Shannon (is gone). A guilty pleasure. Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951, Brooklyn, New York), is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group, Sha Na Na, and for his hit song, "Shannon". Wow - a true Woodstock Connection. did not know this until I peeked at wiki. At age 18, while a student at Brooklyn College, Gross became a founding member of Sha Na Na, playing guitar and wearing on-stage the greaser clothes he wore while a student at Midwood High School. As for the smash hit Shannon...he moves over to Lifesong Records to make his next album. He produced a single, "Shannon", a song written about the death of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Irish setter of the same name. The single went gold based on US sales alone, and became a worldwide hit, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. After this single's success, Gross released the album, Release. Which is the record above - that I bought yesterday at Record Store Day.
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