“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 ...

A couple of things happened on opening night of “Marvin Hamlisch Pops: Fabulous ’50s with Sha Na Na” that have probably never happened in Benaroya Hall. First, Hamlisch — the Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Dennis Greene, a founding member of Sha Na Na, a band that became famous in the 1970s for its nostalgic and comedic approach to the rock ’n’ roll of the 1950s, died Saturday at a hospital ...

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The power didn't cut out when Sha Na Na performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix at the conclusion of the famously rain-soaked Woodstock festival in August 1969 in Bethel, N.Y. But the Wurlitzer ...

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, ...