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They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 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 ...
Apr 18, 2012 · Richard Wagstaff Clark became a national icon with American Bandstand in the 1950s, hosting the show for more than 30 years. Clark also hosted the annual New Year's Eve special for ABC for decades.
Apr 19, 2012 · Dick Clark: A timeline of career highlights from "American Bandstand" and beyond AP Photo/ABC 1952. Moves to Philadelphia from his native New York, joins radio station WFIL as a disc jockey.
Dick Clark surrounded by Philadelphia youngsters in 1957. (Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.) Dick Clark (1929-2012) replaced Horn as host in 1956, just before the show was renamed American Bandstand , shortened to ninety minutes, and expanded to a national ABC audience on August 5, 1957.
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. When it first began, the dancing ...
Jun 12, 2019 · The original American Bandstand studio located at 4548 Market Street in Philadelphia, PA was entered into the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and in 1982 Dick Clark donated the original podium to the Smithsonian Institute, where it still resides.
Aug 5, 2022 · The first episode of "American Bandstand" was filmed in a studio on 46th and Market streets in West Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 1957. The show, hosted by Dick Clark, captured the attention of ...
