RIP
Thank you… and good night.
Mary Weiss
December 28, 1948 – January 19, 2024
New Yorker Mary Weiss found fame in the 1960s as the lead singer with the vocal group the Shangri-Las, whose single The Leader Of The Pack topped the US chart. It was later covered by Twisted Sister. After decades away from music, Weiss released a solo album, Dangerous Game, in 2007. She was 75 years old.
Frank Farian
July 18, 1941 – January 23, 2024
Best remembered as the guiding light of the huge-selling disco-pop group Boney M, also the infamous Milli Vanilli, Frank Farian also founded Far Corporation, whose remake of Stairway To Heaven was a Top 10 hit in 1985, and produced Meat Loaf. Farian was 82 years old. Cause of death has not been announced.