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Mary Weiss

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American pop music vocalist (1948–2024)

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Mary Weiss (born on 28 December 1948; died 19 January 2024) was an American pop music vocalist, best known as the lead singer of The Shangri-Las in the 1960s. She then vanished from the music scene for decades, returning in 2007 to record her first solo album, Dangerous Game, with Norton Records (her backing band on the album was garage rockers the Reigning Sound ). Weiss was fifteen years old when she and her older sister Elizabeth (Betty) began <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mary+Weiss"

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mary
Family name
Weiss
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
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Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las 1964 (cropped).jpg
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end of work period
2024-00-00
name in native language
Mary Weiss
date of birth
1948-12-28
Commons category
Mary Weiss
start of work period
1964-00-00
date of death
2024-01-19
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