Life After Rock ‘n’ Roll

Rob Leonard was an undergraduate at Columbia University in 1968 when he and his brother George transformed the school’s a-cappella group by having them dress and style their hair like 1950s punks from Brooklyn. They sang doo-wop hits from that early rock ‘n’ roll era. They added instruments and became a nationwide success as Sha Na Na. (The name is from the The Silhouettes’ hit song, “Get A Job.”) The high point for Leonard came when Jimi Hendrix asked the band to open for him at Woodstock. Rob Leonard sang the lead on “Teen Angel” prior to Hendrix electrifying the world with his “Star Spangled Banner.”

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