I can't believe it, I found out from your comment, every now and then I look for them to listen to them, I like the timbre of Mary Weiss' voice and that they talk and make comments in the middle of the song
Their vocal blend, their charisma and mastery of the stage, and Shadow Morton's visionary writing and production. Every year, this music just gets more compelling. Thanks for posting it 16 years ago!!
"Dirty Fingernails, OH BOY !!! WHAT A PRIZE!!!" Some of the most unforgettable lyrics in Rock & Roll !! The Shangri-Las were the "bad girls," of the girl group era!!! I just love it!!! Thanks for the video!!!
This, the third of The Shangri-Las 11 hits, ws the follow-up to "Leader Of the Pack." Released around Christmas 1964, "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 pop charts early in 1965. Lead singer Mary Weiss and her sister Betty were half the group; twins Mary Ann and Marge Ganser were the other half. Mary Ann died in 1971 of encephalitis and Marge in 1996 of breast cancer. Mary Ann and Betty sill live in the NYC area. They're lovely people; I've interviewed them.
@Humboldt Bear Are you referring to the opening line, "When I say I'm in love...Luv? There was a song called Cat and Mouse that came out maybe 10 years ago, that borrowed that very same opening. 😊
I, like many, have focused on Mary, mostly because the cameras did, but on this one and a couple of other shows with this song, I got to see the choreography they do at 0.30. It's really cool. A lot of work went into the dance steps they did for their act. They need to be in the Rock Hall of Fame next year!
This group were not big in England for some reason but their songs are good and Mary is as cute as they come. Also their songs get better as they mature. Only, 'Leader of the Pack,' was top ten here. But there are other tracks we missed out on here too.
Constantly reminded of how gorgeously sexy and professional these girls were. And how much fun it is to watch them perform! Thanks so much for sharing this video, Dazza B.
This Shivaree clip is rare in that the Shangs had the whole team on the field that day--you don't often see all four of them. And Gene Weed was sure having fun, cattin' with those girls.
I like Mary too! At least she and her sister Betty are still alive. I saw Mary perform around the 1980"s or 1990's @ the Madison Square Garden Paramount Theater, and she and her Group The Shangri-Las still sounds great! It was just Mary singing lead, with her daughter and one new member. But they still sound great! I'm glad that Mary is still alive and active. And I hope her sister, Betty is doing fine! RIP the Ganser twins, George "Shadow" Morton, Ellie Greenwich, etc. I miss you all! I hope Leiber & Stoller.from Redbird Records are still alive and well. Ellie, I'm sorry your marriage to Jeff Barry didn't last. I miss you all & Redbird Records in general! Between you all. you wrote some great songs that touched many people's lives. At least Carol king and Gerry Goffin although no longer married, are still alive. And I also miss Redbird Records! There were good things about the 1960"s and some bad. But the "Music" today is all a bunch of crap and trash, to put it politely. Is it any wonder I listen to radio stations, like WCBS-FM or Lite FM. I don't like hip hop or Rap "Music". Except for Groups like Boys-2-Men, New Edition, and Envogue, Debarge, Alica Keys, Sade (Remember them?!) Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, Cecilia Deon, if there are any talented performers out there other than those I previously mentioned, it's a secret to me! The groups and performers today would do well to watch these old videos. Not just to see what they have missed. but to gain inspiration from them!
@Robert Schnitzer - Betty was definitely the classic straight up beauty, but Mary was the cute one and her charisma and ability to act the songs she sang with such strength and conviction, plus that singularly perfect teen angst in her voice; Mary was destined to be leader of that particular pack. But hey, why choose? As a group, they were a knockout!
I LOVE THE SHANGRI-LAS!!!! These girls are the best! If I was alive back then I'd want to be their best friend, they are the definitive cool ass chick.
On this day in 1965 {April 21st} the Shangri-Las performed "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'... Four months earlier on December 26th, 1964 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #18 and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100... Between 1964 and 1966 the group had eleven Top 100 records, with them of them reaching the Top 10 and one peaking at #1 {"Leader of the Pack" for 1 week in 1964}... R.I.P. Jimmy O'Neill {Shindig's host, 1940 - 2013}...
Love the bongos in this little jamette! The lead singer is so unaffected and cute. Brilliant pop from a long gone era, but your kids will jump around the living room to it anyway!
She's gorgeous for sure - but the whole group was amazing: two sets of sisters, one set being identical twins, all atractive and talented, how unique is that!?
Mary's solo album was so good. It was great hearing her backed by a true rock and roll band. The arrangements on the Shangri-las songs were a bit too corny. Too bad Mary quit again soon after that album. It was successful. That was over 10 years ago. Her live shows were fantastic.
Great description here. I remember watching this episode. I was 6 years old. So into the music. I can remember having such a crush on Mary and thinking how tuff she looked. They were it. These chicks had the cool of cool. Later in my 20's I would go see Jimmy O'Neil on some shows he hosted. Shindig holds some fond memories and The Shangri-Las were it. Meet Shadow Morton too. He wrote their songs and more. Mary is so sexy singing it...thx 4 posting.
so I walk right up to him, give him a great big kiss...mmm-wah! .... ...possibly the best video on the planet... these girls really rock those rubber overalls....and the go go boots
I liked Mary Weiss, too! And her sister Betty and the two Ganser Sisters/twins. I'm only sorry the two Ganser sisters are deceased. But at least Mary is still alive and actively performing and I hope that she's doing fine! As I said, Iiked all the members!😀🙃😁
These girls had amazing vocal talents. Give a listen to "I'm Blue" sometime. I think the lead is Mary Ann on that one. Even the fills are terrific. I love me some Shangri Las. Mary could really belt out a song for a kid her age. She got caught with a gun once. :) Love her.
Great observation...apparently they were 'good bad but not evil' looking, right? They are still stand-out talent and as relevant today as way back then.
I love this group. Talented beyond the belief. When I was a little girl about 7, In wanted to grow up and be a singer and look like Betty Weiss. She was very cute; with a baby face. Did I grow up to become a singer or grow up to look like Betty Weiss does in this video? A big NO on both accounts. 😥😥
Betty did not perform regularly with the group until 1966 since she "preferred to avoid the rigors of touring". That's what it says on the Wikipedia site. Betty should have performed regularly with the group from the beginning because visually it looks better if she included in the performances since the two Weiss sisters look similar and twins also look similar to each other.
RIP Mary Weiss... and that's called sad
I can't believe it, I found out from your comment, every now and then I look for them to listen to them, I like the timbre of Mary Weiss' voice and that they talk and make comments in the middle of the song
Their vocal blend, their charisma and mastery of the stage, and Shadow Morton's visionary writing and production. Every year, this music just gets more compelling. Thanks for posting it 16 years ago!!
"Dirty Fingernails, OH BOY !!! WHAT A PRIZE!!!" Some of the most unforgettable lyrics in Rock & Roll !! The Shangri-Las were the "bad girls," of the girl group era!!! I just love it!!! Thanks for the video!!!
Forget Leader of the Pack or Walking in the Sand, This is the best Shangi-Las song.
It's always so great to see them perform as a four piece.
This, the third of The Shangri-Las 11 hits, ws the follow-up to "Leader Of the Pack." Released around Christmas 1964, "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 pop charts early in 1965. Lead singer Mary Weiss and her sister Betty were half the group; twins Mary Ann and Marge Ganser were the other half. Mary Ann died in 1971 of encephalitis and Marge in 1996 of breast cancer. Mary Ann and Betty sill live in the NYC area. They're lovely people; I've interviewed them.
Thank you for the information 💐💐
Mary Ann Ganser died of a drug overdose.
Love the way Mary sounds.
Love the way Betty looks. oh yeah!
One of the best ever girl groups. My favourite of theirs is 'Remember, Walking in the Sand'
How could anybody give this a thumbs down? I guess some people don't like rock & roll.
they are probably whining about the tracking numbers in the upper right hand corner. (Like it is a big deal).
Haters gonna hate,hate, hate.
@@italia689 Lol!
That also amazes me. They were a great group.
Brain freeze
R.I.P Mary Weiss 1948-2024
Brilliant! Betty and the punchline which is so often missing! Thanks.
@Humboldt Bear Are you referring to the opening line, "When I say I'm in love...Luv? There was a song called Cat and Mouse that came out maybe 10 years ago, that borrowed that very same opening. 😊
@@oldiesgeek454 No I meant the ending, 'is he a good dancer etc'.
@@oldiesgeek454 New York Dolls started "lookin for a kiss" with that same line, which is what made my ears perk up when I heard this one
@@chriskies5016 Ok, thanks for the info. 😊 👍
Can never wear this song out...the best of the best of these Queens of Rock and Soul!
❤ RIP Mary Weiss 🌹🌸🌷 1 19 2024
Are they in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If not, that’s ashame.
I love Mary Weiss. Its hard to beleive she's almost 60 now. I saw her in 1964 in concert.
I am a millenial but I loved the sixties music like the music of the shangrillas
I, like many, have focused on Mary, mostly because the cameras did, but on this one and a couple of other shows with this song, I got to see the choreography they do at 0.30. It's really cool. A lot of work went into the dance steps they did for their act. They need to be in the Rock Hall of Fame next year!
God, they were fantastic!
I remember the song well and still like it a lot.
This group were not big in England for some reason but their songs are good and Mary is as cute as they come. Also their songs get better as they mature. Only, 'Leader of the Pack,' was top ten here. But there are other tracks we missed out on here too.
No deep messages in these great songs, but they celebrated youth, young love and an innocence of an era we will never see again.
Constantly reminded of how gorgeously sexy and professional these girls were. And how much fun it is to watch them perform! Thanks so much for sharing this video, Dazza B.
Mary Weiss, the group's lead singer is currently on tour promoting her new cd, which is her first release in over 40 years!
Such a great song thanks rest in peace Mary Weiss God Bless 🙏 to you and your family and friends 😊❤
All these yrs my crush on Mary has smouldered on. So great to hear and See her. Their songs never went by unnoticed and enjoyed. God Bless em all.
Awesome! Never get tired of wathcing these girls!
This Shivaree clip is rare in that the Shangs had the whole team on the field that day--you don't often see all four of them. And Gene Weed was sure having fun, cattin' with those girls.
This is the exact costume the sHanGRuLa”s team used on Season 14 😭 ...very iconic tho, so cool to see 🙌✨
"...mmmmm he's good, bad. But he's not Evil! Love, love, love that tune! They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
Great
Love how Mary dances
Yeah! She's hot
"What color are his eyes? I don't know, he's always wearing shades." Awesome!
I like how the New York accent comes out when they ask Mary: "Is he a good dance-sa"? 😊
@@oldiesgeek454 You get the pict-uh?
@@kentclark6420Thanks, I didn't catch that one... 😄
@@oldiesgeek454 Tell him that I love 'im. Tell 'im that I Cayah. Tell 'im that I'll always be Theyah.
Big bulky sweater - to match his eyes. hehe
I like Mary too! At least she and her sister Betty are still alive. I saw Mary perform around the 1980"s or 1990's @ the Madison Square Garden Paramount Theater, and she and her Group The Shangri-Las still sounds great! It was just Mary singing lead, with her daughter and one new member. But they still sound great! I'm glad that Mary is still alive and active. And I hope her sister, Betty is doing fine! RIP the Ganser twins, George "Shadow" Morton, Ellie Greenwich, etc. I miss you all! I hope Leiber & Stoller.from Redbird Records are still alive and well. Ellie, I'm sorry your marriage to Jeff Barry didn't last. I miss you all & Redbird Records in general! Between you all. you wrote some great songs that touched many people's lives. At least Carol king and Gerry Goffin although no longer married, are still alive. And I also miss Redbird Records! There were good things about the 1960"s and some bad. But the "Music" today is all a bunch of crap and trash, to put it politely. Is it any wonder I listen to radio stations, like WCBS-FM or Lite FM. I don't like hip hop or Rap "Music". Except for Groups like Boys-2-Men, New Edition, and Envogue, Debarge, Alica Keys, Sade (Remember them?!) Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, Cecilia Deon, if there are any talented performers out there other than those I previously mentioned, it's a secret to me! The groups and performers today would do well to watch these old videos. Not just to see what they have missed. but to gain inspiration from them!
Wow. Betty Weiss is really something.
I'm with you Paul DePace.
Yeah. Mary is so hot
Having listened and seen them here I think I prefer Betty over Mary. But, Mary is hot also!
@Robert Schnitzer - Betty was definitely the classic straight up beauty, but Mary was the cute one and her charisma and ability to act the songs she sang with such strength and conviction, plus that singularly perfect teen angst in her voice; Mary was destined to be leader of that particular pack. But hey, why choose? As a group, they were a knockout!
Betty should have been a model. Check out the ET special they were on in the 80's. Betty was still a looker 20 years after this.
Original teenagelust an awakening,yet it had an innocence that doesn't exist today
I used to love this song when it was out, give him a great big kiss made me laugh mind you i was only 10 where did those years go.
These girls got their act together. WOW
Whoa I'm 16 again....love it!!!
Awesome song!
I LOVE THE SHANGRI-LAS!!!! These girls are the best! If I was alive back then I'd want to be their best friend, they are the definitive cool ass chick.
Mary was simply " Adorable " XD
AWESOME !!!
Thanks for the video .
Whoa, swivel those hips, ladies!! I can see why David Johanssen and the New York Dolls were so inspired!! I am, too!
On this day in 1965 {April 21st} the Shangri-Las performed "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...
Four months earlier on December 26th, 1964 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #18 and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...
Between 1964 and 1966 the group had eleven Top 100 records, with them of them reaching the Top 10 and one peaking at #1 {"Leader of the Pack" for 1 week in 1964}...
R.I.P. Jimmy O'Neill {Shindig's host, 1940 - 2013}...
Love the bongos in this little jamette! The lead singer is so unaffected and cute. Brilliant pop from a long gone era, but your kids will jump around the living room to it anyway!
55 years later and I have such a crush on Mary Weiss.
She's gorgeous for sure - but the whole group was amazing: two sets of sisters, one set being identical twins, all atractive and talented, how unique is that!?
You're not alone, bro!
Me too and I am 73
@@buddymeyer6988 She's still around, so it's still not too late! 😊
So do I!!!!
Mary killed this!!
I love the way the guy in shades acts, cool and detached. Hilarious.
The fabulous Shangri-Las!
My fav band from the 60's :)
These girls are SOOOOOOO COOL!!!! LUV EM ALL want to take em to the Prom!!!!!
They sure were great!!!
LOVE these girls,the zenith of pop music for me.........................
"If there's a Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, you know they got a hell of a band." R.I.P. Mary, Marge and Mary Ann
Wow, didn't know Jimmy has gone on to the big Shindig...what a legend!
Mary's solo album was so good. It was great hearing her backed by a true rock and roll band. The arrangements on the Shangri-las songs were a bit too corny. Too bad Mary quit again soon after that album. It was successful. That was over 10 years ago. Her live shows were fantastic.
Yes they seem a bit corny hearing it these days but in the mid sixties, as teenagers singing to a mainly teenage audience, that was the flavour.
RIP Mary Weiss
Is that max headroom?
great great video......nostalgia at it's best! the guty in the "shades" reminds me the tv host named Lolyd Thaxton>>>>>anyone else agree ?????
It was him I think
Gene Weed
Is he a good dancer?
Whaddayamean, is he a good dancer?
Well, how does he dance?
Close, very, very close!
You can detect the New York accent when they pronounce the word "dancer"... It comes out "dance-sa". 😊
Pretty risque for the times. I wonder if some stations faded it out before that line.
@@389383 they did
@@pendragonU No fade out ending on Chicago stations WLS or WCFL.
So BRILLIANT !!!!!!!
Holy $h!&, I just got that, after 30 years of listening to this song. DUH!
The Shangs & The Ronettes - the best !
Great description here. I remember watching this episode. I was 6 years old. So into the music. I can remember having such a crush on Mary and thinking how tuff she looked. They were it. These chicks had the cool of cool. Later in my 20's I would go see Jimmy O'Neil on some shows he hosted. Shindig holds some fond memories and The Shangri-Las were it. Meet Shadow Morton too. He wrote their songs and more. Mary is so sexy singing it...thx 4 posting.
I wish I was there guy ❤
so I walk right up to him, give him a great big kiss...mmm-wah! ....
...possibly the best video on the planet... these girls really rock those rubber overalls....and the go go boots
i wish i was in this group..
I absolutely love these girls ❤❤❤❤
I liked Mary Weiss, too! And her sister Betty and the two Ganser Sisters/twins. I'm only sorry the two Ganser sisters are deceased. But at least Mary is still alive and actively performing and I hope that she's doing fine! As I said, Iiked all the members!😀🙃😁
Mary hasn't performed in over 13 years.
RIP Mary Weiss 💔
These girls had amazing vocal talents. Give a listen to "I'm Blue" sometime. I think the lead is Mary Ann on that one. Even the fills are terrific. I love me some Shangri Las.
Mary could really belt out a song for a kid her age. She got caught with a gun once. :)
Love her.
Thank You : )
vg,amazing im first commentor for 14yrs it seems
LOVE IT!
Great observation...apparently they were 'good bad but not evil' looking, right? They are still stand-out talent and as relevant today as way back then.
This is pretty good, no wonder the New York Dolls covered it.
Unas genias de la época
Hi newyorkdolls71...we can't forget Johnny Thunders' version which is so terrific...peace
aka KCRamone
i love the shangri-las
She's Betty Weiss, singer Mary Weiss' sister and she also in the group but didn't always perform with them.
Mary Weiss, what a cutie.... mwah
Back for some more Betty!
he's bad but he's not evil!! These girls are so hot
"Good-bad"
My/-; SHANGRI-LA of HOW COULD WE FORGET blindsided by bliss EYE 👁🗨 COLDNT MISS THANK YOU FOR THIS MRS. 😊😊😊 0:04 😊❤❤.good evening too you UTAHA😢😮😂❤❤
...is he tall??
... well, I gotta look up....( priceless!!)
Is there any clips of them on American Bandstand? I know this was from Shivaree.
They never performed on American Bandstand, but they did Dick Clark's 'Where the Action Is!'
@@DzaVideoDo you have the clip?
I think Shivaree had the cream of the crop of Girl Groups, Them, The Shirelles, Crystals, and The Royalettes. If I missed any let me know.
Betty is so CUTE!
Brilliant.
As a 13 year old, man oh man.
Flawless 🖤
I love this group. Talented beyond the belief. When I was a little girl about 7, In wanted to grow up and be a singer and look like Betty Weiss. She was very cute; with a baby face. Did I grow up to become a singer or grow up to look like Betty Weiss does in this video? A big NO on both accounts. 😥😥
take me bak to 65.//
great band
Betty.The adorable one. And she carries it well !
"Give Him A Great Big Kiss" is on the album SO ALONE (though it would have fit in on COPY CATS too).
I love how they girls look like they can beat the crap out of the guy. Lol. x
They are from NYC to be honest.
No doubt
Betty did not perform regularly with the group until 1966 since she "preferred to avoid the rigors of touring". That's what it says on the Wikipedia site. Betty should have performed regularly with the group from the beginning because visually it looks better if she included in the performances since the two Weiss sisters look similar and twins also look similar to each other.
I also heard that Betty declined to tour because she had just had a baby just prior to their first big hit Walking in the Sand.
These chicks were the origin of punk rock in the '60's and the source of Amy Winehouse's inspiration NOW!
No. The Ronettes were !
Joey Ramone loved them. Punk rockers too.
We got a big Kiss with KISS I was made for loving You
I like seeing how this band inspired the Dammed
Love them Mary beautiful wish a