The newly christened Sha Na Na worked up 11 songs, all of them drawn from the doo-wop and early rock and roll of the ’50s. They handed out flyers all over the Columbia campus ...

Scott Simon, who dedicated 52 years playing the piano for doo-wop group Sha Na Na, has died at the age of 75. His daughter Nina Simon announced the news on Thursday in a social media post. "My dad ...

The power didn't cut out when Sha Na Na performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix at the conclusion of the famously rain-soaked Woodstock festival in August 1969 in Bethel, N.Y. But the Wurlit… ...

“Screamin’ Scott” Simon, who played piano in the early-rock revival group Sha Na Na for more than a half-century and co-wrote the song “Sandy” that John Travolta crooned in Grease, died ...

Screamin’ Scott Simon, Sha Na Na Member Who Co-Wrote Song in ‘Grease,’ Dead at 75 The pianist performed with the doo-wop group from 1970 to 2022 and co-penned “Sandy,” which John ...

Jocko Marcellino readily acknowledges he has lived a charmed life. The veteran singer and drummer was a 19-year-old Columbia University student when his then-brand-new band, Sha Na Na, performed ...

It was 50 years ago when Sha Na Na opened for Jimi Hendrix at a music festival called Woodstock during the summer of 1969 — you might have heard of it.

Known as “Screamin’ Scott” Simon, he remained a member of Sha Na Na from 1970 until they stopped touring in 2022. Simon and the band appeared in the iconic 1978 film Grease as “Johnny ...