However, advertisers do to enable personalized ads. "When I walked through those doors, that was the only place I wanted to be," said Gibson, 66, an actress who now lives in Los Angeles. Anna Russo, 2800 North 7th Street, Apt. ), Lew Klein papers and Evening Bulletin Photographs Collection, Special Collections Research Center of Temple University Libraries, Charles Library, Eye to Eye: American Bandstand (CBS News, YouTube), Interview with Lew Klein, executive producer of American Bandstand (Temple University Television), Lesson Plan: A New "Twist" on Race Relations (ExplorePaHistory.com). We may earn a commission from links on this page. Home Yesteryear Nostalgia Where Are the American Bandstand Regulars Now? That really annoyed me because quite a few of the Philadelphia dancers on Bandstand died of AIDS, Smith said. sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers! TV Ratings - US & UK, Quiz Shows Music by Charles Albertine He needed a group to show up every day, she says, and nobody got paid. Clark, Dick, and Richard Robinson. His latest book, The Kardashians: An American Drama, will be published in September. They are extending the honeymoon in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where Duke has called home. We would roar, roll over with pain from laughing so hard. The most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region. The History of "American Bandstand" - LiveAbout As she puts it, being a Regular entailed holding a WFIL-TV Bandstand Club membership card and dancing every day on the show. American Bandstand: West Philadelphia's Seven-Year Wonder 1957-1964 Sullivan and the other dancers often congregated in Rittenhouse Square, the historic epicenter of what is known as the City of Brotherly Loves Gayborhood. There even was chatter and fear that Clark, who died at 82 in 2012, sent members of his production staff to spy on them and report back the names of the suspected gay regulars. Surprise: A Lot of the Teens On American Bandstand Were Gay - Jezebel Browse celebrity nostalgia on our website. "He presented himself as such a grown-up.". Bunny Gibson was a kid when Dick Clark came into her life - or, rather, when she entered his world in Studio B at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia. The History of American Bandstand. Clark "was a good man, but he wasn't as friendly with us as people may think," Colanero said. On the other hand, they had each other. These Regulars . Norman and I met in January 1959 while standing outside of the studio waiting to get inside. And more than 250 fans too, a number of them quite young, who had just heard of the show and were curious. But . Shore, Michael, with Dick Clark. He said that when he was a kid, he would come in off the range every day and watch me on 'Bandstand.' The news hit hard. Remember, these Regulars werent paid actors or dancers. After working in insurance in Philadelphia, and studying acting and dance, Ray moved to New York City . I was a preteen, which is to say, I was a teenage wannabe. In 1964, he joined the National Guard and did basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Twentieth Century Fox), Soft Science extends that legacy on its third album, Maps (Test Pattern), and adds its own twists. Finally, we got away and jumped over the turnstile. These experienced Regulars considered an infrequent participant or a first time visitor an amateur. I wonder what they would have thought about a kid in TV Land, practicing the new steps in front of her bedroom mirror and praying to God her little brother didnt catch her at it. ". Those "American Bandstand" days were the best for all of us teenagers who followed the program, the regulars, the dances, the performers, etc. And while Smith knew he was gay, he was shocked to learn that most of the guys on Bandstand, so many of them, were gay, he told The Post. There were quite a few Regulars crossing over at that time. Dottie 28 talking about this. Steve Colanero, 66, a West Philadelphia transplant in Palm Beach, Fla., posted on Facebook a picture from the 1980s of himself with Clark. Carole Ann Scaldeferri Spada, 70, of Newtown Square, a regular dancer on American Bandstand from 1957 to 1961, has died. She was 36. I imitated all the dance steps, sometimes with the refrigerator door as a partner. I never had a crush on her. He was 82. Throughout its Philadelphia years, the show was so popular that it transformed average local-area teens into national celebrities. Colanero danced from 1959 to 1961. The 50 record albums are packed away for safekeeping., Normans passing And the one thing that really shocked me was that those boys who were 14 and 15 and 16 were sleeping with each other.. Mixed REGULARS Galleries. Clark "was very all-American, handsome, and nice, a father figure to us," she recalled. Then it was hosted by Bob Horn and was called Bob Horns Bandstand.On July 9 of 1956 the show got a new host, a clean-cut 26 year old named Dick Clark.
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