SHA NA NA - Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll (2LP w/poster)

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Sha Na Na

The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll

includes the original huge souvenir poster

Kama Sutra Records    KSBS - 2073 - 2

Tracks include:

Lover's Question, Latest Flame, Pretty Little Angel Eyes, Chatilly Lace, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, 

Little Darlin', Heartbreak Hotel, Wild Weekend, Get A Job, Rock Around the Clock, Tears On My Pillow,

Tell Laura I Love Her, Yakety Yak, Jailhouse Rock, Blue Moon, Teenager in Love, I Wonder Why,

Runaround Sue, 16 Candles, Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On, Shake Rattle 'N' Roll,

Rama Lama Ding Dong, Sea Cruise, Walk Don't Run, At the Hop, Rock 'N' Roll is Here to Stay,

Hound Dog, Great Balls of Fire, Lovers Never Say Goodbye

The group began singing as part of the longstanding Columbia University a cappella group The Kingsmen, but changed their name due to the Pacific Northwest group of the same name, famous for covering "Louie, Louie".

The name comes from the refrain of the classic '50s hit "Get a Job" ("Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na...") by The Silhouettes. Jon Bauman commented on a 1981 Password Plus episode that the singer could possibly have actually been saying "Sha-da-da-da...", which in reality would make the group's proper name Sha-Da-Da, presumably unaware that Rick Lewis of The Silhouettes named his own daughter Shana after the hook to his song.

Conceived by George Leonard, then a graduate student in English Literature, Sha Na Na began performing in 1969, at the height of the hippie counterculture, and achieved national fame after playing at the Woodstock Festival.

The group helped to spark a 1950s nostalgia craze, inspiring similar groups both in North America and in the United Kingdom, as well as the Broadway musical Grease. The band appeared in the movie Grease as Johnny Casino & The Gamblers, and the television show Happy Days. The group had its own hit syndicated television show Sha Na Na from 1977 to 1982, featuring guests such as James Brown, the popular 1970s punk band the Ramones, and musicians from rock & roll's golden era, such as Little Richard, Bo Diddley, and Chubby Checker.

One former Sha Na Na member from the television show lineup, Dave "Chico" Ryan, passed away in 1998. The group's first guitarist, Henry Gross, went on to become a solo artist, and had a hit single titled "Shannon" in 1976. Vinnie Taylor (1949 - 1974) (real name Chris Donald), who replaced Gross as the lead guitarist in 1970, died from a heroin overdose on April 17, 1974, after a concert at University Hall at the University of Virginia. He was found in a Holiday Inn hotel room in Charlottesville, Virginia. Another founding member of the band, Robert Leonard, is a professor of linguistics at Hofstra University. Founding member Alan Cooper, the lead singer in the group's performance of "At The Hop" in the Woodstock film, also went on to an academic career, and he is now professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. "Bowzer" Bauman also continues to tour under his own banner. Elliot Cahn, the group's original rhythm guitar player and musical arranger, later became the first manager of Green Day.

The band remains well-known for their tracks on the Grease soundtrack, including "Those Magic Changes", "Hound Dog", "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay", "Blue Moon", "Born to Hand-Jive" and "Tears on My Pillow", the song "Sandy" sung by John Travolta for which Screamin' Scott Simon wrote the lyrics, and for their appearance in the Woodstock movie as well as the more recent Festival Express

Cover / Record / Poster   VG+ / VG++ / VG++ / NM 

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