A Tribute to Lennie Baker

A Tribute to Lennie Baker

It is with a very heavy heart that I dedicate this week’s Classic Nick rocks to our beloved Lennie Baker of Sha Na Na who peacefully passed away on Wednesday, February 24th at South Shore Hospital at the age of 69.

Lennie was the best saxophone player to ever grace a stage but he was funny as well. As you watch these videos you will see his wonderful, and priceless, facial expressions that crack me up every time!

As I’ve said before I have never seen my Sha boys in concert, or have met any of them, they were a part of my childhood and now that I’ve rediscovered them as an adult I love them even more than I did when I was a little girl.

Goodbye our sweet Lennie, we love you and we miss you very much.

Leonard J. "Lennie" Baker, February 24, 2016

http://www.currentobituary.com/ShowObit.aspx?id=190481&member_id=117

Lennie Baker of Sha Na Na dies at 69 http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/02/26/lennie-baker-of-sha-na-na-dies-at-69/80998458/

Lennie Baker, Sha Na Na Singer and Saxophone Player, Dies at 69

https://www.thewrap.com/lennie-baker-sha-na-na-singer-and-saxophone-player-dies-at-69/

Lenny Baker Sha Na Na & Jimmy Jay 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsgBSaO5h08

Baby That Is Rock & Roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im9uSLoM9dY

Wild Weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BognlFcL8

Blue Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whltt-_Tejo

Be My Guest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GirrwWp6RCs

Mr. Fussy Gives Lennie A Scolding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqtL9QIyUEs

Rip Van Winkle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HlVdRHn9OA

Whispering Bells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5CGYhhaRU

Baby Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-GY_PcQTQg

Mr. Bass Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izVXxwvtNM

Twilight Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uCMQ_AyHDU

Lennie & Jocko At The Diner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5WCpx5EPk

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAebpEXmh3Q

Ding-a-Ling-a-Ling-Ding-Dong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Gexs7pem0

Great Pretender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYRt90pUs3E

Lennie Baker and The Spellbinders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvX-eesVshg

Lennie Wins At Cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukjYOtjvzWU

Devil Or Angel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uodm8a7Ezk8

Lennie Discusses Dieting Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la88WFQ-CLY

To Chubby To Boogie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LCNKYiVY8

Sixteen Candles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANYuIfLrVoY

Your Precious Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRLNIWAZP5I

Mr. Baseman (version 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhY6mLz6_vU

What's Your Name?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka6BwtFDMnM

Personality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRgdKimSEI

Lovin’ Feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfjXoBNQwAY

Blueberry Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTmnZJJ300

Earth Angel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pap7yK8hCeQ

What Is A Sha Na Na

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3J-R3sPv4U

Daddy's Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbhc9IomcyY

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64cc-A6BLdk

Blue Moon - Sha Na Na- Flip Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KBzQ_A5tP0

Heartaches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyhuyga_IQc

Lennie Has Stage Fright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66uvVuPn0mc

Lovers Never Say Goodbye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sn4-ZdLC0Y

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZd9BZaARsI

The MAGNIFICENT Ethel Merman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C8srlyJ4EE

It’s In Her Kiss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30uePkiPj04

In The Still Of The Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Fklo8fVzA

You Make Me Wanna Shout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2JgQBIl74

Classic Nick Rocks

 John Waite – Missing You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkExjeUSCcQ

Eddie & the Cruisers – On The Dark Side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDAF6NbgKc

Belle Stars – Iko Iko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDQn9Zw1Vw

Cheech Marin – Born In East LA Song             

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwPPOu1yk4

Deniece Williams – Let's Hear It for the Boy  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI7YHZVc7mM

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Love Rock 'n' Roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lX061_Fkv8

Special Delivery – Wild Rides

Nickelodeon Takes A Roller-Coaster Ride

Ellensburg Daily Record – March 19, 1982

By Debra Morgenstern Katz

  

Passive viewing is on the way out at Nickelodeon, which wants kids to get involved with television. Their new program “Wild Rides” (March 28) searches for the greatest roller-coaster ride in America – and you are there.

Matt Dillon hosts the half-hour show, which uses a new camera mount to make viewers feel as if they’re in the seat of the ride; the combination of rock music and the noise of the ride itself combine to provide the closest actual experience.

The pilots for “Kids’ Writes,” another show designed to get children actively involved with TV, make encore appearances on March 24 and 26. A troupe of five performers act out the letters, poems, riddles, dreams, songs and compositions that children have sent in, without changing the words or characters. It’s the closest kids can come to writing their own TV show.

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkAROxvONA

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hCCZ8Lm5fo

Part 3 – sorry, no sound on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm7xN45bTII

Article Link

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19820319&id=OIdUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PY8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2766,6332220&hl=en

Classic Nick Rocks

Steve Perry – Oh Sherrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WpsdC2-Cc

  

Val Kilmer – How Silly Can Ya Get

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSM2gMOmheA

 Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA

 Lionel Richie – You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4tMPGgvBp4

 Eddie Money w/Ronnie Spector – Take Me Home Tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZqgP9dsxM

  

Classic Nick Rocks

Pat Benatar – Invincible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A4xBp2rizQ

Rod Stewart – Some Guys Have All The Luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e1-X0sYI_U

Greatest American Hero – Believe It Or Not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54

Elvis Costello – Veronica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Uqf0IKsz4

The Jets – Crush On You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_QilrHkh8

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