Jocko Marcellino
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Jocko (born May 12, 1950 in Milton, Massachusetts), now starting his fourth decade with Sha Na Na, was the first to walk onstage “greased and ready to rock 'n' roll” in 1969. That same year, the drummer was the youngest performer at the Woodstock Festival. He holds the distinction of performing in both the most successful music documentary ever (Woodstock) and the most successful film musical ever (Grease)[citation needed].
Juggling his schedule around his touring, Jocko earned both a B.A. from Columbia and a Masters in Drama from New York University.
When not with Sha Na Na, Jocko is an actor and a songwriter. His acting credits include TV’s “Veronica Mars”, “NYPD Blue”, “Ally McBeal,” “The Tiger Woods Story”,” “Herman's Head,” “Good Advice,”,”18 Wheels of Justice”, “The Invisible Man”, “Amazing Stories,” and the “It's Garry Shandling's Show,” and the motion pictures Rain Man, National Security and Hot to Trot. He has written and performed songs for the films Rain Man, That’s Life! and Night of the Comet. He most recently performed and produced an arrangement of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for the motion picture The Benchwarmers.
Jocko also has a rock ‘n’ roll/ rhythm and blues band, "Jocko and the Rockets", based in southern California.
Jocko was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and toured New England with his high school band, The Pilgrims. He now lives with his family in San Diego, California.
(from The Official Sha Na Na Website.)
