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Aug. 5, 1957
- On Aug. 5, 1957, “American Bandstand” (as it was now called), debuted to a national audience. The first song aired on that broadcast was Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
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On July 7, 1956, a young radio disc jockey named Dick Clark made his first appearance hosting an afternoon TV show called Bandstand. Broadcast from Philadelphia, the show had originally begun in 1952. Bandstand played the new rock ‘n roll music and featured kids from local high schools dancing to the music.
Aug 5, 2022 · "American Bandstand," one of the most influential TV shows of the 20th century, debuted 65 years ago in a West Philadelphia studio, with Dick Clark hosting singer Billy Williams and The Chordettes,...
“Squeaky clean” commercial pitchman and deejay Dick Clark inherited Bob Horn’s locally broadcast Bandstand in July 1956 and revamped it for a national audience of teenage consumers as ABC’s American Bandstand, which first aired in August 1957.
From 1957 through 1963 Philadelphia was the “Home of the Hits,” a reflection of the power of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television show, carried nationally on the American Broadcasting Company network. The program’s format was simple: singers mimed to their records, and the show’s teenage.
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Oct 11, 2020 · On Aug. 5, 1957, “American Bandstand” (as it was now called), debuted to a national audience. The first song aired on that broadcast was Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Aug 5, 2020 · Today in 1957, American Bandstand went national when it aired for the first time on ABC. Hosted by Dick Clark throughout its national run, the show remained on network TV until 1987.
Aug 5, 2023 · Dick Clark hosted American Bandstand, which premiered on August 5, 1957 nationwide after doing well locally for years, featuring teenagers dancing to popular music. The show actually began as Bandstand in 1952 on Philadelphia’s WFIL-TV, hosted first by radio personality Bob Horn.
