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A brief review of the 1973 re-release of this album by Billboard recommended Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!, calling Sha Na Na an "excellent oldies group". [1] Jim Allen of AllMusic Guide reviewed a compact disc compilation of this album and the band's self-titled release, calling the music "reverential but energetic updates, making them seem fresh and vital for the new generation and keeping ...
Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969. The group performed a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs that both revived and parodied the music and the New York City street culture of the 1950s.
Sha Na Na performed the song on their syndicated TV show in 1977 during the first season, episode 8, with Screamin' Scott Simon on lead vocals. [4] Sha Na Na performed the song in the 1970 concert film Festival Express, a train tour of Canada by the leading rock musicians of the era, which was released in 2003 as a documentary.
The doo-wop revival group Sha Na Na derived their name from the song's lyrics, [1] later going on to perform "Get a Job" in the 1978 movie Grease, and the nickname "Xanana" of former East Timorese President and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão is in return derived from the name of the band "Sha Na Na", though with the spelling changed to "Xanana ...
He also appeared with Sha Na Na in the 1978 movie Grease. After his heyday with Sha Na Na , Bauman was a VJ on the music channel VH-1 during its first two years. He has appeared on many television series, such as Miami Vice , and he has done voiceovers for animated series, such as Animaniacs , and animated feature films, including My Little ...
Screamin’ Scott Simon, the dynamic keyboard player for rock and roll revivalists Sha Na Na for more than 50 years, has died. He was 75. Simon’s daughter Nina, an author, announced his death on ...
Rock and roll revival group Sha Na Na performed "The Book of Love" at Woodstock in 1969. The song is referenced in Don McLean's "American Pie" and in the lyrics of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll". It was featured as a theme to the game show The Newlywed Game hosted by Paul Rodriguez after he replaced Bob Eubanks (1988–1989).
Sha Na Na. Jon Bauman – piano, vocals; Lennie Baker – bass guitar, vocals; Bruce Clarke – bass guitar, vocals; Elliot Cahn – rhythm guitar, vocals; Johnny Contando – vocals