A few weeks ago, Henry Gross was playing before about 2,000 music fans at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall, sharing a stage with rock ‘n’ roll stalwarts Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, Gary U.S. Bonds, ...

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 ...

Screamin’ Scott Simon, who spent 52 years as the pianist of the energetic rock ’n’ roll and doo-wop group Sha Na Na, died Thursday in Ojai after a long battle with sinus cancer, his daughter Nina ...

As he walks to the stage of a Hofstra University lecture hall, Robert Leonard’s attire is every bit the college professor: blue blazer and shirt, charcoal slacks, yellow tie, glasses. He’s a long, ...

WHITMAN — They had shared stages together across the globe. As bandmates, they rubbed elbows with greatness. Once upon a time, Bruce Springsteen and Jay Leno opened for them. Their TV show was a smash ...

Reggie Leon Battise, an actor, choreographer and member of throwback rock 'n' roll group Sha Na Na for more than two decades, died Oct. 8 from prostate cancer in Los Angeles. He was 55. By Staff ...

Screamin' Scott Simon of Sha Na Na on Sept. 24, 2010. 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 ...

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. Though they emulated New ...

When you think of Sha Na Na — the 43-year-old revue that pays tribute to 1950s rock 'n' roll with more than a hint of camp — you can't help but think of gold lame'. At Woodstock, while everyone else ...

Simon co-wrote the song "Sandy" from 'Grease,' and famously appeared in the film with his bandmates Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...