Sha  Na  Na - Group of musicians and singers who specialized in the Rock and Roll classics of the 1950s and early 1960s. Sha Na Na (formerly the "Kingsmen") was formed in 1969 by 12 students from Columbia University. Taking their act on the road they parlayed their love for the 1950s into a professional act and finally into the successful syndicated musical variety program SHA NA NA/SYN/1977-81. Members of the rock troupe included Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Lennie Baker, Johnny Contardo, Frederick "Dennis" Greene (the groups only black member), "Dirty Dan" McBride, John "Jocko" Marcellino, Dave "Chico" Ryan, "Screamin' Scott" Simon, Tony Santini (Scott Powell) and Donald "Donny" York. The backdrop of the show was a New York Street filled with brownstone row homes. The group derived their name from the background chorus of the classic 1958 song "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes where the repetitive words "Sha Na Na" could be heard. This group of happy-go-lucky street toughs closed each show with the words "Grease for Peace."

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