After four albums, Ramones were still unable to get a hit on the radio, so they hired Phil Spector as their new producer. Among these, the Los Angeles rock group Redd Kross covered "Heaven Only Knows," an album cut from the Shangri-Las' second album Shangri-Las '65. Having been hired by record producer George "Shadow" Morton, they had their first success with the summer hit "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" (U.S. #5, UK #14). Both comments and pings are currently closed. Death. However, in 1980, when Siren was released, New York punk had started to fall out of fashion. Mary Ann Ganser: Birthdate: February 04, 1948: Death: March 14, 1970 (22) Place of Burial: New York, United States: Immediate Family: Daughter of Herman Ganser and Rita Ganser Sister of Private; Private; Marguerite Ganser-Dorste and Gail Ganser. Ronnie married Phil. Singles included "Give Him a Great Big Kiss", "Out in the Streets", "Give Us Your Blessings", the top ten hit "I Can Never Go Home Anymore", "Long Live Our Love" (a rare example of a song dedicated to the men at the time fighting overseas in Vietnam), "He Cried" and the spoken-word "Past, Present, and Future", featuring a musical backdrop inspired by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". 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. Sylvain recalled in his memoir how after his family emigrated to the U.S., he would listen to the radio, and fell in love with that whole girl group explosion that would eventually peak with what I consider the greatest musical partnership of them all, Shadow Morton and The Shangri-Las. THE SHOCKING LIVE TELEVISION SUICIDE OF A NEWS ANCHOR! But their short career made a big impression on the musicians who would soon populate the stage at CBGBespecially a group of young men from Forest Hills, Queens. Death. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. // ]]> This entry was posted on March 14, 2010 at 6:30 am and is filed under R&B, Singer. //