“There were cigarette packs in rolled-up sleeves and guys banging chains on the stage. “The crowd all dressed for the occasion, no matter what side of the revolution they were on,” recalled Jocko. Sha Na Na, named after the nonsense syllables in the doo-wop group the Silhouettes’ “Get a Job,” a staple of their live set, debuted with a spring 1969 “oldies night” performance at Columbia’s Willman Auditorium, donning Long Island greaser duds like gold lame and leather jackets and combing their hair back in a pompadour and ducktails, simultaneously paying homage and sending up ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll. Their performance of “At the Hop,” edited together by a fledging film student named Martin Scorsese, who worked on the Woodstock documentary, catapulted the group into an appearance in the film “Grease,” and a syndicated TV variety series which ran for four years from 19 and made the long-departed bass vocalist Jon “Bowzer” Bauman a household fixture. Courtesy of the Recording Academy™/photo by Rebecca Sapp, Getty Images
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