Screamin' Scott Simon (born December 9, 1948 in

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) is an American pianist born in Missouri who has been

Sha Na Na Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll doo-wop group. Formed in 1969, but performing a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs, it simultaneously revived and parodied the music and the New York street culture of the 1950s. After g ...

's piano-player since April 1970.

Biography

Simon graduated from

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with a B.A. in 1970, and joined Sha Na Na. He has written numerous songs that have been recorded by the band and others over the years. He graduated from Southwest High School in

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, in 1966. For the

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of '' Grease'', he and

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collaborated on the song " Sandy", performed by

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References

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