She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters’ Top 40 hits in the group’s early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s. By Alex Traub Anita Pointer, the sweet ...

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” has died. She was 75. Miriam Linna, founder of Weiss’ label, Norton Records ...

The 25-year-old singer — who has sold 15 million albums worldwide — explains her appeal in the Americana issue of V: “There are the pop stars of the world and then I’m like their dirty ...