MARY Weiss, the pioneering lead singer of the hit 1960s group The Shangri-Las, has died at 75.
Details on Weiss’s death have not been released yet.
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Weiss also released a solo album called Dangerous Game in 2007.
Her death was confirmed to Rolling Stone by Norton Records label, which released Weiss’s solo album.
“Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation and of all generations,” Miriam Linna of Norton Records told Rolling Stone.
The Shangri-Las consisted of Weiss, Mary Ann Ganser, and Marge Ganser.
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Their band quickly rose to fame in the ’60s and had multiple top hits.
Some of their best songs include “Leader of the Pack,” “Remember (Walking in the Sand),” and “Great Big Kiss.”
The group broke apart in 1968 due to legal issues, according to a 2007 New York Magazine interview.
Weiss was remembered as a “fearless bad girl of the 60s” by an Instagram account for Ronnie Spector, who founded the Ronettes.
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