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American Bandstand (AB) was an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989. [1] It was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. [2]
Clark noted during the special that American Bandstand was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as "the longest-running variety show in TV history." In 2010, American Bandstand and Clark himself were honored at the Daytime Emmy Awards. [28] Hank Ballard, who wrote "The Twist", described Clark's popularity during the early years of American ...
In 1959, radio and television personality and television producer Dick Clark organized and produced a concert tour of rock and roll and rhythm and blues artists, many of whom had appeared on his music performance and dance television program, American Bandstand. The show was billed as Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars. Its success prompted ...
What It’s About: The set is American Bandstand, a wildly popular, daily daytime show produced at WFIL Philadelphia and hosted by Dick Clark (Jesse Lang) and his sidekick Charlie O’Donnell ...
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Clark had shared afternoon DJ duties with Horn on WFIL-AM (Horn had been working radio and TV simultaneously, and wasn't happy about it.) [4] Bandstand was picked up by ABC (becoming American Bandstand) on August 5, 1957, and went on to great success with Dick Clark as host.
Dick Clark - Have heard of: 82% ... Dick Clark caught his big television break hosting "American Bandstand" in 1957 and became the face of a fast-paced new game show in 1973. The show started with ...
At the time, Dick Clark was well known as the host of American Bandstand, a music program produced from the studios of Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV) and broadcast by ABC (which itself aired a New Year's Eve special on December 31, 1959).