There’s life after Woodstock for Sha Na Na, the doo-wop-fueled classic rock ‘n’ roll band led by singer, drummer and longtime La Jolla resident Jocko Marcellino. The group, which also features San ...
It’s a warm December day when Jocko Marcellino, the longtime drummer in the classic rock act Sha Na Na, comes on the phone to talk about the band’s new holiday single, “Ugly Christmas Sweater,” though ...
Feb. 26, 1980: When Sha Na Na lead singer Johnny Contardo looked out at the crowd of about 3,000 fans gathered for his band’s show at the Scranton Catholic Youth Center, he couldn’t quite contain his ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Click here to read the full article. Of all the acts that graced the Woodstock stage that weekend in August 50 years ago, perhaps ...
“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 ...
Jocko Marcellino readily acknowledges he has lived a charmed life. The veteran singer and drummer was a 19-year-old Columbia University student when his then-brand-new band, Sha Na Na, performed ...
Slick back your hair and grab that old leather jacket because Sha Na Na is coming to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman on Feb.12. John "Jocko" Marcellino, a founding member of the well-known rock and ...
Lennie Baker, second from left, is seen with fellow members of doo wop group Sha Na Na in the 1978 film Grease. Vocalist and saxophone player Baker has died at the age of 69. (YouTube) Longtime Sha Na ...
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 ...