Sha Na Na will perform at Newton Theatre on Friday, October 19. The group, featuring original members John “Jocko” Marcellino and Donny York, specializes in faithful recreations of the rock ‘n’ roll ...

How do you top the thrill of playing at Woodstock? By going to graduate school, of course. Just ask the members of Sha Na Na, who were the penultimate act at the legendary 1969 rock festival, in the ...

BOSTON – Longtime Sha Na Na member Lennie Baker, who sang lead on the doo-wop favorite “Blue Moon” and appeared in the 1978 hit movie “Grease,” has died at age 69. He died Wednesday in Weymouth, where ...

How do you get to Woodstock after only eight or so gigs? If you’re Sha Na Na you impress Jimi Hendrix with your retro rock and R&B act, and he tells the festival organizers to put you on the bill. It ...

Of all the acts that graced the Woodstock stage that weekend in August 50 years ago, perhaps the most unlikely was Sha Na Na, a group of Columbia University students who previously sang together in ...

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - The gold lamé varsity jackets still fit. Four decades after performing as the penultimate act at Woodstock (having been invited by Jimi Hendrix) and three decades after a hosting a ...

A mainstay and manager of a rock ’n’ roll nostalgia band, he wrote the lyrics to “Sandy,” a song heard in the hit film “Grease.” By Richard Sandomir Screamin’ Scott Simon, who as the dynamic ...

Known for his wild antics on stage, Screamin’ Scott Simon loved to entertain fans as he could play the piano with his feet. But besides loving the spotlight, the pianist was also a masterful ...

BOSTON (AP) — Longtime Sha Na Na member Lennie Baker, who sang lead on the doo-wop favorite "Blue Moon" and appeared in the 1978 hit movie "Grease," has died at age 69. He died Wednesday in Weymouth, ...

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