@@ilahildasissac1943, trust me, living to see 75 isn’t a blessing. I was born in the mid 50’s. 75 today isn’t what it was 30, 40 years ago. I have children and grandchildren and live a very active, healthy and vibrant lifestyle. I’ll be blessed if I live to see 90. Both of my parents are still living at the ages of 93 and 94. Live your life to the fullest. Age is just a number, it means nothing
@@petrslivinski7481 Actually Betty (she now goes by Liz) only left for a while whilst she was having a baby. She did return later though. She also sang on all of their songs although she didn't tour with them or tour at the time. All of the girls except Mary took a break at one time or another. You'll often see later pictures of Mary, Betty and just one of the twins. See the cover of their 'Golden Hits' album.
She wasn't crying about the TikTok version? Lol No one who was alive when this song was a hit watches TikTok. TikTok is just one tiny symptom of the total collapse of civilization. When this song came out, people didn't insult strangers millions of times a day, we were friendly to one another, we respected each other's feelings and had free speech, all at the same time. Computers, cellphones and greedy media controllers ruined our beautiful world. There's almost no resemblance to the beautiful world I lived in when this song was a hit. And you're blaming TikTok? 😱 You must be under 40.
When you hear a song for the first time, it's just you and the song. When you know how popular a song is, you start hearing others singing the most popular parts.
One of the first 45 RPM's I ever bought. That dance scene at 1:59 is classic! That was when dancing without touching you partner at all had just come in. Broke the "jitterbug" style of the 50's. It was revolutionary. Tight pants, too.
You mean a girl group of tweens with no life experience but look good on camera and can sing songs written and produced for them? yeah .. really artists up there with Van Goh and the Beatles ...
I knew the song before I kept hearing it on tik tok it’s annoying older songs get ignored while some stupid sample automatically becomes popular just because it’s in videos it’s like people only like things because other people like it it’s weird herd behavior
Only on her voice. Her facial expression....there's no emotion. It's better you only listen this song and once watch this historical record on video....
RIP the three members of The Shangri-Las Mary Ann Ganser (February 4, 1948 - March 14, 1970), aged 22 Marguerite “Marge” Ganser (February 4, 1948 - July 28, 1996), aged 48 Mary Weiss (December 28, 1948 - January 19, 2024), aged 75 You will be remembered as legends.
They were both born on February 4, 1948?????? That wasn't a typographical error? Then they had to have been twins!!! I had always thought that two of the background singers looked an awful lot alike!!!
I had never heard the original before, only the annoying TikTok version, but this version is definitely superior. Yet another excellent recommendation Mr. Lynch!
These girls were so ahead of their time yet were a perfect creation of their time. They were lightning captured in a bottle for a few intense years. It couldn't have been any other way.
Ahead of their time ? That would mean that they totally sucked , wouldn't it ? They were similar to other singing groups of their time when there was a huge pool of talent. Today's musicians are less talented in comparison.
Charley Morin thats a statement out of ignorance, not only that music isnt football there isn't better thans. If you like it, listen to it, if not , don't. Nothing is as ridiculous as a music critic
Aren't we all music critics? One way or another? After all, you are critiquing a song/book/painting every time you give an opinion. Some may be considered to be more qualified than others but to me the ultimate test of any opinion of any art form is your own. It is all subjective and no-one can say you are right or wrong. And after that profound, deep and meaningful statement, I hereby pronounce rap the most horrible and boring music on the planet and anybody who disagrees with me it wrong and stupid - so there!!!!!
Fun fact: this was the song and sound that inspired Amy Winehouse to create the masterpiece “Back to Black” this song is iconic gives me the chills everytime. She also sings a verse from this song in some of her live performances.
@@yasharhp4453 wrong. They both contributed to the track. There are several interviews where Ronson attested to that. When she wrote the lyrics “we only said goodbye with words, I died a 100 times” he said “wait doesn’t it have to rhyme?” And asked her to change the lyrics and she refused and told him that’s the way it came out. Do your research.
This song came out when most of our boyfriends were being ripped away from us & shipped to Viet Nam. We lived for letters that came from them...or would never come to us again...all we had were our memories till they came home--alive, or not. This song perfectly expressed our emotions...
Thrilling, amazing music! I crave listening to this, letting it fill me with its power! One thing that I loved about the group was the emotional openness, honesty and vulnerability of the lyrics, of persons- women- who weren't too afraid to feel and show hurt, for example, not just pose as tough and always self-assured. As far as images went and all that it meant, weren't they packaged (I mean this realistically, not intending cynicism) as "bad tough girls who were nonetheless true to boyfriends and who all (four) had hearts of gold and a kind, honest relationship? Image-wise, if taken (at all) seriously, these young women were the stuff of nightmares and panic, loathing by many parents and authorities, who feared, for example, in Heteroland, that their sons would get these women prematurely pregnant, etc., the stuff of young tragic or rocky road, difficult love and life. I care about music and feeling, and their music works on me! On a light note, I love the hairstyles ( all of the looks!), and I love every time I see a big hairdo, a beehive, any of it. I love flips, too- my late fiancee chose to have a neat flip for her high school graduation picture (later, in '69), and she looked fabulous with that style.:) The shoes of that era seem under represented, under- commented upon (but not undocumented). I liked the fashions and styles of that era, when I was so young. (I was born in '61.)
SparxFlyin' Sparx My cousin was killed in Nam. He got married to his High School sweetheart Margie after basic training. He was killed 3 months later 😢💏 She still visits his grave even though she's married with 2 wonderful sons Wonderful understanding husband etc. Sometimes life does not go on when you love💙 so deeply My friends. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
1963. I remember it clearly. We did not put up the canvas awnings that year because they had to be replaced. I was like 11, going into a major hormonal puberty and had a crush on Billy Cable. And no, I'm not female.
I'm 75 and clicked on this oldie to listen to once. 14 times later, I'm still playing while I'm belting it out loudly. My partner, 58, is looking at me with the oddest look1 LOL! Great oldie, but goodie!
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When I was 8 or 9 I was in a weird greaser adaptation of Cinderella where instead of a Ball the whole town was going to a sock hop and there was a lip sync contest. One of the songs used was this one. Fast forward a couple decades, I hear a weird version of it on a video as a cat falls into a pool. Now I'm here reliving a bizarre part of my childhood.
Aww, the lovely Mary Weiss, much missed. I first heard Mary & The Shangrilas on a K-tel compilation "Summer Cruisin'" singing this classic. Ever since I sought out the Shangrilas recordings. So much talent. Rest in peace lovely Lady xxx
I remember these girls SO vividly! My mom must have really liked them. In fact she had to have. We ( she ) always had the AM radio on while doing her chores or whatever. When this came on she would sing right along with them and we would just watch and enjoy the theatrics. God I miss those days, but not near as much as I miss her. “Walkin in the sand, remember”. I sure do.
RIP, beautiful Mary...I am SO SAD. 💔 We lost a great one from "our time". Absolutely loved the ShangriLas...the sound track to our teenage years. Much love and prayers up. 🙏🏻✝️❤️😪
JD Bond tik tok version is literally like an ice pick to the head. It’s ok the first time you hear it, and then it’s just the SAME thing over and over. It’s taken completely out of context. It’s an embarrassment to the original version. It is what it is 🤷♀️
@@noahlankford1 depends The loop itself is annoying. The one with the rap is bearable but gets gritting after a while But some sounds are made to be looped Like, everyone trashes Gucci Gang but it actually sounds pretty nice especially because of the piano and even if it loops, it doesn't get old.
@@WhooshWh0sh there’s a song that also put a repetitive loop to the “babadaba” thingy from a Beatles song (take a look at my girlfriend). That one also made me hate it so much that I now cringe when the *original* song comes up.
Mary was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame at the ten year anniversary in 2008. It was held at The Chevrolet Center in Youngstown, Ohio. She sang one of her songs that night and she sounded wonderful. I was there that night and was inducted with The "Original" Duprees. Tom Bialoglow Founding Member.
R.I.P. Mary Weiss - so sad that TikTok disgraced your song but your memory will never be disagraced! My Grandma (1917-2007) loved this song and always used to sing it and it reminds me of when she used to look after me when I was little
Not disgraced, just used in a new way by a new generation and enjoyed in a way we're not supposed to understand. Aerosmith didn't disgrace it, or do you think they did too?
FUN FACT: A young Billy Joel played the piano on the sessions for this and The Shangri-Las' follow-up (and biggest) hit "Leader of the Pack." In a 1987 interview with Q magazine, Joel explained: "I met a guy at an Echoes gig - was about 15 and he asked me if I wanted to play piano on a recording. The song was Released: 1965.
Saw Goodfellas recently, heard this and thought this song ain't half bad. TikTok ruined it by making it faster and using it for the wrong things. Love this version rip Ray Liotta, you will not be forgotten
Seriously a great song written by a guy named George "Shadow" Morton who was being questioned by songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich on whether he was able to write a song. He drove out to Long Island and parked at the beach and wrote the entire song. Presented it to Barry/Greenwich (which to say they were left with their jaws hanging). What a group of girls! Too bad Mary's sister Betty (Elizabeth Weiss) left the band. The four girls were incredible. The girls were born and raised in Cambria Heights, NY (Queens). They lived one block a way from one another and met at Andrew Jackson High School. The high school officially closed in 1994.
[Verse 1] Seems like the other day My baby went away He went away 'cross the sea It's been two years or so Since I saw my baby go And then this letter came for me It said that we were through He found somebody new Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do? [Bridge] Oh no Oh no Oh no no no no no [Chorus] (Remember) walkin' in the sand (Remember) walkin' hand in hand (Remember) the night was so exciting (Remember) smile was so inviting (Remember) then he touched my cheek (Remember) with his fingertips Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips [Verse 2] Whatever happened to The boy that I once knew? The boy who said he'd be true Oh, what will happen to The life I gave to you? What will I do with it now? [Chorus] (Remember) walkin' in the sand (Remember) walkin' hand in hand (Remember) the night was so exciting (Remember) smile was so inviting (Remember) then he touched my cheek (Remember) with his fingertips (Remember) softly [Outro] (Remember) (Remember) (Remember) (Remember) Walkin' in the sand (Remember) Walkin' hand in in hand (Remember)
I Love The Shangri-Las!!! Talented,tough, New York Gals.And Mary...beautiful Mary.She not only has a great voice,but is such a beauty,with such elegance and style.They are justifiably in The Catalogue of Cool.
i am 17 ....i was just going through music videos here and this on is one amazingly beautiful piece...sadly i am a little late to hear them sing together
Forget knowing the song from TikTok, I feel ignorant not knowing "whatever happened to the life that we once knew" from the Beatles song "Free As A Bird" is a direct musical and lyrical reference to this song.
Free as a bird was an unreleased demo until the 2000s. This is probably a coincidence. in fact the part Paul sings was written for the anthology release and wasn't originally part of the song. Great song though.
I heard this song many years ago, I think from a Cold Case episode (of all things). And I was like “wait a minute…” because I thought the exact same thing about Paul’s vocals. But I never knew who sang it or what it was called until years later, and I would always incorrectly call it “Walking in the Rain”. Fast forward a few more years, and now it’s been turned into an intolerable snippet for dumb videos.
@Meadow Pinkelle I have some bad news for you about "My Sweet Lord". Look it up. A lot of their early songs are pretty similar to 50s rock songs because rock was a bit more homogenous then. "Dig A Pony" also sounds musically similar to Joe Cocker's cover of the Beatles' own "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Seems like the other day My baby went away He went away 'cross the sea It's been two years or so Since I saw my baby go And then this letter came for me It said that we were through He found somebody new (who?) Let me think, let me think What can I do? Oh, no Oh, no Oh, no, no, no, no, no (Remember) walking in the sand (Remember) walking hand-in-hand (Remember) the night was so exciting (Remember) smile was so inviting (Remember) then he touched my cheek (Remember) with his fingertips Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips Whatever happened to The boy that I once knew? The boy who said he'd be true Oh, what happened to The life I gave to you What will I do with it now? (Remember) walking in the sand (Remember) walking hand-in-hand (Remember) the night was so exciting (Remember) his smile was so inviting (Remember) then he touched my cheek (Remember) with his fingertips (Remember) softly
I agree with what someone said here, this song defined the era, "it really did". This was a very very special song when it came out, big big hit. And yes, I remember it well, I'm 70 years old.
CKLW radio "The Big 8" Windsor, Ont. played this a lot. It was THE pop radio station in those days. Absolute tops. Bigger than any radio station in LA or NYC btw.
+rick haley I know that not everything about the 1960s was wonderful. I had a neighbor who lost a leg in Nam. He won the Purple Heart and despite his injury his fiancée married him nonetheless. There were drugs, racial protests, opposition to the war, rebellion. In retrospect I don't see it half as bad as what's going on today: terrorism, uncontrolled immigration, AIDS, government dependence, and the hypocrisy of the Black Lives Matter movement.
good, its like the idiot who used the entirety of Tiny Little Adiantum but sped it up and added random lyrics over it and sold it for $$$$ because it trended on tiktok
@@liamcorston9124 to be honest I searched it cause of the tik tok then I realized after the walking in the sand part that I knew it was from goodfellas
John Lennon claimed that he wrote "Help!" as a slow ballad, and I've always wondered if this was his inspiration, at least in part... The verse here has a very similar chord progression to the intro/chorus of that song, and this would have been a hit around the time he was writing it (late 1964/early 1965).
@@il927 just heard this song for the first time and instantly recognized it! Lennon wrote his song in 1977 so I think this really was inspiration for Help
Hey welcome home I know you didn’t hear that much back in the day I was there with Americal Division in 71-72. I also thought of Mary and also Gracie Slick and Michelle Philips😍😄😘
A great tune when I was a teenager in Upstate NY. Great use of music in "Goodfella's" too! All the ladies wanted to be the Shangri-Las...us guys loved 'em for it! Now, in 2017, I have fond memories of my youth.
Ladies, let’s get this right. No matter how many takes. In 55 years, everyone is going to be walking around with video phones and they’re going remix this track a million times on 60 second clips.
Except this song was released in August 1964 as a single not a B-side. The B-side was "It's Easier to Cry". "Leader of the Pack" came out in September 1964 and had "What is Love" as a B-side.
@@energiesconscience2170 In which country? I was in the UK, and I am 100% sure that LotP was the A side and this was the B. Now, that was a very very long time ago,. and memory sometimes gets it wrong, but I am really sure!
@@energiesconscience2170 OK, I have just consulted Martin Strong's Great Discography, and there were 2 issues of Leader of the Pack/Remember (Walking in the Sand) as A and B sides of the same single. The first one was in 1972 on the Kama Sutra label and the second single with that combination was in 1976 on the Contempo label. I'm guessing that I was listening to the 1972 single on Kama Sutra label. Just to set the record straight here , my memory was right!
Great song, great lead vocal by Mary Weiss, stellar back ups, great arrangement (way ahead of its time).and awesome production. An all around nearly peerless record. Right up there with the best of the best, in my view. Thanks for posting
Just heard of the passing of Mary Weiss, thank you for the wonderful memories may You R.I.P. 🙏
I think she was the last surviving member. Before my time but cool group. I was born in the late 60's. RIP. She lived to see 75, that is a blessing.
@@ilahildasissac1943, trust me, living to see 75 isn’t a blessing. I was born in the mid 50’s. 75 today isn’t what it was 30, 40 years ago. I have children and grandchildren and live a very active, healthy and vibrant lifestyle. I’ll be blessed if I live to see 90. Both of my parents are still living at the ages of 93 and 94. Live your life to the fullest. Age is just a number, it means nothing
@@ilahildasissac1943
Her sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss, is still alive but quit the group for some reason.
@@petrslivinski7481 Actually Betty (she now goes by Liz) only left for a while whilst she was having a baby. She did return later though. She also sang on all of their songs although she didn't tour with them or tour at the time. All of the girls except Mary took a break at one time or another. You'll often see later pictures of Mary, Betty and just one of the twins. See the cover of their 'Golden Hits' album.
Saw these girls in concert and actually got to go back stage and meet them. What excitement for a young teenage girl!
Woulda been even bigger for a teen age boy.
I couldn't imagine. She was gorgeous.
forever beautiful are all women...
She wasn't crying about the TikTok version?
Lol
No one who was alive when this song was a hit watches TikTok. TikTok is just one tiny symptom of the total collapse of civilization. When this song came out, people didn't insult strangers millions of times a day, we were friendly to one another, we respected each other's feelings and had free speech, all at the same time. Computers, cellphones and greedy media controllers ruined our beautiful world. There's almost no resemblance to the beautiful world I lived in when this song was a hit.
And you're blaming TikTok? 😱 You must be under 40.
@@georgemetesky5519 yeah...except if you were black. Or Jewish. Or gay. Or a woman.
You must be pretty old
Why are old songs so good?🥰
It's not about sex or drugs
confirmation bias
Omg idk
@@massadinni9454 omg yes
There were as many shitty songs then as now, but they didn't hang around. The good stuff from today will make it 50 years from now.
RIP you truly beautiful creature!!!
Not many young people know this but this was a HUGE HIT!!! Your hearing it for the first time and have no idea how popular this song was..
I can imagine, I recently only discovered this song and it's kne of the best songs I've ever heard.
Wow! There were charts back in that time?
When you hear a song for the first time, it's just you and the song. When you know how popular a song is, you start hearing others singing the most popular parts.
The Cowboys have never been the same without you.
One of the first 45 RPM's I ever bought. That dance scene at 1:59 is classic! That was when dancing without touching you partner at all had just come in. Broke the "jitterbug" style of the 50's. It was revolutionary. Tight pants, too.
a movie needs to be done about these young ladies.
Someone is probably shopping around a crappy broadway version.
@@pressureworks Yes. Take something good and turn it into more lightweight Broadway schlock for the public to devour.
They were like 16 at least Mary was
xxx one.
You mean a girl group of tweens with no life experience but look good on camera and can sing songs written and produced for them? yeah .. really artists up there with Van Goh and the Beatles ...
ast a long time i finally found this sample’s origins
I know dude took me forever as well
@@Jay-te8ov it's literally the same name as the aerosmith's cover?
@@mythras he might be talking about th-cam.com/video/_ghb2zYCbbM/w-d-xo.html which is a remix of this
all i did was search: oh no no tik tok and go to the description and boom
I knew the song before I kept hearing it on tik tok it’s annoying older songs get ignored while some stupid sample automatically becomes popular just because it’s in videos it’s like people only like things because other people like it it’s weird herd behavior
RIP! Mary Weiss ! One of the distinctive voices of the girl groups ! Love this song !
I feel sad for those who did not find this song:(
th-cam.com/video/f_gaEMZ2ffw/w-d-xo.html
Found it and then the original in the space of 2 minutes
@@manananohayclases9516 okay then
Yeah same
@@manananohayclases9516 shut up
This wasn't recommended to you, you searched for this after enduring the hottest torture track of 2020
Exactly
*sweating nervously*
Actually I searched it up after hearing it from xxx state of the union
😆😆😆 @ "hottest torture track."
True
Incredible emotion in her voice. It's a three minute long mini-opera.
like
Only on her voice.
Her facial expression....there's no emotion.
It's better you only listen this song and once watch this historical record on video....
Patti Smith inspiration
@@Mozarth1990 This is the first time I've heard that intro before. It must've been on the album from which this song came from.
@@Mozarth1990 That's more than enough.
She has a terrific voice , RIP sweet lady .. :-(
Taylor Who?
By the way, a 14 year old Billy Joel was the piano player on this song.
How do u know
and a 16 year old Mary Weiss, i believe!
And did not get paid either
@@uomoferragamo well his work paid off
Yep very true in a basement in a home in Levittown was supposed to get paid $42 but never got paid Great fun fact Thank you for this I love this song
Mary was like 16/17 here! What an amazing voice!!
Mary Weiss was only 15 at time of recording this hit. Her DOB is 12/28/48 & it hit the charts in 1964.
And in 31, she sings backing vocal in Aerosmith version in 1979.
Most great hits are made by teenagers for generations!
@@kapax85 Still 30 back then (album released November 1, 1979).
RIP the three members of The Shangri-Las
Mary Ann Ganser (February 4, 1948 - March 14, 1970), aged 22
Marguerite “Marge” Ganser (February 4, 1948 - July 28, 1996), aged 48
Mary Weiss (December 28, 1948 - January 19, 2024), aged 75
You will be remembered as legends.
Well, atleast she din't had to endure with the ennoying tiktok edit
They were both born on February 4, 1948?????? That wasn't a typographical error? Then they had to have been twins!!! I had always thought that two of the background singers looked an awful lot alike!!!
Mary ann ganser was born on my bday
@@debraweaver4151 They're identical twins, so yes.
The lead singer is still alive lol
I had never heard the original before, only the annoying TikTok version, but this version is definitely superior. Yet another excellent recommendation Mr. Lynch!
Hello Mr Film Buff! Fancy meeting you here. Same re this being where they got that annoying meme from.
ahhh durrr
There's no contest nor second thought that this would be so much better than whatever the hell stupid tok tok made. A fucking abomination
Agree
After hearing the Beach Boys cover from the 80s, I'll never talk shit about the tiktok sample.
This song was in The Goodfellas when Paulie asks questions about Billy Batts.
Yeah 😂 while digging the grave
@@ahjavaid No. Actually When Paulie asks questions about Billy Batts, and Henry replies he don’t know.
I thought I heard it in goodfellas.
watching that movie as i type and it got me here (: glad i found this version. sounds a little creepy though lol
@@sinaregnault5493
Digging scene is right after that
These girls were so ahead of their time yet were a perfect creation of their time. They were lightning captured in a bottle for a few intense years. It couldn't have been any other way.
Melanie Daniels you are so I right
God showing off a little, just like when He created the Cowsills:)
Ahead of their time ? That would mean that they totally sucked , wouldn't it ? They were similar to other singing groups of their time when there was a huge pool of talent. Today's musicians are less talented in comparison.
Charley Morin thats a statement out of ignorance, not only that music isnt football there isn't better thans. If you like it, listen to it, if not , don't. Nothing is as ridiculous as a music critic
Aren't we all music critics? One way or another? After all, you are critiquing a song/book/painting every time you give an opinion. Some may be considered to be more qualified than others but to me the ultimate test of any opinion of any art form is your own. It is all subjective and no-one can say you are right or wrong. And after that profound, deep and meaningful statement, I hereby pronounce rap the most horrible and boring music on the planet and anybody who disagrees with me it wrong and stupid - so there!!!!!
This isn’t garbage, but the remix is!
Actually garbage is a band's name, and they have pretty good songs also 😄
The remix is a crime against humanity
I don't think it's the music that's garbage.
yes who tf pitching up a song that almost sounds like a dying rat
I think billy Joel was part of this music
Fun fact: this was the song and sound that inspired Amy Winehouse to create the masterpiece “Back to Black” this song is iconic gives me the chills everytime. She also sings a verse from this song in some of her live performances.
Thank you for that and yes, I can believe it. Years apart but so much soul - hard to listen to but impossible to switch off.
Yes!!! Amy sang a snippet of this song in this performance --->
th-cam.com/video/r6sePcaYGvI/w-d-xo.html
Back to black is written by Mark Ronson not Amy!
@@yasharhp4453 wrong. They both contributed to the track. There are several interviews where Ronson attested to that. When she wrote the lyrics “we only said goodbye with words, I died a 100 times” he said “wait doesn’t it have to rhyme?” And asked her to change the lyrics and she refused and told him that’s the way it came out. Do your research.
I can see it😊
This song came out when most of our boyfriends were being ripped away from us & shipped to Viet Nam. We lived for letters that came from them...or would never come to us again...all we had were our memories till they came home--alive, or not. This song perfectly expressed our emotions...
Thrilling, amazing music! I crave listening to this, letting it fill me with its power! One thing that I loved about the group was the emotional openness, honesty and vulnerability of the lyrics, of persons- women- who weren't too afraid to feel and show hurt, for example, not just pose as tough and always self-assured. As far as images went and all that it meant, weren't they packaged (I mean this realistically, not intending cynicism) as "bad tough girls who were nonetheless true to boyfriends and who all (four) had hearts of gold and a kind, honest relationship? Image-wise, if taken (at all) seriously, these young women were the stuff of nightmares and panic, loathing by many parents and authorities, who feared, for example, in Heteroland, that their sons would get these women prematurely pregnant, etc., the stuff of young tragic or rocky road, difficult love and life. I care about music and feeling, and their music works on me! On a light note, I love the hairstyles ( all of the looks!), and I love every time I see a big hairdo, a beehive, any of it. I love flips, too- my late fiancee chose to have a neat flip for her high school graduation picture (later, in '69), and she looked fabulous with that style.:) The shoes of that era seem under represented, under- commented upon (but not undocumented). I liked the fashions and styles of that era, when I was so young. (I was born in '61.)
SparxFlyin' Sparx My cousin was killed in Nam. He got married to his High School sweetheart Margie after basic training. He was killed 3 months later 😢💏 She still visits his grave even though she's married with 2 wonderful sons Wonderful understanding husband etc. Sometimes life does not go on when you love💙 so deeply My friends. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Most????????????
Nah; this song came out in August 1964. I'm calling bullshit - I bet you're not even female.
1963. I remember it clearly. We did not put up the canvas awnings that year because they had to be replaced. I was like 11, going into a major hormonal puberty and had a crush on Billy Cable. And no, I'm not female.
R.I.P. Mary Weiss. I loved this song as a teenager as still life it today at 73 years.
She was a mere teen here. How quickly life passes. RIP Mary, and also Ronnie Spector, Dave Crosby and Jeff Beck ❤
I'm 75 and clicked on this oldie to listen to once. 14 times later, I'm still playing while I'm belting it out loudly. My partner, 58, is looking at me with the oddest look1 LOL! Great oldie, but goodie!
there is older
@@MankinJarlkinесть на жопе шерсть
RIP MARY WEISS 😢
HEAVEN GOT ANOTHER ANGEL.
RIP Mary Weiss. Great voice.
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When I was 8 or 9 I was in a weird greaser adaptation of Cinderella where instead of a Ball the whole town was going to a sock hop and there was a lip sync contest. One of the songs used was this one. Fast forward a couple decades, I hear a weird version of it on a video as a cat falls into a pool. Now I'm here reliving a bizarre part of my childhood.
I think I vaguely remember that movie
I'd pay good money for a video tape of that show...lol
@@aaroncoronada6063 a tape 📼? Are you living in 1986?
Aww, the lovely Mary Weiss, much missed. I first heard Mary & The Shangrilas on a K-tel compilation "Summer Cruisin'" singing this classic. Ever since I sought out the Shangrilas recordings. So much talent. Rest in peace lovely Lady xxx
For some unknown reason, this song scared the hell out of me when I was little
Why
@@andrewdenato8481 If I knew why, it wouldn't be an "unknown reason"
literally same
I'm glad you said it...I was around 9 years old when these songs came out - they freaked me out!
It's a combination of its slow, melancholy tone, the piano beat at times, the vintage video, and the haunting harmony vocal style of the Shangri Las
I remember these girls SO vividly! My mom must have really liked them. In fact she had to have. We ( she ) always had the AM radio on while doing her chores or whatever. When this came on she would sing right along with them and we would just watch and enjoy the theatrics. God I miss those days, but not near as much as I miss her. “Walkin in the sand, remember”. I sure do.
Rip
R.I.P. Mary Weiss These songs left on TH-cam by the Shangri Las Are here for a wonderful memory of the days that were great. I still "Remember them"
RIP, beautiful Mary...I am SO SAD. 💔 We lost a great one from "our time". Absolutely loved the ShangriLas...the sound track to our teenage years. Much love and prayers up. 🙏🏻✝️❤️😪
Funnily enough because of Tik Tok it's the soundtrack to teenage years now!
@@mattbowden7690 tiktok one makes me cringe so bad
the original sounds so much better
This ain’t a half-bad song...
The TikTok chipmunk remix makes me want to chew up a lightbulb 💡
Ikr
JD Bond tik tok version is literally like an ice pick to the head. It’s ok the first time you hear it, and then it’s just the SAME thing over and over. It’s taken completely out of context. It’s an embarrassment to the original version. It is what it is 🤷♀️
tiktok is a toxic app filled with girls just dancing to trash songs. i want it banned.
Yeah this is a good song.
@@jackdonohue7893 it is very bad
This song just hits hard. That piano intro just echo's heartbreak.
It's Billy Joel!
@@jasonpp1973 really ??
@@corkus1087 yup!
That lead singer has a hell of a voice.
The song is still played daily on Twitch. I'll always love this song and the young singer with a voice of an angle. Rip Mary Weiss. 🌹
One of the greatest hits of the 60s, hands down one of the greatest voices of the 60s
That era - them and the Chiffons.
👍👍👍
Agree
One of the most (maybe the most) underrated songs of the 60's. At 1.04 So good. So good. Oh so so so so good.
TheZeno4444 it wasn't underrated then.
I had never heard it before tonight, and I am quite into 60s music
Not under rated when it was number one..
Can't have been that underrated if we still listen to it 50 years later.
You forgot to mention so good.
wow. i see the influence they had on amy winehouse. she even used to sing a verse from this song into back to black
In her Live in London concert
The combination of the two of them was amazing. ❤️❤️❤️
"influence"? lol, she was fucking quoting them
@Jeremy Reed th-cam.com/video/VUHiDbtw068/w-d-xo.html
don knotts you can still have influence and quote them you know
R.I,P. Mary Weiss. Your music lives on!
This is not a TikTok song, it's a great song.
Let’s hope it stays the way forever
Too late stupid tik tok claims everything now I wish it was deleted
i made a crowdfunding to buy the rights and delete the mix song from shorts the link is in my channel informations cause i can't share it here
this is the song from TikTok
What a SHAME it's reduced to that. It's revolting.
Black man in my 40s and i love this and hundreds of other 50s and 60s music. Fell in love with oldies in the early 80s.
Brother, we wouldn't have that music if it wasn't for black music. This is black music!
Angron789 it's everyone's music my friend. 🌍🌎🌏👱👴 MUSIC WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Way cool
@@Angron789 awesome music knows no boundaries peace b with u & enjoy all the music
Angron789 stfu, youre what’s wrong with humans. Jus love the music
Unlike that other song, this is actually original and isn’t completely repetitive and meaningless.
That other song is a beat for Capone's rap btw. So repetitiveness is okay in that case.
Well duh it's a short little sample of a part of a chorus if you did that with any song it would be annoying
@@noahlankford1 depends
The loop itself is annoying. The one with the rap is bearable but gets gritting after a while
But some sounds are made to be looped
Like, everyone trashes Gucci Gang but it actually sounds pretty nice especially because of the piano and even if it loops, it doesn't get old.
Boomer
@@WhooshWh0sh there’s a song that also put a repetitive loop to the “babadaba” thingy from a Beatles song (take a look at my girlfriend). That one also made me hate it so much that I now cringe when the *original* song comes up.
R.I.P Mary. Your music 🎶 will never die. 😢😢😢
Another great song from the 50's and 60's. Remember this song well, as I am 70 years old in a couple weeks. Very nice song.
Jack A I hope you are still enjoying it Jack!
The buildup when she sings, “softly we’d meet with our liiiiiiiips” is riveting
saw this right when she sang it lmaoo
@@b1nostrumpet You were laughing???????????! Why? Mary Weiss had an AMAZING voice
This group definitely belongs in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame
they deserved. But I like the anonymous atmosphere
They really didn’t last long enough. They have a tragic history that should be read about. Truly screwed by the industry
Mary was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame at the ten year anniversary in 2008. It was held at The Chevrolet Center in Youngstown, Ohio. She sang one of her songs that night and she sounded wonderful. I was there that night and was inducted with The "Original" Duprees. Tom Bialoglow Founding Member.
In your opinion.
R.I.P. Mary Weiss - so sad that TikTok disgraced your song but your memory will never be disagraced! My Grandma (1917-2007) loved this song and always used to sing it and it reminds me of when she used to look after me when I was little
Or how amazing that her song is still being played
Dunno, at least they heard a small, sped up part of it, instead of nothing. They will have a memory of this song.
Rest in Paradise Ms. Weiss.
Not disgraced, just used in a new way by a new generation and enjoyed in a way we're not supposed to understand. Aerosmith didn't disgrace it, or do you think they did too?
Yeah, I remember this song, too and I absolutely LOVE that it was brought back for so many to re-discover for themselves!
Man this song is actually quite good without the Tik Tok edits.
Actually it was edited before tiktok
@@infishot actually it was actually a song that was actually sampled many actual times
👍
This song is epic wow 🤩
Quite good? Its a masterpiece
Always LOVED this song.
What a MOOD it created.
Amazing arrangement, but most of all... killer vocals!
Amazing vocals right!
Rest in Peace, Mary Weiss.💔
Thanks so much for the beautiful memories and melodies 🎶.
Geniales,un grupo hispano-germano hizo un versión en 1967 en España,The Vampires
The song: talks about breakups and is quite sentimental to some people who lost their loved ones in wars
Tiktok: oH nO LoOk aT mY CaKe
Vietnam War?
Pretty sure it's just a break up.
@@turinturambar8622 you're right, my bad
ppl just have no idea. stupid is the DJ (Capone) who remixed it to look cute
bruh
FUN FACT: A young Billy Joel played the piano on the sessions for this and The Shangri-Las' follow-up (and biggest) hit "Leader of the Pack." In a 1987 interview with Q magazine, Joel explained: "I met a guy at an Echoes gig - was about 15 and he asked me if I wanted to play piano on a recording. The song was Released: 1965.
Saw Goodfellas recently, heard this and thought this song ain't half bad. TikTok ruined it by making it faster and using it for the wrong things. Love this version
rip Ray Liotta, you will not be forgotten
Same
Yesss i been trying to figure out where i know this song from thats it
What scene is this in? I can't remember it from Goodfellas
@@miguelturk3562 it’s when Jimmy tells Henry they need to go dig up Batts.
ismt goodfellas the pizza?
Seriously a great song written by a guy named George "Shadow" Morton who was being questioned by songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich on whether he was able to write a song. He drove out to Long Island and parked at the beach and wrote the entire song. Presented it to Barry/Greenwich (which to say they were left with their jaws hanging). What a group of girls! Too bad Mary's sister Betty (Elizabeth Weiss) left the band. The four girls were incredible. The girls were born and raised in Cambria Heights, NY (Queens). They lived one block a way from one another and met at Andrew Jackson High School. The high school officially closed in 1994.
[Verse 1]
Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away 'cross the sea
It's been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me
It said that we were through
He found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do?
[Bridge]
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no no no no no
[Chorus]
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
[Verse 2]
Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he'd be true
Oh, what will happen to
The life I gave to you?
What will I do with it now?
[Chorus]
(Remember) walkin' in the sand
(Remember) walkin' hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
(Remember) softly
[Outro]
(Remember)
(Remember)
(Remember)
(Remember)
Walkin' in the sand
(Remember)
Walkin' hand in in hand
(Remember)
Yeah, you copied that from Google.
I Love The Shangri-Las!!! Talented,tough, New York Gals.And Mary...beautiful Mary.She not only has a great voice,but is such a beauty,with such elegance and style.They are justifiably in The Catalogue of Cool.
Mary really was something special. Great voice and so gorgeous. Brilliant record. Thanks for putting this video up.
thank you for all your great work Mary. you were smart to get out when you did. and now rest in peace. your work will never die. xxooxx
i am 17 ....i was just going through music videos here
and this on is one amazingly beautiful piece...sadly i am a little late to hear them sing together
Congrats! Now you are around 22 :D time flies
Only popular about 2 years and it's amazing that they didn't die of exhaustion. They worked those girls hard. Still stands the test of time.
rocky mullins more talented and original over these talentless groups nowadays.
I distinctly remember some of those scenes. They may have appeared on the Mike Douglas show; Ed Sullivan?. c. 1963? 64?
Forget knowing the song from TikTok, I feel ignorant not knowing "whatever happened to the life that we once knew" from the Beatles song "Free As A Bird" is a direct musical and lyrical reference to this song.
Free as a bird was an unreleased demo until the 2000s. This is probably a coincidence. in fact the part Paul sings was written for the anthology release and wasn't originally part of the song. Great song though.
@@Danocaster214 Idk, it makes sense. The Beatles definitely knew the Shangri-las so it's not so hard to believe
@@asafcohen8796 They performed together on stage so they defo knew each other.
I heard this song many years ago, I think from a Cold Case episode (of all things). And I was like “wait a minute…” because I thought the exact same thing about Paul’s vocals. But I never knew who sang it or what it was called until years later, and I would always incorrectly call it “Walking in the Rain”. Fast forward a few more years, and now it’s been turned into an intolerable snippet for dumb videos.
@Meadow Pinkelle I have some bad news for you about "My Sweet Lord". Look it up. A lot of their early songs are pretty similar to 50s rock songs because rock was a bit more homogenous then. "Dig A Pony" also sounds musically similar to Joe Cocker's cover of the Beatles' own "With A Little Help From My Friends"
RIP Beautiful Voice a classic which will always be one of my favourites . Happy days remebered.
RIP Ms Weiss… A true leader and one of a kind singer
Finally i found the original song of every titok meme.
It took too long than i like to admit
I heard it on the tv today and I was like wait a minute. I kept waiting for the oh no.
well the ones used in memes is the remixed version of this by capone
Spent about 2 minutes
@@ms.artist3308 lol it took me one search
WAY ahead of its time.
This is brilliance.
Definitely not ahead of it's time. The only good music made was back then
@@box0choco593 he's right
@@box0choco593s tfu
@@box0choco593 "do you disagree with me? If so you're OLD!"
Please stop embarrassing yourself.
@@sunkintree I'm only embarrassing myself to you if you strawman my argument.
You are forever loved and missed...thank you for the incredible music, Mary!
Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away 'cross the sea
It's been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me
It said that we were through
He found somebody new (who?)
Let me think, let me think
What can I do?
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
(Remember) walking in the sand
(Remember) walking hand-in-hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we'd meet with our lips
Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he'd be true
Oh, what happened to
The life I gave to you
What will I do with it now?
(Remember) walking in the sand
(Remember) walking hand-in-hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) his smile was so inviting
(Remember) then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
(Remember) softly
Liyad Salem Mridu You took the time to make your long comment and you knew it was worth it knowing how good they were 🇬🇧👍
Thanks
Up
Thank you for taking the time to leave the lyrics. And I'm glad I found this song.
Amy - back to black precuel loveeeeeeee it
th-cam.com/video/VUHiDbtw068/w-d-xo.html
What a shitstorm, can hardly understand a word she's (amy whiiiiiinnhouse) is saying a pig could sing it better
@@billyk383 don’t you come on here with your bullshit billy
Mary at about 16 sang with more emotion and soul them most contemporary singers today are capable of, this was 1964 teen angst.
AMEN.!
She was 14 and in the studio recording , they waited til she was 15 to release it , the other girls were 17 (two sisters ) and the 4th was 18 .
love the word angst, so appropriate
easy to see why
To be fair, most of the singers back then weren't capable of this either, you just don't hear about the bad singers anymore.
I got the vinyl. Pure and Truthful!
I agree with what someone said here, this song defined the era, "it really did". This was a very very special song when it came out, big big hit. And yes, I remember it well, I'm 70 years old.
CKLW radio "The Big 8" Windsor, Ont. played this a lot. It was THE pop radio station in those days. Absolute tops. Bigger than any radio station in LA or NYC btw.
Don't (date) us man!...lol
@@roadkillrick59 what
One of those perfect songs. Love her voice... the pain of the 60's the loss we all shared. The love we all lived...
Amazing tune, still to this day. Loving it
RIP Mary Weiss
R.I.P. Mary Weiss ❤🙏🎶
The production, unique sound, emotion, instrumentation - are all absolutely perfect.
+spideraxis ....Just think....1964 or 65.........Cutting edge even today.
+rick haley I wish it was 1965 again.
spideraxis My neighbor came home In a body bag from Vietnam. ......The music was really good tho....
+rick haley I know that not everything about the 1960s was wonderful. I had a neighbor who lost a leg in Nam. He won the Purple Heart and despite his injury his fiancée married him nonetheless. There were drugs, racial protests, opposition to the war, rebellion. In retrospect I don't see it half as bad as what's going on today: terrorism, uncontrolled immigration, AIDS, government dependence, and the hypocrisy of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Whats happening in America today is a direct result of the Baby Boomer Gen....Sex , Drugs and Rock n` Roll......It has DESTROYED America!.....
The guy who made the viral song is being sued for the sample.
good, its like the idiot who used the entirety of Tiny Little Adiantum but sped it up and added random lyrics over it and sold it for $$$$ because it trended on tiktok
@Kai McCook Yeah when I heard this song from goodfellas i thought it was scummy to steal the song but just ped it this song is great
Good lord, they better do
Hopefully Shadow Morton’s estate gets some good dough out of that! :)
good
This was played for so many years, yes, it was a nam song for many of us, 1963 on to the time of Tet.
Rookies: "omg Tik tok song!!"
Legends: "here's a leg, here's a wing!"
Hey Henry! Henry! 😂
Goodfellas*
Hoof. Hoof.
I hit a skunk Karen just get inside! 😂
"Hey Henry hurry up, my mother's making some fresh peppers and sausage"
I just realized this song comes out in goodfellas when they're digging up billy bats :o
Hahahaa i searched for the song because of goodfellas 😂
@@tomasgargallo3512 I'm not proud of this but I searched this song because of those dumb tiktoks to later realize it's from that goodfellas scene xD
This makes total sense, Capones must have got it from there. For a second i thought maybe he had Soul😆
Finally some other people that found this from good fellas other that tik tok i re watched the movie the other day and Thought wait a second
@@liamcorston9124 to be honest I searched it cause of the tik tok then I realized after the walking in the sand part that I knew it was from goodfellas
John Lennon claimed that he wrote "Help!" as a slow ballad, and I've always wondered if this was his inspiration, at least in part... The verse here has a very similar chord progression to the intro/chorus of that song, and this would have been a hit around the time he was writing it (late 1964/early 1965).
Have you heard the Beatles “free as a bird”? The part that says “whatever happened to...” is exactly the same in both songs !
Search John Lennon and you get old Harry Potter
@@il927 I thought the same thing
@@il927 just heard this song for the first time and instantly recognized it! Lennon wrote his song in 1977 so I think this really was inspiration for Help
Simple song with very dramatic change overs- you don't realize how well produced this song is until hearing it years later- good art is timeless
Thanks for the memories. Use to think of these girls, especially Mary when I was in Vietnam.
mike straw thank you for your service to our country!
mike straw Welcome home brother
God bless you and thank you for your service!
Welcome home and thank you for your service!
Hey welcome home I know you didn’t hear that much back in the day I was there with Americal Division in 71-72. I also thought of Mary and also Gracie Slick and Michelle Philips😍😄😘
A great tune when I was a teenager in Upstate NY. Great use of music in "Goodfella's" too! All the ladies wanted to be the Shangri-Las...us guys loved 'em for it! Now, in 2017, I have fond memories of my youth.
Shangris Las were the best. Not just the hits but all their songs. Mary had an incredible voice and the girls were great. Listen to them all the time.
Such a haunting song.. Class
This version is nice, but the tiktok verion is so annoying
haha , we are legends , me too , i hate tiktok version
Tik tok verizon is the worst.. totally failed them.
yeah cringy af
It isnt the tik tok version, its the remix
@@Daniel_Plainview you act like you loved this 60s song before tiktok 💀 I guarantee you discovered it through one of the tiktok videos
What a great group glad I grew up then ,what a classic sound
+Brian Duncan That makes two of us
So your 60
Ladies, let’s get this right. No matter how many takes. In 55 years, everyone is going to be walking around with video phones and they’re going remix this track a million times on 60 second clips.
I remember hearing this song on the Soupy Sales show.
RIP to the legendary Mary Weiss.
DECADES ahead of its time. A truly brilliant and original piece of music that helped define an era. And yes, Mary was quite hot.
This was the B side of "Leader of the Pack". I always used to play the A side once and the B side 2 or 3 times. It is just so perfect!
Except this song was released in August 1964 as a single not a B-side. The B-side was "It's Easier to Cry".
"Leader of the Pack" came out in September 1964 and had "What is Love" as a B-side.
@@energiesconscience2170 In which country? I was in the UK, and I am 100% sure that LotP was the A side and this was the B. Now, that was a very very long time ago,. and memory sometimes gets it wrong, but I am really sure!
@@energiesconscience2170 OK, I have just consulted Martin Strong's Great Discography, and there were 2 issues of Leader of the Pack/Remember (Walking in the Sand) as A and B sides of the same single. The first one was in 1972 on the Kama Sutra label and the second single with that combination was in 1976 on the Contempo label. I'm guessing that I was listening to the 1972 single on Kama Sutra label. Just to set the record straight here , my memory was right!
I was 13 in 1964 and in love with Mary Weies. 73 now and still in love.
R.I.P. Miss Weiss
Great song, great lead vocal by Mary Weiss, stellar back ups, great arrangement (way ahead of its time).and awesome production. An all around nearly peerless record. Right up there with the best of the best, in my view. Thanks for posting
The great Shadow Morton was their producer.
Amazing song
Crazy that it been these thr whole time. Oh no....
We went from this beauty of a song to the bleeding shit track of 2020 that TikTok decided was good enough to be spread all over the internet.
The Capone version came out in 2005 and was used for 5 years by the BBC to promote the Don't Mess! series.