Sha Na Na (album)

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Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!
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Studio album by
Released1971 (1971)
RecordedMarch 1, 1971 (side one), May 1971 (side two)
Venue Columbia University, New York City, New York (side one)
Studio Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (side two)
Genre
Length33:42
LanguageEnglish
Label Kama Sutra
Producer Eddie Kramer
Sha Na Na chronology
Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!
(1969)
Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!
(1971)
The Night Is Still Young
(1972)

Sha Na Na (also known as Shanana) is the second album by American doo-wop and rock & roll group Sha Na Na, issued in 1971.

Contents

Reception

Jim Allen of AllMusic Guide reviewed a compact disc compilation of this album and the debut, calling the music "reverential but energetic updates, making them seem fresh and vital for the new generation and keeping that crucial sense of fun intact". [1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Yakety Yak" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 1:43
  2. "Jailhouse Rock (Leiber, Stoller)" – 2:08
  3. "Duke of Earl" (Gene Chandler, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams) – 1:50
  4. "Tell Laura I Love Her" (Jeff Barry, Ben Raleigh) – 3:15
  5. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:25
  6. "I Wonder Why" (Melvin Anderson, Ricardo Weeks) – 2:17
  7. "Great Balls of Fire" (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer) – 1:58
  8. "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" (David White) – 1:50

Side two

  1. "Only One Song" (Scott Simon) – 3:30
  2. "Depression" (Simon) – 2:37
  3. "Canadian Money" (Simon) – 2:21
  4. "Top Forty" (Simon) – 2:35
  5. "Ruin Me Blues" (Simon) – 3:15
  6. "Just a Friend" (John "Jocko" Marcellino) – 1:58

Personnel

Sha Na Na

Technical personnel

Charts

The initial release of Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay! peaked at 122 on the Billboard 200. [2]

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References

  1. Allen, Jim. "Sha Na Na – Sha Na Na/Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research Incorporated. p. 939. ISBN   9780898201666.