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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] It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music tracks introduced by Clark.
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.
Robert Joseph Banas (September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024) was an American dancer and actor who worked in films such as West Side Story (1961), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) and Always (1989). He was also a choreographer and dance coach.
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 ...
Since the film idea was going nowhere, WFIL began advertising for dancers. [5] The Bandstand makeover debuted on October 7, 1952, with hundreds dancing on live TV. Bandstand sometimes drew over 60 percent of the daytime audience, making Horn wealthy. [4]
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 ...
The next year (1956), Ron began as a regular teenage dancer on the locally-aired Bandstand, hosted by Bob Horn and carried over WFIL. When Dick Clark took over the show, RJ stayed on as a regular. A year later, when Bandstand went national (as American Bandstand ), Ron continued as a steady dancer and became the only regular to have a dance ...