Although Clark was relatively new at his job, he took a strong stand and told the affiliates that hed make no changes to meet their objections and so blacks did appear, but infrequently. The English Beat 1983 1 On American Bandstand Old Tv Music Photo. Barbara Marcen, a white regular, remembers a day when one black teenager tried to slow-dance with a white girl. Horn usually brought an entourage of men with him to the studio, and sometimes additional girls. By the mid-1970s, moreover, American Bandstand ratings were in decline and faced a challenge from Soul Train. Jim Morris. Even when black artists like Chuck Berry and Fats Domino appeared in live shows, 95% of the audience was white. But what did we know? says Colella. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Teenagers and young adults ran home from school to watch them jitterbug and stroll while they copied their fashions, fads and dance moves. #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #philadelphia #television #nostalgia #book #author #coffeetablebook #lennynatale #kennyrossi, Here is Janet Hamill who danced on American Bandstand from 1957-1960. petite, less than 100 pounds, with a big bosom. Did you know she became a Regular the same day as Carole Scalderferri? Clark revamped Horns show for national broadcast by ABC. And the blacks were in the back and by the time we were about to get in, it was full. Clark inherited WFIL's local television show Bandstand (1952-56) from the deejay Bob Horn, who proved that teenagers liked watching their peers dance. A generation later, courts began to rule that a woman has the right to say no at any point in a relationship. BERTIES BANDSTAND. He was born Donald Horn in 1916 and grew up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Horn asked his dancers to recommend new songs. Classic - My Photos Mix Photo. Arlene learned that Kenny had a "particular fondness for parties" as he liked the attention when he was dancing. That belief is persuasively challenged by recent scholarship:American BandstandThe Philadelphia Way not only excluded black teens from the show but also represented black dances as having originated on the show with its white dancers. Famous Hooks had known Clark for 40 years and says he never saw the man so upset. From 1965 to 1967 Dick Clark also produced a show called Shebang which spotlighted a Mexican-American regular, Manuel Acosta, who slow-danced with a blonde white girl named Lynn. In 1950 WPEN moved into a modern new building at 2212 Walnut Street. My friends Famous Hooks and Lori Montgomery were told they could no longer be dancing partners because of our racial difference., Hooks confirms the story: The producer told us very nicely that it was okay with him personally, but some stations wouldnt like it, so please dont do slow dances together. American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 un. Getty Images American Bandstand didn't just introduce the country to the latest rock-and-roll musicians, it had the nation on its feet with the latest dance crazes, such as the Pony, the Jitterbug, and the . 1y. That didnt compare with what Horn was doing. Hi Carmen, I'm 74 years old. If ABC had not been the poorest of the networks, unable to provide daytime programs to its affiliates, Bandstand would never have been born. For more read Bandstand Diaries. But when it came to rock n roll music, he was not a pioneer at all. Hed take me home to spend weekends with his family in Levittown and in the summer Id be the cabin boy on his boat at Stone Harbor., Dave Feldman also started coming in 1953. Pelculas Series Personas Noticias. The disc jockey might have gone back on the air after a few days, however, if the citys district attorney hadnt made a phone call to the station. She met Elvis backstage before the show! To avoid this, co-producers Horn and Tony Mammarella implemented two strategies. Dick Clarks American Bandstand was the offspring of deejay Bob Horns Bandstand, which WFIL-TV broadcast daily from 1952-56 from a WFIL studio at 4548 Market St. Happy 60th anniversary of the 4th anniversary of Bandstand going national! Horn personally selected the committee, and he happened to choose only white kids to serve on it. BERTIE'S BANDSTAND. When he arrived in Washington and met the 19-year-old news editor of the station, Sam Smith, Allison explained why he had to leave Philly: Look, all I did was put my cock in the mouth of some under-age girls. After impressing the host, Clark praised the teens' performance. Walter DeLegall, a black man who was a teenager then, said about the early days: I used to dance on the original Bandstand. 1964 - The Beach Boys - "Don't Worry, Baby". In any event, he struck another car and left a 5-year-old occupant of that car paralyzed. All Theater Tickets. Las Vegas; Location. ABC WFIL-TV studios 46th and Market Philadelphia Tony Cosmo with Pat Molittieri Mike and Arlene Sullivan Frani Giordana and Mike Mike with Carole Scaldeferri Available at http://www.bandstanddiaries.com and Amazon. Classic - My Photos Mix Photo. But inside the studio, at the end of each show, committee members gave out reservations for future programs. This site is maintained by American Bandstand Dancers Hal L. Landau, Linda D. Gonzales & Bunny Gibson And American Bandstand Fan Club President David Frees 8,510 people like this 8,401 people follow this http://www.americanbandstanddancers.com/ Local Business Photos See all Videos See all 0:06 These happenings would never have become known if one man had just listened to Maxines restrictive instruction. One early photo shows the studio with an audience that was almost half black. Horn became a radio personality at Phillys WIP, then moved to WFIL in 1951 because that station offered more money and because FIL had a sister TV station (part of the ABC network) and Horn hoped for a future on television. She met Elvis backstage before the show! American Bandstand 1961 - 4th Anniversary Show (Partial Episode) - Former Dancers From Years Past YouCanDanceToit! On one of those jobs Lois gave oral sex to one of the Allison crowd for $40 and on another job had sex with a man for a hundred dollars, all this when she was 15 and in the midst of her relationship with Horn. Later that year they came in 2nd place for the Jitterbug Contest. For seven years kids had been coming to WPEN at 1522 Walnut Street and riding the elevator to spend a couple of hours at their club, which was a small studio on the top floor without windows. It became integrated in 1957 because I elected to make it so, he was being outrageously simplistic. The TV program AmericanBandstand was an icon in the entertainment industry, and an important driver of popular culture. An Elvis Presley fan, did you know she was the only Regular Dick Clark invited to go see Elvis at the Arena in 1956? At his trials, Horn said that he first met Lois when she came to his office at WFIL one evening in 1954 and after that he saw her frequently at the West Philadelphia restaurant where he ate dinner. One of the regular attendees at the broadcasts was Bernie Jacobs, a man who ran a modeling agency. He had become District Attorney when Richardson Dilworth resigned that office to successfully run for mayor in 1955. Bob Adleman, the public relations man for WPEN, arranged an elegant event at Longchamps Restaurant on Rittenhouse Square where Allison would accept the honor. Lets consider these other events in 1956: The era was one of sexual repression. They wouldnt get up unless the bunny hop was playing. Public high schools were more integrated 72% white when Bandstand started, according to Philadelphia School District statistics. In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience members rate songs. Show more. While Clark openedAmerican Bandstandsstage to black R&B and rock n roll performers, he and his producers segregated the studios dance floor and white teenagers adapted black dances for white audiences. This soon became a potential explosive situation, so the studio created an admission system that required passes that were distributed prior to the day of the show. Did you know after Bandstand he enlisted in the army and served with Elvis Presley in Texas? I know there are a lot of American Bandstand fans that will be very excited to see this. Lois testified that Horn took her to apartments where she willingly had sex with him, and she specified four dates starting in 1953 when she was 13. (I was in his office as he wrote it. Then he was arrested and we never made the record. She, like Colella, finds it hard to believe that Horn had an affair with a teenage girl. There were trysts of another Jacobs model and another WPEN announcer, and other girls had encounters with a publicist and a photographer, respected professionals who were in love with their wives and felt they were just having some harmless, job-related fun on the side. She just walks up and introduces herself. When they started dancing on American Bandstand it would take them an hour to get to the studio by bus and train. She has an uncanny way of getting to know people. THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF \"FAIR USE\" IN TITLE 17 107 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. He said Name your salary. So we asked our station manager for a release and he said hed talk to the stations owner. These were the guys I met during my first job in radio, in the music library at WIP, and whom I saw accompanying Horn during his nighttime radio show when I later worked at WFIL. Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan, Bunny Gibson and Eddie Kelly, Pat Molittieri, Carmen Jimenz, Joyce Shafer. For example, Bernie Jacobs, the man who ran the modeling agency and set Steve Allison up with his accuser, also arranged modeling jobs for Lois, Horns accuser. But at one gathering, one guy didnt follow the rule and went all the way. For more, read our book: www.bandstanddiaries.com #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #nostalgia #philadelphia #elvispresley #ninobambino #book #author #selfpublished #popculture #television, On American Bandstand from 1955-1958, Frank Spagnuola won the Chalypso Contest with Dottie Horner in 1957, the first year the show went national. At WFIL they thought: What a wonderful idea for TV! A 1957 jury deadlocked, then a judge acquitted Horn at a second trial, this one without a jury. The sexual relationship, however, was not revealed until later. #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #edkelly #dickclark #nostalgia #book, Here are Marilyn Brown and Diane Iaquinto. But just like a lot of today's showmances are concocted, many of the Bandstand boppers were harboring a big secret: They were gay. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. At the very beginning, Horns Bandstand had some racial integration. In July 1956, Dick Clark, a commercial pitchman and deejay with an unsullied reputation, inherited WFIL-TVsBandstandfrom scandal-tainted Bob Horn and revamped it for a national audience of teenage consumers as ABCsAmerican Bandstand, which first aired in August 1957. Homage to The Jackson 5-"I Want You Back" from American Bandstand! We sent some 15,000 fan letters each week. 2023 Getty Images. Record promoters, the men who came around and asked disc jockeys to spin their products, told me that he was more demanding of payola than anyone at any Philly station. For those that don't like the watermark or the timer on the screen, please send your complaints on the back of an envelope or postcard to American Bandstand, Philadelphia, PA. The sex-with-minors angle was too shocking for public consumption, and the station didnt dare to reveal it. Whose Culture? Ill close with a personal reminiscence. stage to black R&B and rock n roll performers, he and his producers segregated the studios dance floor and white teenagers adapted black dances for white audiences. When I danced on TV people noticed me, and it led to my career in the business. Event starts on Saturday, 18 March 2023 and happening at Edoff Memorial Bandstand at Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA. Linda Gonzales, Hal Laws, Bunny Gibson, Louie & Kathy Novoa,Lisette Stclaire & American Bandstand Producer Larry Klein at Reunion 11 . The men who hung out with Horn fed him records by new artists and Horn was open to their suggestions partly because he knew it would help the show, and partly because he liked getting gifts from the song-pluggers. Some of the Allison crowd got involved, also, with an aspiring model named Maxine Milder. He said If you care enough to want to go to my dances, Ill drive you., Jerry Blavat started coming to the show in 1953 when he was only 13. They felt that if the show was perceived as a Negro show, white teenagers would stay away. Making out in the back seat or copping a feel is the most that any of us ever did.. Never content with spinning just the one genre, he weaves together everything from jazz to juke to jungle, from dub to dancehall to dubstep ? Epoxy Flooring UAE; Floor Coating UAE; Self Leveling Floor Coating; Wood Finishes and Coating; Functional Coatings. From the start I was also terrified because what had happened to Horn. In this new setting, a greater number of kids could dance while the music played. Horn described his custom of hanging at a bar with song-pluggers and music publishers every evening after Bandstand finished, from 6 to 8 p.m., then going to a restaurant for dinner. Dance Tickets Family Tickets Cirque Tickets Other Tickets. Self 1 episode, 1970 . In that year, a group of teenagers appeared on the show, dancing to a hit single from that year, The Reflections' (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet. Most of the American Bandstand guys are gone, replaced, coincidentally by Americans. 04 Mar 2023 03:03:52 Akkorde fr American Bandstand 1968 - TOP 10 - Love Is Blue, Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra. He was very friendly. These record-promo men knew of her, and got her into the station to meet Horn. Paul Thomas is a black who started dancing on the show in 1961 and says that black kids occasionally came and there was some mixed group dancing starting in the early 1960s. When I look at video of you dancing on the show, I still am awestruck. Dick Clark 80th Birthday and American Bandstand Dancers Reunion November 2009. The Mann Act was law, barring anyone from transporting a person across state lines for an immoral act, even when it was consensual. It seems curious that a public official needed to rent a private headquarters, but Blanc felt that some city officials, if they knew what he was doing, would tip off their friends who were being investigated. We blacks watched from across the street. The Inquirers publisher supported the work of the House Un-American Activities committee and its crusade against Communist sympathizers in the entertainment field. She was a cheerful person, eager to please, up to a point. The Philadelphia high school Regulars who danced on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in the late 1950s and early 1960s became national celebrities and America's first reality stars. See details. American Bandstand -- The Fast Dance Bandstands Best 3.55K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 581K views 10 years ago Philadelphia American Bandstand Regular Billy Cook shows us his style of the. EN PT DE FR. God bless you. Dave Feldman, a Bandstand dancer, suggests one reason why so many of the kids came from Catholic schools: "They were taught that dancing was wrong, and especially that girls shouldn't dance on television, so they did it to rebel." Also, the closest school to the studio, geographically, was a Catholic one. Hooks has a white father and black mother, while Montgomery is white. Self - dance contest judge 1 episode, 1970 Mac Davis . This is the link to the first part. Off-camera his personality was abrasive, egotistical and aggressive. You had to line up at the end of each show and the producer picked whom he wanted to come back, so you had to please him. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. For more on your favorite dancers, read Bandstand Diaries. They both danced on American Bandstand from 1960-1963. 01 Mar 2023 18:16:18 Clark looked like one of the kids. (Horn was 40 when he left Bandstand and Clark was a babyfaced 27.) Soon after the show went on the air, Horn met a 13-year-old girl at the station and they began a sexual relationship. Harris replaced the Kefauver footage with a new opening that he shot with Vic Blanc talking into the camera and warning the public of the dangers of sex. The author worked at three radio and television stations involved in this report. 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. This part goes far beyond just one television program and concerns the entire entertainment and political communities. to a national audience of teenage consumers from 1957 to 1964. built a national youth culture around the pop music records Clark played on the show and the commercial products his sponsors targeted to this $9 billion consumer market. One singer who appeared on his show says Horn was a loud-mouth smart-ass with an appetite for girls. Other acquaintances use words like arrogant and self-centered. He even went back on the air a few minutes later and said: Hey, that record wasnt bad after all.. Maybe he was on edge because the vice trial was about to start a few days later. Published Dec 11, 2013. Models Inc. was based on a Senate investigation of modeling schools, and in its original form the film opened with a statement by U.S. So, simultaneously, the DA was investigating Horn, Allison and Valino and people associated with them, and everything came to a head, so to speak, at the same time. He later became a Hollywood screenwriter. Bob was color blind, Sheldon told me; On the first shows there were black couples dancing on the floor along with white couples. She enjoyed seeing the TV series American Dreams, produced by Dick Clark in 2002, because it recalled one of the best periods in her life. This system permitted the show to legally turn away anyone without the pass while at the same time maintain the lily white studio audience since the passes were only distributed at the all-white West Catholic High School For Boys and the all-white West Catholic High School For Girls. For more about your favorite dancers, read Bandstand Diaries: www.bandstanddiaries.com #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #dickclark #book #philadelphia #nostalgia #telephone, Having started dancing on Bandstand during the Bob Horn days, did you know Rosemary "Little Ro" Fergione Siermine was 11 years old at the time? 100% Money-Back Guarantee. #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #nostalgia #bobhorn #littlero #philadelphia #book #author, Known for her style and signature headbands, Carole Scaldeferri was a fashionista and beloved Regular on American Bandstand from 1957-1961. I went to Alan Freeds concerts at the Paramount and black kids didnt show up there either. American Horror Story Clown Psycho Killer Adult Costume, WOMENS LADIES QUILTED PADDED PUFFER BUBBLE FUR COLLAR WARM THICK JACKET COAT NEW, LAND'S END 40s Poplin Long Sleeve Cotton Dress Shirt Traditional Fit Men 15 34, Vintage 1978 Grease National Bandstand Dance Off Hot Peel Iron On Transfer. Once or twice on each program, Horn would intone: Weve got company and a recording artist would appear on the set to lip-synch to his or her record. ES. Section GA Row GA. Monday, April 24, 2023 at 8:00 PM (4/24/2023) All prices are listed per ticket. Did you know that when Dick Clark announced her Sweet 16 birthday party on air, it turned into mayhem when kids from all over Philadelphia showed up? If Clipp couldnt get those people, he nevertheless could steal their format. International shipment of items may be subject to customs processing and additional charges. ES. So, you know, it was no big thing. I brought a series of black girls with me so we could do the slow dances together.. This, however, was basically a talent show and dancing was secondary. #arlenesullivan #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #travel #vintage #nostalgia, American Bandstand Regulars Frani Giordano & Carole Gibson outside Pop Singer's place. Dave Feldman, a Bandstand dancer, suggests one reason why so many of the kids came from Catholic schools: They were taught that dancing was wrong, and especially that girls shouldnt dance on television, so they did it to rebel. Also, the closest school to the studio, geographically, was a Catholic one. Legends In Concert official tickets are on sale for Tue Apr 18, 2023 - 08:00 PM at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater. Hosted By Egyptian American Society - Bay Area. At first, not knowing how to enter the show, she walked to the door the actors and singers used and announced to Bob the Cop, "I came here to dance." Horn was kind and fatherly to these teenagers. Horn ended his career working in Texas using a pseudonym. Accordi per American Bandstand 1968 - TOP 10 - Love Is Blue, Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Dance Tickets Family Tickets Cirque Tickets Other Tickets. Did you know that when he first started he only knew how to slow dance? They wrote thousands of Since he was a huge fan of jazz and so many jazz artists were black, there was no way Bob would allow the dance floor to be lily white.. Blitz, author of Bandstand: The Untold Story, defends Horn against accusations of rudeness and says that Horn avoided friendships with co-workers only because he had more experience and knowledge and didnt need to learn from them. On the day that Allison was indicted, he was about to receive an award for public service from the City of Philadelphia. I know the producers found it embarrassing. Personal life. , a popular though controversial TV program targeted toward teenage consumers, marked Philadelphia as the national epicenter of pop music during its seven-year run at ABCs affiliated WFIL-TV at 4548 Market St. ABC-affiliate WFIL-TV at 4548 Market St. broadcast Dick Clarks. After, he dated Big Ro for two years. Picture is dated November 1960 on the back. Self 1 episode, 1970 Karen Carpenter . I never saw black people dancing on the show early on, but that didnt faze me. He asked me to be on the committee and be an example for others. But then some people at the station worried that the program could become identified as a black show. This historical marker recalls Dick Clarks American Bandstand, which was broadcast from West Philadelphia from 1957 to 1964. Bob Horn complimented me on my dancing ability and for the way I dressed. I dont think anyone kept them out; they just didnt come., Bunny Gibson was a dancer on the show for two-and-a-half years in the mid-50s. This was her unique moral code. Shake It Up (sometimes stylized as Shake It Up!) For more about your favorite dancers, read Bandstand Diaries. To discredit Loiss reputation, the defense produced a man, with no connection to Horn, who testified that Lois once accepted money to have sex with him. Allison said it never happened and his wife provided him with an alibi, consisting of a log she kept of his activities. Get tickets cheap, fast, and easy, with no service fees and a 100% money back guarantee. late 1950s American Bandstand Regulars. Carmella Astrella. G Genevieve 140 followers More information The men sat on chairs against the walls of the studio and the girls sometimes knelt in front of them and pleasured them. Not long thereafter, it began broadcasting taped shows . "American Bandstand" dancer Richard Pierce served in Vietnam before settling in Anchorage, Alaska, in the early 1980s. He tangles nightly with the bigwigs on every hair-raising issue., Allison displayed a crudity that even exceeded Horns. A suburban dog breeder named James Worden frequently attended the Allison show and sometimes invited men and women whom he met there to parties at his estate, which he called Hound Dog Hill. Bunny Gibson 9:08, Frani Giordano, 15:23As mentioned in the video, Id like to give a huge thank you to Uncle George and @jthyme for getting me this rare clip. www.bandstanddiaries.com #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #bobbiyoung #dickclark #elvispresley #television #nostalgia #book #author #coffeetablebook #philadelphia, Nino Bambino was invited to American Bandstand where he danced from 1956-1958 by Little Ro who became his girlfriend for three months. If only this man stopped where Maxine drew the line, then she wouldnt have gone to the cops, then Horn would not have been investigated, then he would have remained on Bandstand and Dick Clark may not have become a star, etcetera, etcetera and so on. He took us fishing on his boat and introduced us to his wife and kids. The sad truth, though, is that the kids who danced to the records appeared to be almost all white. Jesus loves you! Some blacks complained that these cards were sent mainly to all-white parochial schools, but I cant find specific evidence of that. American Bandstand 1960s Dance Partners Barbara Warchol & Bruce Richard - YouTube 0:00 / 5:44 American Bandstand 1960s Dance Partners Barbara Warchol & Bruce Richard ABdancers 6.91K. Makes a great holiday gift for that American Bandstand fan you know! She took a variety of dance lessons when she was young, including tap, modern and ballet. One television precursor was the Paul Whiteman TV Teen Club, on WFIL and the ABC television network starting in 1949, which also showed kids dancing. Soaring into popularity, she would receive 500-600 fan letters a week. Valino was convicted and his singing career virtually ended. 95K subscribers Subscribe 10K 415K views 1 year ago Happy 60th anniversary of. After Bandstand she enrolled in acting school and modeled.For more dancers read Bandstand Diaries: www.bandstanddiaries.com #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries #nostalgia #janethamill #book #philadelphia, Here is Ed Kelly who was a dancer on American Bandstand from 1959-1961. "My friends went to church dances every Friday and Saturday night. Theres an El stop there and we used to watch the kids line up. DA Blanc spent considerable time and money on his probe, renting a center city storefront as an unmarked headquarters instead of using his own office in City Hall. Of course it never was. Bob got one of his friends to write a song for me, Since I Met Him at the Senior Dance, and Bob paid for me to take singing lessons. That's why Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson would never appear on the show, but movie stars - Jeff Chandler, Tab Hunter, Sal Mineo - came." Dancing came naturally to Sullivan, the way it did to all Regulars, she says. When Horn admitted that he knew her, Annenberg ordered him to resign from the station. He was convicted and sentenced to jail for that, but not for his sexual activities. In 1966, in Houston, Horn died of a heart attack at the age of 50. And two, a scandal at another Philadelphia station. And Bandstands history included lurid sex with minors that hasnt been explored publicly, until now in Part Two of this story. But I had to take a double-take when they showed black people in the stands, she says. People who hung out at WPEN learned that Allison had a yen for women who wore white, like waitresses and nurses. Remember, these Regulars weren't paid actors or dancers. For more read Bandstand Diaries. I would think, that with the off-season moves the dugout dance party will also end. Secondly, the producer started to require admission cards. Jacobs took the witness stand and backed up Dorothys story. Classic - My Photos Mix Photo. I didnt know anyone who had sex. Buy Tickets for The SIX Show Fri, Jun 2, 2023 8:00 pm at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in MO. His demeanor was haughty. Eventually AmericanBandstand deserted Philadelphia and moved three thousand miles away. But Horn also was the bad guy who allowed blacks to be systematically excluded when it looked as if their dancing might dominate the show. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. Menu. American Bandstand aired between 1956 and 1963 on ABC in Philadelphia Its teenage stars danced in pairs and some formed on-screen partnerships Many, including Arlene Sullivan, were gay but hid. When he ran dances out-of-town he always made sure that each of us had rides to get there and back. When questioned as to why a married man would do this, Horn responded by saying that Lois knew many of his friends and drifted into the same pattern as I did.