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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...