The bad girls of Queens....The Shangri-Las
Mary is the only one alive [far right] her sister Betty is on the left and the twins are the middle two. They were the opening act in NYC for the Rolling Stones. Keith was scared to death of them. They all carry Smith and Wesson revolvers......
Songs I loaded on a CD-R for August running around doing errands and crap in the car.......
1. Green Eyed Lady= Sugarloaf first ecological song?
2. Driver's Seat- Sniff "n" the Tears...under appreciated??
3. Black Betty- Leadbelly
4. Hypnotized- Fleetwood Mac
5. Hey Joe- Billy Roberts [original ]
6. Don't Fear the Reaper- one of the original vids on MTV
7. 25 or 6 to 4- Chicago
8. Cruel Summer- Bananarama- fun summer song
9. It's My Life- Animals- thought it was their best song
10. Eyes Without a Face- Billy Idol- fun MTV song
11. Tin Soldier-Small Faces- Thought this was Marriott best song until......
12. 30 Days in the Hole- Humble Pie; greatest Marriott song
13. Rumble- Link Wray- Page thought this was a great song to learn power chords
14. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'- Pink Elephant....fav bubble gum song except maybe Quick Joey Small
15. El Paso- Marty Robbins- great funny western ballad.....ending is so funny
16. Pipeline- Chanty's- fav beach/surf instrumental.....though I guess Wipe Out holds out.......my girlfriend loved playing this on the piano in 1969
17. Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum
18. Rider's of the Storm- Doors
19 Atlantis- Donovan......who remembers this????
20 Shoop Shoop Song -Betty Everett- Fav at junior high dances....cannot count how many times I danced to this.....
21. Walking in the Sand- Shangri-Las.....somewhere in the vaults in the Brill Building [NYC] is the 31 minute extended version.......
BTW..... Mary still sings at local gigs.........73 years old? Made most of her monies as a designer for a very high end clientele on LI.