Twisted Sister covered "Leader of the Pack" on their 1985 gold-selling album Come Out and Play. Full birth/death dates/places provided by Find A Grave contributor Rodger Wolf, who also added: Mary married Monroe A Adams on Aug 9, 1879 in Reading, Berks, PA. In 1963, along with her identical twin sister Marge Ganser, Betty Weiss and Mary Weiss, they were performing at talent shows when they recorded their first song "Simon Says" on the Smash label. The Dolls guitarist, Sylvain Sylvain, was a huge fan. When I was a kid, I didnt get it. The group was also a fixture on the Murray the K shows at the Brooklyn Fox from 1964 to 1966. Here is Mary Ann Ganser's obituary. In the wake of the premiere of . This is what they must have always done, and I think they hadnt hung out with one another in so long that they immediately went back to what they used to be like., One day, Margie suggested they play a gig somewhere with the new material. Ravan assembled Ronnies backing band from members of the Dead Boys, Mink DeVille and The Heartbreakers. Marge Ganser was one of the four singers in the 60s girl group, the Shangri-Las. The elegant Dionne Warwick was one of the first black recording artists to reach a mainstream pop audience that knew no racial, Gaynor, Gloria So while it may be maudlin while it is maudlin to set a show about teenagers in a hospital, it's definitely not something that girls in great boots didn't do first. // ]]> Posted in Early Rock, Rock, Singer | Tagged: Betty Weiss, Marge Ganser, Mary Ann Ganser, Mary Weiss, The ShangriLas | 1 Comment , Posted by themusicsover on March 14, 2010. Extreme left and right sisters Margie and Mary Anne Ganser, and in the center, Mary Weiss. Failed to remove flower. But after Debbie and I started Blondie, I realized how fantastic and raw their music was and that their gang-related sensibilities were appealing.. Marge Ganser married (becoming Marguerite Ganser Dorste), worked for NYNEX in Valley Stream, New York, and died of breast cancer on July 28, 1996 at 48. [13], Marge Ganser reportedly returned to school in the late 1960s. [4] South Coast Today, New Standard August 4, 1996; Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Mary Ganser (18962632)? While that broug, Gannon University: Distance Learning Programs, Gantos, Jack 1951- (John Bryan Gantos, Jr.), https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ganser-mary-ann-c-1948-1971. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. You can hear it on the performances. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. He was a pure soul, shy, innocent, in love with the music, and we both believed a song never needed to drag on; two minutes was plenty!, In 2007, Mary Weiss finally decided to come out of musical retirement with her first solo album, Dangerous Game. //