WNBC Traffic Helicopter Crash

	WNBC Traffic Helicopter Crash Jane was the tall, engaging lead singer (Leila), keyboardist, and songwriter of the 1970s/1980s San Francisco "tack" rock group Leila And The Snakes. Pearl Gates and Pamela Wood provided supporting vocals. Their repertoire included "Rock And Roll Weirdos", "Pyramid Power", and a spoof version of Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?". Gates later left the band (and took the band with her) to form Pearl Harbor and The Explosions. She provided lead vocals on "Christopher Columbus" (1978), a song by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders. With Ron Nagle, she co-wrote the humorous hit song "Don't Touch Me There" for The Tubes. The song was sung by Re Styles and appeared on The Tubes' second studio album, Young And Rich (1976), and was released as a 7" single in the US, the UK, and Holland. The B-side was "Proud To Be an American". Jane had also toured with The Tubes as a backing singer and dancer. Dornacker was also an actress. She appeared in playwright Sam Shepard's jazz opera "Inacoma" at San Francisco's Magic Theatre (1977) and was featured in other works by the Overtone Theatre. She appeared in The Stand-Up, Anita Sperm, and as the mysterious Nurse Murch in the film The Right Stuff. Jane developed a successful career as a stand-up comedian on the San Francisco circuit and did her first work as a traffic reporter for KFRC, a popular radio station. She worked with Dr. Don Rose, who was a popular disc jockey at the time. As she did traffic, she would tell her daughter Naomi to <b>...</b>	From: Legend813a Views: 87070 78 ratings
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