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(Liberation Hall) 23 tracks 23 songs by 1950s revival group Sha Na Na, recorded at the Woodstock... more

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Sha Na Na: Woodstock - 20 Years After (DVD)

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23 songs by 1950s revival group Sha Na Na, recorded at the Woodstock Twenty Years After concert in August 1989. Sha Na Na, the popular 1950s revival group that has sold more than 20 million records and appeared on its own television series, was one of the performers at the original 1969 Woodstock music festival.

Twenty years later, on August 20, 1989, the band performed with their original fellow musicians at the Woodstock: 20 Years After concert, held 3,000 miles away at Cal-State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. Sha Na Na's appearance at Woodstock was only the band's eighth performance. The band was formed during the 1968/69 school year at Columbia University. The idea came from George Leonard, a humanities student who also became the group's choreographer. The original lineup included a dozen members who performed a song and dance repertoire based on popular rock and doo-wop hits of the 1950s.

"Within two months, we were the hottest rock band in New York, performing weekly at Steve Paul's Scene, where even the stars partied. One night Janis Joplin ran backstage to kiss us, smelling like Southern Comfort," Leonard recalls. According to the band's drummer, John Fair "Jocko" Marcellino, it was on the last night Steve Paul's Scene was open that Jimi Hendrix personally introduced Sha Na Na to Woodstock producers Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld. "We were booked that night," Marcellino told Yahoo Entertainment's Lyndsey Parker. "We got $350, the check bounced, and we got a dollar to be in the movie. But it was a good dollar." Her high-energy performance and closing rendition of "At the Hop" were a highlight of the concert and were featured in the documentary.

The film helped make Sha Na Na a U.S. sensation and sparked a 1950s nostalgia that inspired the Broadway musical Grease, American Graffiti and the 1970s television series Happy Days. When the 1978 film version of Grease hit theaters, the accompanying soundtrack featured six songs by Sha Na Na, and the group appeared in the film with two songs as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers. From 1977 to 1981, the group recorded 97 episodes of the Sha Na Na musical variety shows, becoming a staple of American pop culture. Their appearance in the movie "Woodstock" helped spark a craze for all things 1950s, inspiring shows and movies like "Grease" and "American Graffiti," as well as television series like "Happy Days"

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Interpret: Sha Na Na
Album titlle: Woodstock - 20 Years After (DVD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
DVD-Regionalcode 0
DVD-Genre Music & Concert
DVD-SubGenre Rock'n'Roll
Artikelart DVD
Label Liberation Hall
EAN: 0089353402921
weight in Kg 0.07

Sha Na Na - Woodstock - 20 Years After (DVD) DVD 1
01	Rock Around The Clock	Sha Na Na
02	Tossin' And Turnin'	Sha Na Na
03	The Stroll	Sha Na Na
04	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Sha Na Na
05	Medley:High School Confidential At The Hop	Sha Na Na
06	Let's Dance	Sha Na Na
07	Queen Of The Hop	Sha Na Na
08	Save The Last Dance For Me	Sha Na Na
09	Chantilly Lace	Sha Na Na
10	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Sha Na Na
11	You Can't Sit Down	Sha Na Na
12	Blueberry Hill	Sha Na Na
13	Tequila	Sha Na Na
14	Hit The Road Jack	Sha Na Na
15	Tonite, Tonite	Sha Na Na
16	In The Still Of The Night	Sha Na Na
17	Get A Job	Sha Na Na
18	Oh Lonesome Me	Sha Na Na
19	Promised Land	Sha Na Na
20	Band Intro	Sha Na Na
21	Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay	Sha Na Na
22	Goodnight My Love	Sha Na Na
23	Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite	Sha Na Na

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Sha Na Na parlayed their straight-ahead '50s rock & roll revivalism into a successful touring career, even if they were never as popular on record as they were live. The group's image and style were unabashedly anachronistic, as they covered '50s pop and doo wop standards, slicked their hair back in the greaser fashion, and dressed in flamboyant '50s costumes.

Sha Na Na formed at Columbia University in 1968 and quickly built a name for themselves with live performances, often at the Fillmore East, featuring such theatrics as a dance contest for audience members. The original lineup consisted of vocalists Rob Leonard, Scott Powell, Johnny Contardo, Frederick "Denny" Greene, Richard "Ritchie" Joffe, and Don York, plus guitarists Chris Donald, Elliot Cahn, and Henry Gross, bassist Bruce Clarke, drummer John "Jocko" Marcellino, pianists "Screamin'" Scott Simon and John "Bowzer" Bauman, and former Danny and the Juniors saxophonist Leonard Baker. Sha Na Na's big break came with a booking at the Woodstock Festival in 1969; they caught on with the public and began a string of appearances at rock & roll venues and nightclubs.

Gross left for a solo career in 1970 and scored a Top Ten hit six years later with "Shannon," something his old group was never able to do; Sha Na Na was largely a live act playing on nostalgia and entertainment value, which did not translate as well on record. In spite of internal problems including nervous breakdowns and the death of member Vincent Taylor from a heroin overdose in 1974, the group peaked in popularity in the late '70s, hosting its own syndicated television show from 1977 to 1981 and appearing in the 1978 film Grease.

Screamin' Scott Simon co-wrote the song "Sandy" for the film; meanwhile, Jon "Bowzer" Bauman continued his television career, co-hosting a morning show in Los Angeles and guesting frequently on several game shows. The group continues to tour with several original members still on board. (allmusic.com)

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