The ultra-popular music television program, American Bandstand, just turned 73! After 37 seasons of the best musical acts and ...
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 ...
On July 9, 1956, 26-year-old Dick Clark stood in front of the cameras at WFIL-TV in West Philadelphia, wearing a crisp suit and a smile. That afternoon, he officially took over as host of Bandstand, a ...
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Community Life National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH) "American Bandstand" comes to the National Museum of American History. Host Dick ...
For Motown, whose acts were being carefully groomed by in-house choreographers and etiquette coaches, national television was the ideal stage.