But he was also a member of the group Sha Na Na. On July 17, Leonard talked about performing at Woodstock, as the 50th anniversary of the landmark concert approaches. Credit: Newsday / Shelby Knowles ...

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.

On the format of the show: "It's very upbeat and lively, like Sha Na Na always was. I'm the host and we'll do a few numbers with Bowzer and the Stingrays and will bring out Johnny to do some stuff ...

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 Wurlit… ...

Sha Na Na sold millions of records, but they never had a hit of their own. They would interpret the hits of others; in a sense, they were the great pretenders. But it was all in fun, at least ...

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Editor's Note: Bruce “Bruno” Clarke helped make history with the band Sha Na Na as part of their performance at the Woodstock music festival in upstate New York in August of 1969. Clarke, now ...

Marcellino, who produced the recently released “Sha Na Na — 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition” CD for Pat Boone’s Gold Label, was also surprised. “It didn’t occur to us!” he said.

Sha Na Na often achieved what it set out to do in the era of flower power: Transport us, with a wink, back to a bygone period that, viewed through the prism of nostalgia, now seems carefree.

NASHVILLE — Those zany greasers, Sha Na Na, are not going to put on the natural limp developed by walking the ridges like some real hillbillies. But the ensemble has come to Music City to record ...