HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - The gold lamé 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 hosting a ...

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

A law professor who first found fame as an original member of the band Sha Na Na has died. Frederick "Dennis" Greene, a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, died on Sept. 5 after being ...

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 ...

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 ...

VERONA -- A 2001 Oneida High School graduate and Turning Stone Casino employee will take center stage when she opens for "vintage" rock and roll group Sha Na Na on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Turning ...

Add law professor Dennis Greene to the members of Sha Na Na who have distinguished themselves in academe since departing the retro rock ‘n’ roll group (“From Rock ‘n’ Roll Stardom to Academe,” The ...

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 ...