THE SHANGRI-LAS SCORE A #1 HIT WITH LEADER OF THE PACK (THC) - TopicsExpress



          

THE SHANGRI-LAS SCORE A #1 HIT WITH LEADER OF THE PACK (THC) Today in history NOV 28 1964 During the early-60s girl-group explosion, the Shangri-Las score their first and only #1 hit on this day in 1964 with the famously melodramatic epic Leader Of The Pack. From its sweet beginnings in a candy store—He turned around and smiled at me/You get the picture?—the romance described in Leader Of The Pack between the songs protagonist and her leather jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding boyfriend, Jimmy, quickly progresses in the face of strong disapproval from her parents—They told me he was bad/But I knew he was sad. It was a song, in other words, perfectly calibrated to appeal to the romantic fantasies of Americas teenage girls—fantasies that blended wholesome innocence with hints of danger, rebellion and darkly handsome boyfriends. youtube/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:28:36 +0000

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