Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA. The group alternated between touring with their own band and local bands. Make sure that the file is a photo. The song epitomized the "death disc"; other examples include Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her", Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve", J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers's "Last Kiss," Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel", Dickey Lee's "Laurie (Strange Things Happen"), Twinkle's "Terry", and Jody Reynolds' "Endless Sleep". I remember Lester Bangs jumping up and down, said Paley, screaming, telling me how great it was. Mary Weiss was the main lead singer; Betty, however, took lead on "Maybe" (the LP version), "Shout", "Twist and Shout", "Wishing Well", and a number of B-sides and album tracks. Later in their career, the Shangri-Las performed several college dates with bands like The Young Rascals, The Animals, and Vanilla Fudge. Morton said, "The Shangri-Las vacated, they vanished". Mary Ann Ganser. Try again later. Growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1950s, Ronnie knew she wanted to sing after hearing Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall in Love? on the radio. The Shangs recorded a few singles for another label and kept touring, but by 1968, they decided to split up. Try again. In this one, we first hear a girl vowing to run away from home, but she's interrupted by a wiser voice that says, "Don't. In the eighth episode of RuPaul's Drag Race's 14th season, drag queens Bosco, Daya Betty, and Willow Pill performed an original song "Bad Boy Baby" as "The Shangru-Las", both parodying and paying homage to the music and style of The Shangri-Las. His work has been featured in New York Magazine, Newsweek, Out, Interview, and Slate. There has always been something lurking in entertainment for teenagers that advocates the idea that nothing is more romantic than being consumed by fire in the arms of that dude in your geometry class. Ronnie and Joey adored each other. //