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 ...

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 ...

Jocko Marcellino, an original member of Sha Na Na, has taken mask-wearing seriously. So seriously, in fact, that the veteran of the “Sha Na Na” TV series and movie “Grease” has written a song about it ...

Sha Na Na will perform at Newton Theatre on Friday, October 19. The group, featuring original members John “Jocko” Marcellino and Donny York, specializes in faithful recreations of the rock ‘n’ roll ...