1. Jon "Bowzer" Bauman was born on September 14,1947 and is an American singer, best known as a member of the band Sha Na Na, and game show host.
18 Facts About Jon Bauman
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Jon Bauman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-German Jewish immigrants.
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Jon Bauman's father was a dentist and a singer in the Hollis Hills Jewish Center choir.
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Jon Bauman started attending The Juilliard School at age 12 with an expertise in piano playing, and he is a 1964 graduate of Martin Van Buren High School.
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Jon Bauman was a member of the band Sha Na Na from 1970 to 1983.
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Jon Bauman appeared with Sha Na Na in the 1978 movie Grease.
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Jon Bauman has appeared on many television series, such as Miami Vice, and he has done voiceovers for animated series, such as Animaniacs, and animated feature films, including My Little Pony: The Movie and The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.
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Jon Bauman hosted the Hollywood Squares half of the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour.
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Jon Bauman hosted The Pop 'N Rocker Game, a weekly, syndicated rock 'n' roll game show, which launched a few weeks before the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour premiered.
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Jon Bauman toured extensively with his Bowzer and the Stingrays group at fairs, amusement parks, cruise ships, malt shoppes and conventions.
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On October 28,2024, Jon Bauman announced his intent to retire following a series of winter shows.
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Jon Bauman's nephew is Eric C Bauman, former chairman of the California Democratic Party.
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Jon Bauman has spoken on behalf of musicians who are upset about contemporary groups who use classic groups' names even though none of the members performed on any of the albums.
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Jon Bauman has helped pass legislation that compels any group using the name of a classic group to have at least one of the original members.
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Jon Bauman has worked as a spokesman for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and recorded wake-up calls for employees of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Jon Bauman is a co-founder of the group Senior Votes Count, which is a political action committee designed to elect leaders to protect and advance the rights of elderly Americans.
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Jon Bauman is currently president of Social Security Works PAC, a national organization working to elect candidates who support protecting and expanding Social Security benefits.
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Jon Bauman can be seen as his Bowzer character on a limousine television in the Hal Ashby film Being There.