CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC show "American Bandstand" brought music to the masses for over 30 years. Now, on the 60th anniversary of when the show went to a national audience, a new book is revealing ...
Arlene Sullivan flipped through the pages while sitting on her couch, pointing to different pictures of her and her friends from the past. What: Book release for Bandstand Diaries, The Philadelphia ...
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer.
He joined “American Bandstand” in 1956 after Bob Horn, who’d been the host since its 1952 debut, was fired. A year later, Clark integrated the show with black dancers. “It still wasn’t acceptable for ...