The Senate debate on the Truth in Music Advertising bill started with the floor leader singing off-key from Sha Na Na, and wandered through history of 1950s and 1960s pop music, as the lawmakers chimed in on legislation to protect music groups from fraudulent imitators.
The discussion was hilarious, with references to The Beatles, The Temptations and Elvis Presley. But the bill is no laughing matter to musicians who are pushing to stop the performances of “totally impostor groups” who use the name of old vocal groups like the Drifters or Sha Na Na, said its sponsor, Sen. Mike Lenett, a Montgomery County Democrat.
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