Remember (Walking in the Sand)

Album: Leader of the Pack (1964)
Charted: 14 5
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: George Francis Morton
    Publisher: Round Hill, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, TuneCore Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 7

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 16th 1964, "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" by the Shangri-Las entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #78; and on September 20th, 1964 it peaked at #5 {for 3 weeks} and spent 11 weeks on the Top 100 {and for 6 of those 11 weeks it was on the Top 10}...
    Between 1964 and 1966 the New York quartet had eleven Top 100 records; three made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Leader of the Pack" for 1 week on November 22nd, 1964...
    Sadly, two members of the group have passed away, Marge Ganser {1948 - 1996} and Mary Ann Ganser {1948 - 1970}; they were identical twin sisters.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 12th 1979, "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" by Louise Goffin entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #82; and September 30th, 1979 it peaked at #43 {for 1 week} and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...Fourteen weeks after Ms. Goffin peaked with her version, Aerosmith entered the Top 100 chart with their covered version of the song, on January 6th, 1980 it entered at #84 and eventually it peaked at #67 and spent 6 weeks on the Top 100.
  • Charles Hollingswort from Leeds, AlTo AnDre in The Bronx: The first record by the Shangri-las was "Simon Says" b/w "Simon Speaks".It was released in 1963 as a 45 on Smash Records #1866. "Hate To Say I Told You So" b/w "Wishing Well" was released as a 45 on Spokane Records #4006 in 1964 and reissued in 1965 on Scepter Records #1291 with the same two cuts.
  • Mary S. Twist from Succasunna, NjWonderful news..... Mary Weiss has recorded a new album in 2007 and she has finally returned to performing again. I hear that Mary's voice is remarkably untouched from her Shangri-Las heyday. Folks who have attended her concerts in the Autumn of 2007 have confirmed her vocal pipes are as strong and sultry as they were back then. Oh, and Mary is as svelt and pretty as you remember.
  • Andre from The Bronx, NyOoops! Someobody posted that "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" was the first single of The Shangri-Las? It wasn't. Their first single record was the rockin' "Wishing Well" (on Scepter Records). The young lead singer Mary Weiss sings through a lively and numbered list of her 'wishes'. That record (both sides) is included in the compact disc "The Definitive Shangri-Las: Myrmidons of Melodrama" (RPM 136). It is the absolute best collection of the super Shangri-Las.
  • Williamson Henderson from Manhattan, NyThe compelling, dramatic and unique Shangri-Las' hit song "Remember, Walkin' In The Sand" is played in its entirety in the movie "Stonewall" (1996). "RWITS" is the effective background song for the gay scene in Cherry Grove, Fire Island.
  • Justin from Glen Burnie, MdI wonder if some of the lyrics of Skid Row's "I Remember You" were influenced by this song... Some of that songs lines are: "Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
    Love letters in the sand - I remember you" (compare to chorus of this song).
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