @Steve-yo4ld
    @Steve-yo4ld2 жыл бұрын

    OMG Mar 2022, I grew up with this and all the song's from one of the last best Era's!!!💕

  • @dawsie
    @dawsie Жыл бұрын

    This song came out a year after I was born and as I was growing up I would hear it in the radio, I loved this song😊😊 I even did a drawing of a wing mirror of a bike with a guys face in it because of this song, now I’m 59🙀 and I still have the drawing and I still love listening to the song, I have the LP of the Shangri-Las 😹😹found a copy when I was 13 in an old second hand shop in Grey’s England

  • @frankforce9241
    @frankforce92414 ай бұрын

    I always pictured a bigger bike. Enjoyable. Thanks Frank

  • @McCannon21
    @McCannon213 жыл бұрын

    This is so pure, innocent and intense!! the lead singer sings with so much sentiment, like if she had lived the story she's singing and the twin girls with their vocals enhance the tragedy and angst of the song. Glad to discover these girls, better late than never.

  • @supportiranianfreedom4982

    @supportiranianfreedom4982

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pure and innocent??? Dude is a cradle robber...he's at least 50...she's 17.....this is your idea of pure and innocent???!!!!

  • @McCannon21

    @McCannon21

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@supportiranianfreedom4982 the song is, that "performance" ain't.

  • @pendragonU

    @pendragonU

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@supportiranianfreedom4982 some can't hide they love too much the candy fresh off the candy store, their sticky fingers reminiscing from their jail cell while doing 15 (to better remember those below 18 are to leave alone once off the Jolliet)

  • @andrewwilliams7501

    @andrewwilliams7501

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@supportiranianfreedom4982 he's 31 you absolute 🛎 🔚 😂

  • @supportiranianfreedom4982

    @supportiranianfreedom4982

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewwilliams7501 you must've put a lot of effort in this...Bravo !👌🤣

  • @pamelajordan2890
    @pamelajordan28903 жыл бұрын

    Me and my friends were 13 14..this loved this song we were so cool😄😆😃❤️

  • @helenesilverman9214
    @helenesilverman9214 Жыл бұрын

    Love love love this song

  • @kelluvsgeorge8166
    @kelluvsgeorge8166 Жыл бұрын

    I wasn't a twinkle in my father's eye when this came out but I no it's still a banger of a tune

  • @Paul-lm5gv
    @Paul-lm5gv3 жыл бұрын

    Loved this song back in the 60's! The dude on the motorcycle is renowned baritone and 50's-60's crooner Robert Goulet!

  • @marthao5799
    @marthao57993 жыл бұрын

    One of my all-time favorites from the 60s!!

  • @deanfumblinnelligan3669

    @deanfumblinnelligan3669

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello Martha, How are you doing?.

  • @carolperrie8038
    @carolperrie80384 ай бұрын

    Memories from my early childhood, Lynda Hart, Christine Cookson and Lynne Sarsfield .Aall my childhood mates along with my sister. Happy memories .

  • @jerseypooh4664
    @jerseypooh4664Ай бұрын

    Lovely song and great voices.

  • @guitarandbeyondplus
    @guitarandbeyondplus2 жыл бұрын

    Great memories, one of the great novelty songs. I saw them live back in '65.

  • @isabella6206

    @isabella6206

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pure class!

  • @ChrisT-O
    @ChrisT-O2 жыл бұрын

    When this song was released, I was a toddler, but still I remember and like this song. Always when I read the title, the melody is in my head. This song accompanies me now nearly my whole life.

  • @SoapinTrucker

    @SoapinTrucker

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here, I was a toddler as well, but the music stayed on the radio charts for quite a few years, I remember listening to the 60's music as far back as my memories go, 67 or so, and of course, my 1st transistor radio around 70! :)

  • @bobboggano9201
    @bobboggano9201 Жыл бұрын

    I met him in a candy store,.... those days are long gone. Remember going into a listening booth to hear a new 45 at the record store?

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton97012 жыл бұрын

    Written by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich-Fantastic song that topped the charts in 1964.

  • @philiptucci2458
    @philiptucci24582 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful piece of music, really brings back fond memories

  • @jacquelinefox2632
    @jacquelinefox2632 Жыл бұрын

    Still know the harmonies. Just listen. Brilliant. 🎶🎶🎶🎶💖🎼

  • @John-ob7dh
    @John-ob7dh3 ай бұрын

    I was 17 in 1958. I know we have it easier today ,but hell i miss it.

  • @eddietucker3334
    @eddietucker33343 жыл бұрын

    FYI all, the dude is Robert Goulet and I think this was from his TV show. Anyway, for those of you too young to know, Robert Goulet was a major major singer of sixties and a pretty good actor. He was having fun with the girls.

  • @jmthomson0220

    @jmthomson0220

    3 жыл бұрын

    And if you don't you should at least know will farrels impression....GOULET!

  • @TomHuston43

    @TomHuston43

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jmthomson0220 Ferrell does Goulet - kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWuFpcyeYc67YdI.html

  • @TheFox2249

    @TheFox2249

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thought it was Bob Hope

  • @djisizzle

    @djisizzle

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheFox2249 I thought it was Bob Hope!

  • @michaelmckinnon1591

    @michaelmckinnon1591

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ed Sullivan Show if I heard correctly

  • @victormorgado5318
    @victormorgado53184 жыл бұрын

    The pride of our high school! Cambria Heights, Queens, New York

  • @viralbuthow000

    @viralbuthow000

    4 жыл бұрын

    That New Yawk accent. “Is he pickin ya up afta school?”

  • @user-dp3iu3hz7u
    @user-dp3iu3hz7u8 ай бұрын

    Great song ! Came out when I was 11!

  • @staceylauten6316
    @staceylauten63164 ай бұрын

    I always loved this song!!!! RIP MARY XOXOXOXO

  • @LADYJUSTICE50
    @LADYJUSTICE503 жыл бұрын

    This cracks me up! That guy can’t keep a straight face face his life! Even she started grinning!! 💋❤️🕯

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