Used to watch this as a young teen in the 70's with my Grandparents. And I told them I was born too late. They laughed so much. Miss you Gran and Perry
@@LisaKoffler Where? We haven't had an oldies station in years.. Wolfman Jack is gone. Casey Kasem is too. And Dick Clark was still doing until he got older..
I used to listen to this program when I was in high school and during the time. I was in the military I would think about them from time to time because it was a lot better than crawling around in the sand in the mud or swamps. Music what a wonderful way to be free. God bless all America and veterans.
Sorry, my mom said I was born in the wrong year. This kind of music has been my favorite for over 50 years. I get cold chills just listening to the 50's and 60's music.
Something about the imperfect choreography actually makes it absolutely enjoyable. These guys were having so much fun. I followed them since about 1974 and I appreciate them more today than I did back then.
The fact that a male group did dancing and choreography, and it was still viewed as 'manly' is awesome. Other than 'boy bands', what male groups do that? Sha Na Na had it all, the vocals, talented instrumentalists, and a fun stage show. I was just a kid watching this on TV, loved the skits and the music.
Yeah, the jumping jacks were kind of trite, but I still appreciate them a lot more after not seeing them for decades. Also, you gotta love the one-man bass line (Bowser).
I am almost 63 years old and the NaNa of a precious 4 year old granddaughter, our only grandchild. Since her Papa and I are oldies, these are the songs that we sing to her now just as we did to her Mom. I hope that when she gets to be your age, she has such sweet memories of us as you do of your grandparents. We even took our daughter to see Sha Na Na when she was a little girl. Bless your heart.
I saw Sha Na Na 36 years ago when I was 17 at Newcastle City Hall in North East England and it was a brilliant night. The show was perfection and all the covers of the original had both great instrumentals and vocals. My favourite band members were Elliot Cahn(Gino), Donny and Johnny. Johnny in particular has an amazing vocal range.
Such a talented and gifted bunch of top musicians. So entertaining no matter how many times I watch these videos. I saw these when they originally aired....every show, every week!
Absolutely! They're now retired, and Donny admitted in another RUclips video that he sometimes misses touring, and he now sings while walking around the house, and his wife loves it!
Bowser hadn't joined at Woodstock. Johnny either. The leads were mostly short time additions. Donny and Chico did the lead most of the time. The high notes were done by 2 different guys until Johnny came aboard. One was Henry Gross..
Wow.. I love Shanana since I was small.. I loved them since the 70s - all my cousins loved them. You wont find another Shanana. They are the best. NK Chew, Malaysia.
I'm a fan of theirs since I was 4 in 1977 and watching them EVERY time they were on TV. NOTHING got in my way haha and listened to their records all the time in my basement. And saw them multiple times live. And I eventually became close friends with Lennie Baker.
I'm only 23, but I had the best times of my life in the car with my grandmother singing to these songs from back then... I am proud to say I know these guys and many more oldies too like Chubby Checker...
True Talent, through and through. Watched the show and saw them in concert back in the day. Those who are gone are missed. Those who are left are treasured.
Same for me! I ended up loving doo wop so much I sang with a couple of Philly groups! And, now that I'm familiar with the orig's of all these songs, I gotta say Sha na Na really did 'em all justice! Wonderful talent there. Don't let the skin tight gold lame and the jumping jack choreo fool ya! These guys are terrific!
Absolutely! Donny sang lead on this song, and he sounded like he used different singing voices with the different songs he sang to sound as much like the originals as possible, and not all singers can do that!
His office is in Burbank, CA and he is team physician to the LA Galaxy Soccer Team (I think that's the name of the team), and is an expert on knee and shoulder surgical repair.
Joe Witkin (the original keyboard player before Scott Simon replaced him) became a physician as he'd always expected to. Most of his career was heading the emergency room at a San Diego area hospital. Bowzer's predecessor Alan Cooper became a department head at the Columbia University Jewish Theological Seminary. Bruce Clarke became a bigtime academician based at Texas Tech University. Elliot Cahn (left before the TV series as did Bruce Clarke and Rich Joffe) became a bigtime entertainment lawyer who managed the group "Green Day" for a few years. David Garrett graduated the rigorous Columbia University School of Engineering and became an electronics industry businessman. Rich Joffe practiced law in NYC for years. Denny Greene graduated Yale Law School after the TV years and ended up a law professor. "Many talents" were the norm for Columbia undergraduates, due to the college having extremely tough admissions standards. I'd been on track to become a lawyer myself, but the life of a journeyman rock star hooked me and allowed all the time that I ended up needing for marital trainwrecks. 😎
I love Sha Na Na. I was born in the wrong time era. They must have heard me because they brought that era to the 70’s and 80’s. I listen to their music a lot even now. I wish I was a teen back in the late 50’s. My kingdom for a time machine.
hi there, time travelling caveman here. just wanna say this newfangled "disco" is bullshit and a sad excuse for real music. we used to hit hollow tree trunks for hours round a slow-roasting mammoth thigh. that was real music. not this glitterbomb hippy nonsense
A magical time and a magical group!! Pure talent and entertainment. What fun Long live Sha Na Na . We 60's rockers and now in our 60's, but still rockin'.
it would be nice to know if anyone filmed their rehearsals and dance moves when they practisd these weekly shows. I am sure they had great bonding as friends as well as workmates...and i am sure they had fun too.
I love Donny's voise! I love how he just doesn't care! I don't mean to make it sound mean, because I don't, I love it! But the way he sings, it's like he isn't even trying and I think that's awesome!!!! I love SHA NA NA!!! Bring them BACK!!!!!!!
It's not that Donny doesn't care - he just likes having fun, and that's what I like MOST about him! I saw him in "The Stroll" video with Guerin "Tito Mambo" Barry as the lead singer. Donny was wearing a white jacket with his signature outfit and strolled with two girls instead of one!
An awesome time for awesome music while growing up....yeap, we weren’t perfect but better than the best crap on the radio today 6-08-2020....we were very fortunate and happy......
I remember as a young child, my parents bringing me to see the filming of the tv show. It ended up being a special, so they didn't end the show in the street scene and that was what I liked the most. Still enjoyed it. Good times.
When I was a child, I thought he was the background bass singer on ALL doo-wop songs, and when I saw his face for the first time on TV, I thought: "Wow!" I thought his looks matched his voice!
I use watch this show back in the day. I loved the songs. And group always remind like if some needs hanging out in alley behind a auto shop decide to start a singing group.
Used to watch this as a young teen in the 70's with my Grandparents. And I told them I was born too late. They laughed so much. Miss you Gran and Perry
Sha na na was and still is my favorite band . I always fantasized being bouzer . I'm 65 years old and I will always love the oldies music .
They must have been the absolute best cover bands ever borned. This is magical. Such songs you cant hear any longer. Love to Sha Na Na
They were, and we STILL have "oldies" radio stations!
@@LisaKoffler Where? We haven't had an oldies station in years.. Wolfman Jack is gone. Casey Kasem is too. And Dick Clark was still doing until he got older..
ALL 50 States have "oldies" radio stations, so you can just look it up!
Go look up Showaddywaddy's cover of this song and other songs.
I used to listen to this program when I was in high school and during the time. I was in the military I would think about them from time to time because it was a lot better than crawling around in the sand in the mud or swamps. Music what a wonderful way to be free. God bless all America and veterans.
All the way. This is my FAVORITE kind of music. My monm
Sorry, my mom said I was born in the wrong year. This kind of music has been my favorite for over 50 years. I get cold chills just listening to the 50's and 60's music.
Something about the imperfect choreography actually makes it absolutely enjoyable. These guys were having so much fun. I followed them since about 1974 and I appreciate them more today than I did back then.
The fact that a male group did dancing and choreography, and it was still viewed as 'manly' is awesome. Other than 'boy bands', what male groups do that? Sha Na Na had it all, the vocals, talented instrumentalists, and a fun stage show. I was just a kid watching this on TV, loved the skits and the music.
Yeah, the jumping jacks were kind of trite, but I still appreciate them a lot more after not seeing them for decades.
Also, you gotta love the one-man bass line (Bowser).
Do Wop will never die... Sha Na Na was the best show on TV... Bowser rules!!!
For SHORE!!!
His bass voice rules!
@@LisaKoffler Wish they could have had him at Woodstock but he came on board later !
Dag Nabbit, so did Johnny Contardo!
DO WOP will live FOREVER . It's just that good .😊👍🏻
Great lead by Donnie. Great back up. Bowser and Johnny just add to it. Lenny on sax completes the magic, Great choreography. This is talent.
I still remember the audience screaming!
@@LisaKoffler They always got a great ovation but this one is outstanding, agreed.
I am almost 63 years old and the NaNa of a precious 4 year old granddaughter, our only grandchild. Since her Papa and I are oldies, these are the songs that we sing to her now just as we did to her Mom. I hope that when she gets to be your age, she has such sweet memories of us as you do of your grandparents. We even took our daughter to see Sha Na Na when she was a little girl. Bless your heart.
i saw them twice. The first time, they warmed up for The Guess Who! That was my very first concert, August, 1975.
If I were the Guess Who, I wouldn't want to follow these guys.
@@ronaldbarnes3327 Burton Cummings and his Mustache were amazing. I was 15 that summer.
I saw Sha Na Na 36 years ago when I was 17 at Newcastle City Hall in North East England and it was a brilliant night. The show was perfection and all the covers of the original had both great instrumentals and vocals. My favourite band members were Elliot Cahn(Gino), Donny and Johnny. Johnny in particular has an amazing vocal range.
ALL of them have wonderful singing voices, and Johnny stood right out!
I was at the same show. My first gig. They were absolutely brilliant. Never bettered.
You are one lucky son of a gun. I’d give my left nut to see them when you did. Cheers mate!
I have seen them numerous times, and they were always great!!!!
Such a talented and gifted bunch of top musicians. So entertaining no matter how many times I watch these videos. I saw these when they originally aired....every show, every week!
+HandwhistlerBen me too. and when it ended my sisters and i would go .............ahhhhhhhhhhh so fast. i think it was just 25 mins.?
+HandwhistlerBen TRUE!
I used to watch the new episodes when they came out as well. Sha Na Na was a lot of fun to watch when I was a kid!
REALLY takes me back.💓
These guys had talent, played real music, not auto tune, or computers to mimic a song, they played on pure talent.
Absolutely! They're now retired, and Donny admitted in another RUclips video that he sometimes misses touring, and he now sings while walking around the house, and his wife loves it!
Didn't always like the comedy skits on the show but looooooooved the music. Such a talented bunch of guys and Johnny Contardo's voice still rocks.
Yes it does! I didn't like all the skits, either, but they made me laugh my head off!
Way back in 1978 when I was 11 this was my very first Concert
They were a major hit at Woodstock! Very talented group! 📕
Bowser hadn't joined at Woodstock. Johnny either. The leads were mostly short time additions. Donny and Chico did the lead most of the time. The high notes were done by 2 different guys until Johnny came aboard. One was Henry Gross..
Loved these guys. Great rendition of this classic 50's song
Wow.. I love Shanana since I was small.. I loved them since the 70s - all my cousins loved them. You wont find another Shanana. They are the best. NK Chew, Malaysia.
I'm a fan of theirs since I was 4 in 1977 and watching them EVERY time they were on TV. NOTHING got in my way haha and listened to their records all the time in my basement. And saw them multiple times live. And I eventually became close friends with Lennie Baker.
This is what real music sounds like ! Real talented singers and performers. Classic hits!
These guys were GREAT entertainers ! And talented . We remember watching the show , they always made the day a little better !
I'm only 23, but I had the best times of my life in the car with my grandmother singing to these songs from back then... I am proud to say I know these guys and many more oldies too like Chubby Checker...
My grandmother loved the "oldies," too, and we used to listen to them on her car radio, too!
Donny is my fave lovely looking and great voice..they all good singers
All of them can sing very good.
That's what sets Sha Na Na apart - you have to be an outstanding singer to join the group!
Heerlijk om naar te zien en te horen. Even naar toen bedankt.
This show was, and still is AWESOME! My mom and my brother and I couldn't wait to watch a new episode each week. 😃👍
We use to watch this program in the 80's it was popular even though it wasn't in the doo wop day's ! They were really a lot of fun to watch!!
I'm with you!!!
SHA-NA-NA.....LOVE THEM!!! Put them on DVD!
I wish that was possible!
True Talent, through and through. Watched the show and saw them in concert back in the day. Those who are gone are missed. Those who are left are treasured.
I remember their TV show and it was great, because of the music!!!
This was a great CLEAN show.
Just good, CLEAN fun!
I love love love Sha na na. Best cover band there ever was.
Absolutely!
I was fortunate enough to see them numerous times and they were always great shows!!!!
Same for me! I ended up loving doo wop so much I sang with a couple of Philly groups! And, now that I'm familiar with the orig's of all these songs, I gotta say Sha na Na really did 'em all justice! Wonderful talent there. Don't let the skin tight gold lame and the jumping jack choreo fool ya! These guys are terrific!
They're more than terrific - they're outstanding!
Gotta love Sha Na Na….They could sing almost any song in the Rock And Roll Era.
Absolutely! Donny sang lead on this song, and he sounded like he used different singing voices with the different songs he sang to sound as much like the originals as possible, and not all singers can do that!
Scott Powell is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon. A man of many talents.
Tony Santini? The Italian kid from Brooklyn?
Tony Santini is his nickname.
His office is in Burbank, CA and he is team physician to the LA Galaxy Soccer Team (I think that's the name of the team), and is an expert on knee and shoulder surgical repair.
Denny was a law professor. Bowser was a classically trained pianist. Lenny played with Joey Dee and the Starlighters.
Joe Witkin (the original keyboard player before Scott Simon replaced him) became a physician as he'd always expected to. Most of his career was heading the emergency room at a San Diego area hospital. Bowzer's predecessor Alan Cooper became a department head at the Columbia University Jewish Theological Seminary. Bruce Clarke became a bigtime academician based at Texas Tech University. Elliot Cahn (left before the TV series as did Bruce Clarke and Rich Joffe) became a bigtime entertainment lawyer who managed the group "Green Day" for a few years. David Garrett graduated the rigorous Columbia University School of Engineering and became an electronics industry businessman. Rich Joffe practiced law in NYC for years. Denny Greene graduated Yale Law School after the TV years and ended up a law professor. "Many talents" were the norm for Columbia undergraduates, due to the college having extremely tough admissions standards. I'd been on track to become a lawyer myself, but the life of a journeyman rock star hooked me and allowed all the time that I ended up needing for marital trainwrecks. 😎
I wish these shows were still around !
I love Sha Na Na. I was born in the wrong time era. They must have heard me because they brought that era to the 70’s and 80’s.
I listen to their music a lot even now. I wish I was a teen back in the late 50’s.
My kingdom for a time machine.
I'm 21 and i wish i was born during this time 😭
CBS FM in NYC played Doo Wop music all the time in the 80’s...all the old timers played it and I loved it 🙌🙌🙌
You don't need a time machine to enjoy the oldies, since we now have RUclips.
That guy with the deep voice adds a nice touch.
And I agree. They all have great voices.
MORE SHA NA NA!!! LOVE THEM TO PIECES.
This is fun to watch, great singing, love it
These guys are awesome grew up with this stuff
99 percent or my music collection is this music it's great
Thanks, this from the days when music was music, and from this great group, always caught their show on the tube back then.
I'm 21 and I'm here! making sure this amazing music doesn't go unheard of in my generation
mac26x98 Yeah, music was music. Cars were cars. Girls were well, you know. What a great time.
Hey fyi there's still music it's just not a grainy video of some weird faux rockabilly dancers
hi there, time travelling caveman here. just wanna say this newfangled "disco" is bullshit and a sad excuse for real music. we used to hit hollow tree trunks for hours round a slow-roasting mammoth thigh. that was real music. not this glitterbomb hippy nonsense
No seriously do none of you realize that old music is still available
Saw them in person and what a magical time. These guys are ossom. Jacko I could stare into those beautiful eyes all night ♥️
We never missed their weekly show! Great entertainment!
Adoro os Sha Na Na!
Brasil 🇧🇷
Incredible! these guys were the best of the best hands down.
Loved watching them every week!
I love the routine and the song
I still love ShaNaNa.
Me, too!
A magical time and a magical group!! Pure talent and entertainment. What fun Long live Sha Na Na . We 60's rockers and now in our 60's, but still rockin'.
How can you watch these guys and just be HAPPY?
How can you watch these guys and be a GROUCH?
Perfectly done. Thank you. I needed this today.
These guys we're awesome, love the music.
I was privileged to see this group in concert live in Columbia, MD during the run of this great TV series!
I live in Providence, Rhode Island, and they played at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in 1982. I was 14 when my father took me, and I loved it!
¡¡¡Bravo!!!
¡¡¡Geniales!!!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
back when tv shows were worth watching
Gotta love Bowser' deep bass voice! You go boy!
Don't forget Johnny's high notes! He's older now, but he STILL has it!
There are some people I wish could stay young and vibrant forever!
So do I! "Staying young" is difficult!
Bowser rocks. First concert I ever attended back in the early 1970s
Same for me Saratoga NY maybe 73 I think
Bowzers bass voice STILL rocks today!
GREAT GROUP. LIKED THESE GUYS ALOT.
You can tell they enjoy the music
That's why they're singing it!
@@LisaKofflerSaturday nights on WNBC 4.
George Master, yes! I do remember that!
@@LisaKoffler Right before The Guinness Game,I think.
very cool i watced them back in the day
Aww, how neat is this! Why do I never see these guys on any of the PBS doo wop specials..they were such a blast. Great song!
FANTASTIC THEN,
AND STILL
FANTASTIC NOW!!!
it would be nice to know if anyone filmed their rehearsals and dance moves when they practisd these weekly shows. I am sure they had great bonding as friends as well as workmates...and i am sure they had fun too.
as expected..................outstanding!!!
That's what you have to be in order to be a member of the group!
These guys are GREAT!
I love Donny's voise! I love how he just doesn't care! I don't mean to make it sound mean, because I don't, I love it! But the way he sings, it's like he isn't even trying and I think that's awesome!!!! I love SHA NA NA!!! Bring them BACK!!!!!!!
It's not that Donny doesn't care - he just likes having fun, and that's what I like MOST about him! I saw him in "The Stroll" video with Guerin "Tito Mambo" Barry as the lead singer. Donny was wearing a white jacket with his signature outfit and strolled with two girls instead of one!
2020. I still loving them. 🇲🇽
What a great show text you back to when you were a kid😮 Sha Na Na was great 👍
I had never seen this before, Great Job Donny!
It doesn't matter whether he wears his sunglasses or not - he's ALWAYS fun to watch and listen to!
Thanks for the memories!
Sha Na Na forever 2020 the best memories with my dad R.I.P. pop miss you.....
Wow, haven't seen this in years! Now it's all on youtube ,,,, great!
Saw them three times in Omaha! They were fantastic!
An awesome time for awesome music while growing up....yeap, we weren’t perfect but better than the best crap on the radio today 6-08-2020....we were very fortunate and happy......
Thanks for posting, Grease for peace!
Ohhhh take me back to the 70's ! ----------------------WolfSky9
Just come right here to RUclips!
one word, GREAT!!!!!
I remember as a young child, my parents bringing me to see the filming of the tv show. It ended up being a special, so they didn't end the show in the street scene and that was what I liked the most. Still enjoyed it. Good times.
got to see them sing up in toronto back in 2003 they were sooooo great and even got bowzers autograph...FUN TIMES
Bowser is always great with his baritone voice
Tnx for bringing back wonderful memories.
Ahhh the 70s!
The Disco Era! I was part of it, despite the fact that I was only a child back then!
@wallofvideo You're so right - talent & hardwork - no lip syncing, able to do real LIVE concerts and dance in unison - that doesn't come easy.
I always preferred genuine talent!
Love it! Those boys can entertain!
OMG, how I wish I was born in the 60's! I looooove Sha Na Na!
I was born in 1967, and I was a '70s child and an '80s teenager, but I also listened to the oldies, and I still do today!
Duuuude! Just heard this on my SiriusXM! Totally reminded of this episode! This is where we MTV generation kids got the exposure to the 😍😍😍😍"oldies."
Bowser was boss of the bass, wow, he does it perfect.
When I was a child, I thought he was the background bass singer on ALL doo-wop songs, and when I saw his face for the first time on TV, I thought: "Wow!" I thought his looks matched his voice!
Still great on 2020. Good job Donnie
Donny is the best thing to come from Idaho besides Idaho potatoes!
Hermosa canción a pesar que nací en los 90 y hablo español latino, me encanta.
I LOVED these guys !!
Back when music was music. Southern Ohio
Wow, sounds just like Curtis Lee. Bowzer's bass line was perfect. Cheers from eastern TN
Nuff said you just have to watch and hear them. Grew up with this gang.
Eu amo essa musica...nostalgia de uma epoca que nao vivi...mas queria
This is entertainment at its best when there no was no reality tv
YEAH! The BETTER days... Too much (NON REALITY) REALITY T.V. now🤮
I use watch this show back in the day. I loved the songs. And group always remind like if some needs hanging out in alley behind a auto shop decide to start a singing group.