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Kathleen Elizabeth "Bunny" Gibson (born January 19, 1946) is an actress and former regular dancer on the American Bandstand television program. Teen magazines referred to her as "American Bandstand's Sweetheart" and Dick Clark called her a "national symbol" receiving thousands of letters each week.
Dick Dale; Vic Damone; Ron Dante; E.G. Daily; Michael Damian; Danny and the Juniors; Bobby Darin; James Darren; Mac Davis; Paul Davis (singer) Skeeter Davis; Tyrone Davis
In 1954, the Elgarts left their permanent mark on music history in recording Albertine's "Bandstand Boogie," for the legendary television show originally hosted by Bob Horn, and two years later, by Dick Clark. In 1956, Clark took the show from its local broadcast in Philadelphia, to ABC-TV for national distribution as "American Bandstand."
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 by Dick Clark from 1956 until its final season. Clark also served as the program's producer. [2] The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music tracks introduced by Clark.
It featured the rock and roll stars of the day lip-synching their hits, just as on American Bandstand. However, unlike the afternoon Bandstand program, which focused on the dance floor with the teenage audience demonstrating the latest dance steps, the audience of The Dick Clark Show sat in a traditional theater setting. While some of the ...
Banas said he began to dance at age five. "I would immediately run and stand in a doorway pretending it was a frame for a small stage. I then would jive, moving my body to and fro, trying to keep up with the beat of the music, knowing that when the music would crescendo I’d leap in the air defying gravity, only to land in a heap.
The Buddy Deane Show is an American teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924–2003), and aired on WJZ-TV (Channel 13), the ABC affiliate station in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. It is similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand.
Typically, the show featured two or three performers lip-synching their recent hits with a bunch of teenagers clapping and swaying in the background, and a dance segment featuring the Action dancers. There would occasionally be an interview segment. A few episodes featured only one performer, such as Herman's Hermits or James Brown.