Lennie Baker, second from left, is seen with fellow members of doo wop group Sha Na Na in the 1978 film Grease. Vocalist and saxophone player Baker has died at the age of 69. (YouTube) Longtime Sha Na ...

It’s a warm December day when Jocko Marcellino, the longtime drummer in the classic rock act Sha Na Na, comes on the phone to talk about the band’s new holiday single, “Ugly Christmas Sweater,” though ...

“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 September 5 of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Their appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 might have gone against the grain of the "peace and love" generation, but the US group Sha Na Na started a rock 'n' roll revival craze which lasted ...

He played piano with the throwback group from 1970 through 2022 and co-wrote the song “Sandy,” performed by John Travolta in ‘Grease.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Screamin’ Scott Simon, who spent 52 ...

Scott Simon, who dedicated 52 years playing the piano for doo-wop group Sha Na Na, died Thursday in Ojai, California, at the age of 75 after a long battle with sinus cancer, his daughter Nina Simon ...

He played piano with the throwback group from 1970 through 2022 and co-wrote the song "Sandy," performed by John Travolta in 'Grease.' By Mike Barnes Screamin’ Scott Simon, who spent 52 years as the ...

Screamin’ Scott Simon, the pianist of the rock ’n’ roll and doo-wop group Sha Na Na for over 50 years, has died at age 75 following a battle with sinus cancer. Simon passed away on Thursday (September ...