Leader of the Pack

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"Leader of the Pack" is a song recorded by The Shangri-Las that hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1964. The tune was composed by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. Later the same year, a parody record, "Leader of the Laundromat," written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, was released by The Detergents.

In the United Kingdom, the song was refused airplay by the BBC because it was considered likely to encourage violence between mods and rockers [1]. It still charted four times between 1965 and 1976, peaking at number 11. [2].