50+ Music<p>"Leader of the Pack" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeorgeShadowMorton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeShadowMorton</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JeffBarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBarry</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EllieGreenwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EllieGreenwich</span></a>. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theShangriLas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theShangriLas</span></a>. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as a popular cultural example of a "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teenageTragedySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teenageTragedySong</span></a>". The song was covered in 1985 by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/heavyMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavyMetal</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TwistedSister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwistedSister</span></a>, who had a more modest hit with their version (no. 53 in the US). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>