LADIES FIRST: "Out In the Streets" - The Shangri-Las > Blondie

Ladies First = She Did It First

LADIES FIRST knows that "he don't hang around with the gang no more".

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The original "Out In the Streets" was by the great Shangri-Las, whose middle ground between uptown girl and biker girl made this song a perfect choice, and set the stage for acts like The New York Dolls, Suzi Quatro, and The Runaways after them.

The lead vocal is by the thespianic Mary Wiess, and the moody production by Shadow Morton.

THE SHANGRI-LAS -"Out In the Streets" (1965)



Here's a lovely version by the Maessen sisters from the Netherlands.

THE HEARTS OF SOUL -"Out In the Streets" (1970)


Blondie let its mid-'60s roots show constantly, with their retro Mod clothes, "With The Beatles"-style album covers, and Girl Group harmonies. One of the first things they ever recorded was a demo of this song.

BLONDIE -"Out In the Streets" (1976)




"He grew up on the sidewalk
Streetlight shinin' above
He grew up with no one to love"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

(1 of 2)
• YOU DON'T OWN ME: The Uprising of the 1960s GIRL GROUPS, with Music Player
(2 of 2)
• SHE'S A REBEL: Decades Of Songs Influenced By The GIRL GROUPS, with Music Player


• The Shangri-Las > The Damned > Joe Jackson

• LADIES FIRST: "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" - The Shangri-Las > The Beatles > Aerosmith > Amy Winehouse


• "Girl U Want" - Devo > Soundgarden > Polysics > Boyskout


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: The Shangri-Las > The Damned > Joe Jackson

ROCK Sex is about how culture cavorts and entangles.

Here's an example of how a single lyric can pull together unusual bedfellows.


THE SHANGRI-LAS recorded the biker love anthem "Leader of the Pack", which opened with the line "Is she really going out with him?"...

THE SHANGRI-LAS -"Leader Of The Pack" (1965)



Perversely, in the very first recorded British Punk single "New Rose", THE DAMNED opened with a quote of the same line...

THE DAMNED -"New Rose" (1976)



Shortly after, British tunesmith JOE JACKSON turned the phrase into a huge pop hit...

JOE JACKSON -"Is She Really Going Out With Him?" (1979)




"Is she really going out with him?/
"Well, there she is, let's ask her."

© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• YOU DON'T OWN ME: The Uprising of the 1960s GIRL GROUPS, with Music Player!

• SHE'S A REBEL: Decades Of Songs Influenced By The GIRL GROUPS, with Music Player!

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1960s, with 2 Music Players!


• LADIES FIRST: "Out In the Streets" - The Shangri-Las > Blondie

• LADIES FIRST: "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" - The Shangri-Las > The Beatles > Aerosmith > Amy Winehouse


-The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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