When cute young teenagers Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi slow danced together on "American Bandstand" back in the late '50s and early '60s, kids across the country swooned. . For a time, she dated a neighborhood boy, Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & the Juniors, who had the hit song At the Hop., I was so afraid that I started trying to talk myself into being straight, Sullivan says. Words by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman, Were goin hoppin (Hop!) Dick Clark, wherever you are, we miss you. He retained his youthful looks through the 1980s, burnishing his reputation as Americas Oldest Living Teenager. Dick Clark died at age 82 in Santa Monica. The Philadelphia way Were goin drop in (Drop!) In front of the camera, Clark called the shots. My mother thought I was nuts. They were hurting him. But he feared that if the shows secret ever came out, Middle America would change the channel. This version introduced lyrics written by Manilow and Bruce Sussman, referencing elements of the series. Dick Clark died on April 18, 2012, at the age of 82. Known then as Carole Scaldeferri, Mrs. Spada was among the teens who jitterbugged and slow-danced their way to fame in a TV studio in Philadelphia, while host Dick Clark spun what are now oldies. Jerry Oppenheimer is a best-selling author. On December 27 Bunny Gibson, American Bandstand Regular from 1959-1962, married Duke Tirschel in Chattanooga , Tennessee. Reply. There were represented American Bandstand Dancers from the beginnings in Philadelphia to the last days in Los Angeles.After this short there is the complete Sesame Street Park Parade with the Regulars dancing all along with them. Ray Smith was one of the shows secretly gay dancers. And while more openly gay performers are comfortable taking the stage these days, it's good to know we've always been thereeven if in silence. We sent some 15,000 fan letters each week. Delmont, Matthew F. (September 30, 2014). REGULARS Gallery 2. The segment gave rise to the catchphrase "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it. [36] Clark remained as executive producer. She was 13 but lied about her age. LOS ANGELES - APRIL 1960: Host of the television show 'American Bandstand' Dick Clark appears in a scene with Michael Callan from the movie 'Because They're Young' which was released in April 1960. "He made sure the guys wore suits and we were dressed properly. In August 1963, ABC reassigned American Bandstand to Saturday afternoon. News Shows The one thing that really shocked me was that those boys who were 14 and 15 and 16 were sleeping with each other," Smith told the New York Post. In addition to appearances by big pop stars of the day, Sullivan's on-screen romance with Kenny Rossi was a huge draw for the show. Two weeks later, Bandstand moved to first-run syndication. She was 36. Thanks for contacting us. The Monday-night version aired its last program in December 1957, but ABC gave Clark a Saturday-night time slot for The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, which originated from the Little Theatre in Manhattan, beginning on February 15, 1958. I'm David Hirsch and, on behalf of American Bandstand, I bid you, for the last time, goodbye. Although, unlike some others, Carole never really had a steady dancing partner, she danced with all the good-looking Italian boys and that one special non-Italian whom everyone loved - Harvey Robbins. [2] Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Paylola and Sponsorship Identification, Federal Communications Act, Amendments, 1960. "With Bandstand, WFIL resolved this tension by drawing on Philadelphia's interracial music scene to create an entertaining and profitable television show, while refusing to allow the city's black teenagers into the studio audience for fear of alienating viewers and advertisers. During the segment, two audience members each ranked two records on a scale of 35 to 98, after which their two opinions were averaged by Clark, who then asked the chosen members to justify their scores. 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. The combined impact of Bandstand's move to California and the Beatles' arrival devastated Cameo-Parkway and inflicted permanent damage to the artists signed to the label.[9]. Prior to the move, Bandstand had sourced many of its up-and-coming acts from Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records. OnAmerican Bandstandsdance floor, Sullivan was first partnered famously with Kenny Rossi (1957-58), a multitalented Italian-American student at West Catholic Boys High School, and such was her national popularity that her fan mail eventually totaled some 500 letters weekly. Fiorentino, whose mother died when he was 12, said Clark became a role model. .When he spoke to us off-screen, it was usually from the podium; it gave him command over his domain, and as I have learned over the years, Clark liked and wanted to be in command.4, Smith recalls the closetingof American BandstandsLGBT youths. American Bandstand Fundraiser Pictures, To my knowledge, no VHS tape of American Bandstand is commercially available. When WFIL-TV moved to a new facility on City Line Avenue (one that did not have a studio that could accommodate the show), ABC moved production of Bandstand to the ABC Television Center (stage 5) in Los Angeles (now known as The Prospect Studios) on February 8, 1964, which coincidentally was the day before the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. Clark was out for Clark, says Brancaccio. She calls it her one night out.. In an interview with the New York Post, Sullivan says that she and many of the gay male dancers would congregate in the Gayborhood, Rittenhouse Square, and there were rumors that Clark sent producers to spy on them. "It is with much sadness that we have lost one of the most loving and beautiful souls - Carole Scaldeferri Spada has passed away," Bunny Gibson, who identified herself as a "Bandstand buddy," posted on Facebook. Cameraman Vince Gasbarro said: "Horn was old-looking. It also was a prototype for musical television properties including cable channel MTV and Fox's reality-competition show American Idol. [8] In the fall of 1961, ABC truncated American Bandstand's airtime from 90 to 60 minutes (4:005:00pm ET), then even further as a daily half-hour (4:004:30pm ET) program in September 1962; beginning in early 1963, all five shows for the upcoming week were videotaped the preceding Saturday. In 1960, in an episode that seems incredibly tame by todays standards of greed and corruption, the two major television networks, NBC and CBS were exposed as having rigged their wildly popular primetime quiz shows. SWIMSUITS of the regulars. Bandstand originally used "High Society" by Artie Shaw as its theme song, but by the time the show went national, it had been replaced by various arrangements of Charles Albertine's "Bandstand Boogie", including Les Elgart's big-band recording remembered by viewers of the daily version. American Bandstand first aired 5 August 1957 in the 3-4:30 afternoon slot. On July 9, 1956, Horn was fired after a drunk-driving arrest, as WFIL and dual owner Walter Annenberg's The Philadelphia Inquirer were then Artists would sing naturally to the studio audience over a background of their own disc, while viewers at home would hear only the original recording. We call him Namron and yes, if you spell his name backwards it spells, Norman. As previously mentioned, during the 1978 season of Bandstand, Donna Summer became the only music artist in Bandstand's history to co-host the program. GALLERY 4. A funeral director in Newtown Square confirmed Monday night that Mrs. Spada had died, but declined to divulge the details before meeting with her family. American Bandstand will be back someday, I assure you. That really annoyed me because quite a few of the Philadelphia dancers on Bandstand died of AIDS, Smith said. I still really didnt know who I was. . The Top 40 hits that everyone heard were matched with fun routines performed by relatable teenagers. She was now working at Neiman Marcus, and couldn't take off to join the Regulars and their fans at the Philadelphia American Bandstand studio. In September 1964, Bandstand began using a new logo based on the ABC circle logo, reading "ab" in the same typeface followed by a number representing the year the show aired. "Two or three times during the show, Clark would introduce singers or groups who would lip-sync their latest hits." 2. For a brief time in 1973, Bandstand alternated its time slot with Soul Unlimited,[10] a show featuring soul music that was hosted by Buster Jones. Rossi was straightbut Sullivan, many of her female co-stars, and most of the young male dancers were not. The Hand Jive. This investigation targeted the practice of payola, and it was most likely triggered by rumors circulating that charged Dick Clark with promoting records in which he held a financial stake onAmerican Bandstandand taking kickbacks from record companies to include their records on the shows playlist. I was trying to hit them over their heads with my pocketbook, but they just wouldnt give up. In 1962, ABC trimmed the shows airtime from 90 to 60 minutes. Dick Clark gave her a committee card, which all Regulars had to have to get into the building. Mickey Mouse Club He will never forget one of his first days on Bandstand. He was six weeks shy of his 47th birthday. If it wasnt assaults from outside haters, some of the Bandstand kids suffered in their own homes. In addition to his other ventures, Clark maintained a virtual lock on New Years Eve television withDick ClarksNew Years Rockin Eve. [42] American Bandstand was a daily ritual for many teenagers throughout the nation. American Bandstandsrelegation to a weekly schedule stripped it of much of its power as a potential hit song exposer, writes the music historian John Jackson. Not only was it extremely intelligent, but there was something moving about the mans story. Or sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers! They knew what was going on, but they never asked the question., Sullivan says there were at least four other popular girl dancers on Bandstand who she quickly learned were lesbians and we all started hanging out together. Don Travarelli, from South Philly, watched American Bandstand in 1961 and spotted Bunny Gibson dancing. Special Features: But to his credit and diligence, he brilliantly created his own myth, and he stuck to it for the rest of his life. And the one thing that really shocked me was that those boys who were 14 and 15 and 16 were sleeping with each other.. Kelly said he avoided Rittenhouse Square, knowing if he were seen there, theyd be banished, but it was an open secret that most of the boys on the show were gay. Wed stay up all night talking about boys, said Sullivan. REGULARS Gallery 3. And then they leave the show, go up on the El, go home to their neighborhoods, they then had to run to their door because somebody was always waiting there to beat them up.. ABC gave Bandstand color cameras and launched it on its network of 67 stations in August of 1957. Wed stay up all night talking about boys, she said. In other parts of the country, if you were a gay kid growing up, you were probably the only one in town who was gay, Sullivan said. Elgart's version was released as a single in March 1954 (Columbia 40180) as well as Curb's theme (by "Mike Curb & The Waterfall") in October 1969 (Forward 124). He needed a group to show up every day, she says, and nobody got paid. It became a national institution and Dick Clark a celebrity. . On the other hand, they had each other. Forget that. While the American series has aired sixteen seasons, its format was also replicated worldwide, from Norway (Dansefeber) to Australia (So You Think You Can Dance Australia). Later, in hindsight, I guessed that made me the first white Rosa Parks. While Bandstand fans across the country imagined a true romantic relationship between Sullivan, who secretly liked girls, and her on-screen companion, Rossi, who was straight, she says it was little more than made-for-TV puppy love. We were the first reality show, she adds. The show was American Bandstand, and Dick Clarks clean-cut style meant the program had parents stamp of approval. It got me out of my shell, but I learned I was a regular teenager who happened to dance on a show that unexpectedly became very popular. History goes back and forth with the timing and motives of the integration, but nevertheless, American Bandstand socially impacted teenagers' opinions regarding race. Im sure shell be thrilled to hear well wishes and from Bandstand friends and fans and donations would help her a lot. This started with "'65", then "'66", "'67", "'68" and "'69" when each year arrived. Unlike Smith, she expresses no animosity toward Clark. The Buddy Deane Show aired on WJZ-TV until January 4, 1964. "Saturday Bandstand retained the proven format of the now defunct weekday show, but it sustained a crucial loss of spontaneity as a result of being taped instead of shown live. The increase in competition hurt Bandstand and the variety of options for music on TV decreased its relevance. Clark's sunny smile and cuteness masked a strong will and iron determination. Well, it's our last show here on Bandstand and I really want to thank the viewers who have kept American Bandstand on the air all these years. They werent playing baseball they were DANCING. That might have had something to do with the scandal that surrounded the departure of his predecessor, Bob Horn, who faced a drunken-driving arrest and morals charges. Carol Highsmith, photographer, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. NEW PAGE! It was briefly shot in color in 1958 when WFIL-TV began experimenting with the new technology. In a nice way, he'd discipline us.". The typical production schedule consisted of videotaping three shows on a Saturday and three shows on a Sunday, every six weeks. One older brother survives Norman. In 2019, a trio of formerAmerican Bandstandregulars assembled a book on their experiences on the popular show. Television host Dick Clark presides over the set of his show American Bandstand in 1957. We've received your submission. We each won a HI-FI, and 50 record albums. This historical marker recalls Dick Clarks American Bandstand, which was broadcast from West Philadelphia from 1957 to 1964. Music by Charles Albertine Mixed REGULARS Galleries. Fiorentino was known on the show as "Nicky Blue.". Remember, these Regulars werent paid actors or dancers. This incarnation was an early version of the music video shows that became popular in the 1980s, featuring films that were the ancestors of music videos. In the wake of the quiz show scandal, however, a subcommittee of the House of Representatives set up hearings to determine if the practice should be made illegal. He would dance on the show until early 1960. The kids designated as American Bandstand Regulars in some cases struggled with their sexual identity. I went to Bandstand because I was gay and I was a misfit in my neighborhood. With American Bandstand being originally located in Philadelphia, segregation easily affected the concentrated area. As two or three stations grab it off, you get less clearance, therefore you get less rating, and its an endless cycle. we were like a little family together, and we all had something in common, and we all stuck together, and that made it easier for us.. Her husband, Richard Spada, said Mrs. Spada was recovering from a minor stroke she had suffered earlier when she became ill on the way to church. Clark pulled him within two feet of the camera and told America, "Steve is our newest regular, and he's going to lead us off with a spotlight dance. In fact, it was dangerous. She says she never had a crush on a straight dancer, and was close friends with celebrity guest Annette Funicello. "He presented himself as such a grown-up.". American Bandstand, abbreviated AB, is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions that aired regularly from 1952 to 1989,[1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. Instead of shortening or moving Bandstand, ABC opted to just begin Bandstand at 3pm, cut away to Who Do You Trust? The only singer to ever co-host the show with Dick Clark was Donna Summer, who joined him to present a special episode dedicated to the release of the Casablanca film Thank God It's Friday on May 27, 1978. I was a preteen, which is to say, I was a teenage wannabe. Teenagers and young adults ran home from school to watch them jitterbug and stroll while they copied their fashions, fads and dance moves. Variety Shows The parents of one kid on the show found out that he was gay . To many of you, it was about the music and the artists. Fundraiser for the renovation of the original American Bandstand Studio Floor I think [the shows success] even surprised Dick Clark.. This development created a sometimes heated rivalry between Dick Clark and Buddy Deane, when performers who appeared first on Deane's program were refused booking on American Bandstand. American Bandstand, abbreviated AB, is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions that aired regularly from 1952 to 1989, [1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. . It was a local show Philadelphia, Jersey, the Lehigh Valley [Pennsylvania]. One market not telecasting Bandstand was Baltimore, Maryland, as local affiliate WAAM (now WJZ-TV) elected to produce a local dance show in the same afternoon time slot. I never had a crush on her. We followed their dance steps on TV and their personal lives in Teen magazines. Clark regularly asked teenagers their opinions of the songs being played, through the "Rate-a-Record" segment. . Bob retired after being in the shoe business and the chemical business, where he often worked 18 hour days. The guy who had been in charge of the show before he took over was the subject of a scandal a DUI, I think so Clark wanted to be the clean-cut guy, and he was. ", Meet the Global Glamazons of 'Queen of the Universe' Season 2. Who will walk away with the crown this time around? But . A show where well-dressed teens gently bop around to the big hits while maintaining an appropriate distance apart hardly seems like it would be a hot bed of sexual experimentation, but American Bandstand apparently featured a crew of Philadelphia kids who had more than dancing in common. Colanero danced from 1959 to 1961. My parents were always there for me. We only had three channels in those days. While occasionally black teens were allowed into the studio, they were generally boys. Carole made the world a better place," Gibson wrote on a Facebook page called America's Original Bandstand Dancers. View Our Classic TV Shows Directory We'll see you the next time on American Bandstand. . 4/8/1989 10/7/1989 Syndicated Like Rick Pierce, Bandstand dancer Sandra Mae Dawson, who died Feb. 25, 2008, at age 66, was into car racing. He was 21 and she was 16. I think after several decades he actually believed the myth. running a series on drunken driving. [3] Jackson,American Bandstand, quote from unpaginated photo section. It preceded The Guy Mitchell Show. ", "Forty years after 'Bandstand' debut, Clark and dancers celebrate", "ORIGINAL DANCERS WILL GRANDSTAND AT 'BANDSTAND' REUNION", "American Bandstand, Season 30, Episode 38: Laura Brannigan (Final ABC show)", "Dick Clark's On a Roll: He Tunes In to TV Trends", "Dick Clark celebrates American Bandstand's 35th", "RETRO: Fairbanks, Alaska (October 24, 1987)", "Retro: Northern Wisconsin, Sat. 10/7/1957 9/5/1987 ABC 60 minutes . I can honestly say that I was the most blessed person in the world the day I met Norman and he and I became steady dance partners., Meeting Norman "I put a lot of my mom's makeup on and stuffed my bra," said Gibson. The shows were usually produced in either Stage 54 or Stage 55 at ABC Television Center. But for the gay kids, the abuse at home was worse: When one dancer's parents learned he was gay, she told the Post, "they put a drinking cup in front of him and said, This is your cup, and youre the only one who will use this cup." Another was thrown out of the house. I hope you've had a good half-hour. In their new self-published memoirs Bandstand Diaries, series regulars Arlene Sullivan, Ray Smith, and Sharon Sultan Cutler reveal that though fans loved to gossip and fantasize about the shows heterosexual pairings, many of their favorites were young gay men and women putting on a show for the cameras. [4] Ray Smith, Dancing on Air, in Arlene Sullivan, Ray Smith, and Sharon Sultan Cutler, eds.,Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963(Chicago: Cony Island Press, 2019), 35. ", California residents do not sell my data request. I was truly blessed in my life with wonderful family, friends and fans. Everybody knew the names of The Regulars on Bandstand. I am on that stage just trying to do my own thing and turn the party. SUBSCRIBE TO MY FEED! Sullivan was almost 14, the required age for the show, when she became a Regular. Clark "was a good man, but he wasn't as friendly with us as people may think," Colanero said. Norman and I met in January 1959 while standing outside of the studio waiting to get inside. And he has the one criteria required to attract Bunny Gibson. For now, Dick Clark on ABC, so long. The big teenybopper magazines of the era Sixteen and Teen plastered Bandstand dancers on their covers and wrote glowing, gossipy stories about their lives in Philadelphia, where Dick Clark produced the show. "I kissed a girl, and I liked it!. Stewart was the owner of a TV/Radio business in Philadelphia and even though he was an older gentleman, his advertising account was a large one for WFIL-TV, so he was put on the program to appease the account. REGULARS Gallery 1. But overall, their meet-ups remained a sanctuary. Sullivan was raised in a rowhouse in a working-class neighborhood; we surmise from her writing that it was somewhere in Southwest Philly (she attended John Bartram High School), although Sullivan doesnt specify a home address. He remembered Clark as a man of few words who kept a professional distance between himself and the teen dancers. [2] Freddy Cannon holds the record for most appearances, at 110. She was a senior.and luckily on the Honor Roll. We moved around the floor the way our parents did in the 40s. Charlette Russo danced on American Bandstand from 1955-1959. Whose Culture? American Bandstand started life as a Philadelphia TV show in 1952, with Bob Horn as master of ceremonies. No way I will get in his way! But if you subscribe and leave a comment you want to see the parade, I will do it.Remember to SUBSCRIBE TO MY FEED AS I UPLOAD MORE FROM MY ARCHIVES! All rock'n roll and most owned by Dick Clark himself. 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