Elliot Cahn is an American singer, guitarist, entertainment attorney, and personal music manager best known for being one of the founding members of the Doo-wop group,

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 ga ...

(1969–1973). As an entertainment attorney he has represented such artists as

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, and

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and was the personal manager of the band,

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, among others. Sha Na Na 1972

Career

Cahn was one of

's founding members while attending

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with a group of students who shared an interest in harmonies inspired by 1950s doo-wop groups. The band performed at

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in 1969 (after being invited to perform by Jimi Hendrix) and appeared in the Oscar winning film,

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in 1970, as well. Cahn performed on Sha Na Na's live recorded album, ''The Golden Age of Rock n' Roll'', with record sales exceeding 500,000 copies. In 1995, Cahn and Jeff Saltzman launched ''510 Records'', a joint venture with

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, signing

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, among others.

References

Musikladen (Director). (2020, October 16). Lovers Never Say Goodbye, Bowzer, Gino, and Sha Na Na, 1973 ideo file Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmQUYJu7B4 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cahn, Elliot Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers American entertainment lawyers American male singers American male guitarists Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Sha Na Na members