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Screamin’ Scott Simon of Sha Na Na Dead at 75
UL ^ | September 7, 2024 | Allison Rapp

Posted on 09/08/2024 3:58:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Screamin' Scott Simon of Sha Na Na has died at the age of 75, following a lengthy battle with sinus cancer.

The news was confirmed by his daughter, Nina, in a social media post.

"My dad was a rock star. Literally," she wrote, sharing a photo of her father and family. "A member of Sha Na Na for over 50 years. He loved early morning diners and late nights onstage. But he loved his girls most of all."

Simon's Background

Simon was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1948, later graduating from Columbia in New York City in 1970. That same year, he joined Sha Na Na, the doo wop revival group who rose to fame covering '50s rock 'n' roll songs and even performing at Woodstock in 1969.

With Sha Na Na, Simon wrote a number of the band's songs. In 1978, the whole group appeared in Grease as "Johnny Casino and the Gamblers," but Simon did more than just appear on screen — he also co-wrote the song "Sandy" with Louis St. Louis, which John Travolta sang.

Over the years, Sha Na Na performed with the likes of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Steve Martin, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. They also had their own television series named after themselves, which ran from 1977 to 1981 and included guests like Chuck Berry, the Ramones, Dusty Springfield, Billy Crystal and more.

Simon was a member of Sha Na Na until 2022, the year the band stopping touring.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 50s; 60s; 70s; music; shanana
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To: nickcarraway

Thank you.

So do I.


21 posted on 09/08/2024 4:52:46 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Does so

I didn’t mean that to be a question.


22 posted on 09/08/2024 4:59:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Does so

Yes and we receive most of our medicines from China it’s why Trump was going after the problem the bribees that get money from China fought him all the way this time he should get it done.


23 posted on 09/08/2024 5:15:16 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vision

BINGO & Sedentary lifestyle, Obesity.


24 posted on 09/08/2024 5:43:50 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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To: nickcarraway
here y'go
25 posted on 09/08/2024 6:26:43 PM PDT by knarf
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To: Vision
Yeah, sure.💉💉
26 posted on 09/08/2024 7:10:56 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: nickcarraway

The Polio vaccines were grown in wild monkey cultures. Later it was found that they carried all sorts of cancers and other diseases that they had developed immunities to. The steady increase in unusual cancers in the generation that were mandated to take those polio shots and sugar cubes are suspected to stem from from the wild monkey cultures.

Monkey cultures and fetal cultures are used in the manufacturing of mRNA gene therapies.


27 posted on 09/08/2024 8:10:27 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: wally_bert

as it turns out, you don’t have to have had the jab in order to be infected by the cv-19 mRNA snakeoil.

it’s possible to have an ‘infected’ person pass it to an unvaxxed person.

this is called shedding.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/796358932085976


28 posted on 09/08/2024 8:56:18 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: nickcarraway

Saw them in December 1969 (or ‘70 in Boston).


29 posted on 09/08/2024 10:20:12 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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