“I didn’t know the 1950s were the good old days until we were past them,” cracks Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s principal pops conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. A multiple-award-winning composer, Hamlisch, 65 ...

Some fans of Sha Na Na can trace the 1950s tribute act back to Woodstock, when it preceded Jimi Hendrix onstage the final morning of the festival. Others best remember the group of greasers from their ...

Dennis Greene, an original member of the cover band Sha Na Na, died from esophageal cancer in a Dayton, Ohio hospital on Sept. 5. He was 66. Greene was one of the founders of Sha Na Na, a group formed ...

ATLANTA -- With fists turned askew, a mouth elongated into a yawn-yell and a classic greaser look, Jon Bauman was "Bowzer," the centerpiece of the doo-wop-rock group Sha Na Na. ATLANTA -- With fists ...

It was the most memorable 35 minutes of their young lives. Forty years ago today, Columbia University students John “Jocko” Marcellino and Joseph “Joe” Witkin were at Woodstock, the ...

For more than 40 years, Sha Na Na has been playing the hits of the 1950s, donning lame’ suits and leather jackets. Last year, the band observed its longevity by releasing “Sha Na Na 40 t h Anniversary ...

It’s hard to believe that 40 years have passed since the vocal group Sha Na Na put itself on the musical map with a much-heralded appearance at Woodstock in 1969. On Saturday night at The Hanover ...

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HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) -- The gold lame 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 ...

WEYMOUTH, Mass., Feb. 27 (UPI) --Former Sha Na Na singer and saxophonist Lennie Baker has died in a Massachusetts hospital after developing an infection. He was 69. His nephew, David Baker, confirmed ...

The death toll of music-world notables in 2016 continued Friday, with the announcement of the death of Lennie Baker, a longtime member of the rock-and-doo-wop band Sha Na Na. He was 69. His nephew, ...