THE SHANGRI-LAS
The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960’s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and remain perhaps best known for their hits “Leader of the Pack” and “Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand)”. (More from Wikipedia)
Writing for Allmusic, Stewart Mason gives the Tina and the Total Babes album four stars (out of five) and states: “The songs themselves are absolutely terrific; the melodramatic ‘Tragedy’, which sounds like the Go-Go’s covering the Shangri-Las, is alone worth the price of admission; but the presentation and attitude are so equally perfect that She’s So Tuff is every bit the equal of the records that inspired it. In fact, it may be better!”
(May 2012)
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Their sound was heavily aligned with the girl group sound of the 1960’s; “Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand)” by the Shangri-Las and “Baby, I Love You” by the Ronettes are songs that the Passengers frequently covered in their concerts. But mostly they played their own songs.
(December 2013)
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During the summer of 1965, the Iguanas became the house band at the Club Ponytail; it was in a resort area called Harbor Springs, located well to the north of Ann Arbor, almost to the Upper Peninsula. While there, they opened for the Four Tops, the Shangri-Las, and the Kingsmen, often backing the headliner acts.
(December 2016)
