Sha Na Na is a rock and roll revival act. Announcing themselves as "from the streets of New York," and outfitted in gold lamé, leather jackets, and pompadour hairdos, Sha Na Na performed a song and dance repertoire of classic fifties rock' n' roll, simultaneously reviving and sending up the music and 1950s New York street culture.
Their current touring group features original members Donny York, and Jocko Marcellino, and another member from the T...
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Sha Na Na is a rock and roll revival act. Announcing themselves as "from the streets of New York," and outfitted in gold lamé, leather jackets, and pompadour hairdos, Sha Na Na performed a song and dance repertoire of classic fifties rock' n' roll, simultaneously reviving and sending up the music and 1950s New York street culture.
Their current touring group features original members Donny York, and Jocko Marcellino, and another member from the TV show who had joined just after Woodstock, Screamin' Scott Simon. Everyone else from the TV show has left the group, and been replaced by bass singer Reggie Battise, bass player Jim Waldbillig, guitarist Gene Jaramillo, drummer Paul Kimbarow, and sax player Michael Brown.
The group began singing as part of the longstanding Columbia University a cappella group The Kingsmen, but changed their name due to the Pacific Northwest group of the same name, famous for covering "Louie, Louie". Conceived by George Leonard, then a graduate student in...
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