The track "Leader of the Pack" references the Shangri-Las hit about a motorcycle crash in its chord progression and theme, with the lyrics "Don't you know he's never coming back again?" "Born to Lose" imagines suicide.
After a Kickstarter campaign to help with funding, the first Riot LA hit the streets of downtown in September 2012, showcasing the work of underground comedy.
Leader of the Pack, released in the US in 1964, was the most remarkable of the Shangri-Las' hits; a story of a middle-class girl's love for a motorcycle gang leader that ends in a fatal accident.
Mr Fabiano attempts an explanation: "Operas like 'La Traviata', 'Rigoletto' and 'La Bohème' hit an emotional nerve that newer works, with a few exceptions, don't".
P. Diddy cheats a bit by adding a few previously released songs, including Jay-Z's playful hit "La-La-La".
For an encore, Mr. Beck and Ms. May did something different with "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," the grandly despondent 1964 Shangri-Las hit.
His first love was jazz (a phrase from a Modern Jazz Quartet tune was echoed in his first Shangri-Las hit) but at high school, he joined a doo-wop vocal group.
■ Rajiv van La Parra hit the equaliser for Wolves in a 1-1 drat at Brighton.
Bam's spin-off, "Viva La Bam," hit the air in 2003.
One batter later, shortstop Tomas De La Rosa hit a solo homer, his first major league hit.
The LA focus hit its peak with the hiring of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, leading to 1977's commercial colossus, Rumours.
