Finally, we got away and jumped over the turnstile. From 1977 to September 6, 1986, the show opened and closed with Barry Manilow's rendition of "Bandstand Boogie",[7] which he originally recorded for his 1975 album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. Norman and I met in January 1959 while standing outside of the studio waiting to get inside. However unethical his behavior may have been, his federal income tax records seemed to be in order. He promoted the couples on the show to mask the fact that so many guys were gay.5. At age 30 in 1960, already a millionaire, Dick Clark, Americas only national deejay, stood at the center of the payola storm. Interracial couples were not allowed on camera, so they sat on the sidelines. M Marsha Early American Bandstand Wallet type photos of Dancers/Regulars Sisters Mary Rosalie Susan 50s Susan Beltrante (on left) and Mary Beltrante on the right. Click here to see some of your favorites back in action. Clark decided to pitch the show to ABC president Thomas W. Moore, and after some negotiations the show was picked up nationally, becoming American Bandstand on August 5, 1957. "That really annoyed me," said Smith, "Because quite a few of. June Bouche on November 20, 2018 at 9:12 pm . They were hurting him. SaturdayBandstandretained 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. . We sent some 15,000 fan letters each week. Brancaccio says thats what attracted him to it. The program was permanently shot in color starting on September 9, 1967. For More Bunny click here to go to Bunny Gibson.com, Bunny Gibson discusses the 50th celebration of American Bandstand. Known for her perky personality, Pat Moliterri is credited with inventing the dance, the Hop, by combining elements of the Slop and the Bop.Sadly, Pat died in in the mid-seventies of a heart attack. [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. running a series on drunken driving. In 2014, the National Enquirer interviewed Frank Brancaccio and Eddie Kelly, other series regulars. JUSTINE AND BOB. LGBT identities were hidden on the shows dancefloor. But back in the Bandstand days, Smith was one of the shows secretly gay dancers. [3] Jackson,American Bandstand, quote from unpaginated photo section. I said, In that case, Im staying. I was shocked. sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers. Charlette Russo danced on American Bandstand from 1955-1959. 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 says. Like the rest of us, the 'Drag Race' Season 15 queen is crushing on Pedro Pascal. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company. Clark was determined to keep the homosexuality of popular Bandstand regulars a secret, Smith said. In March of 1970 we moved to New Jersey. , Puppy love "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. There were occasional shows that were not hosted by Clark, in which case a substitute host (among them Rick Azar) was brought in.[6]. "For all those who knew her throughout her life and for those who watched her dance on American Bandstand, Carole was full of love and full of God. 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. 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. That really annoyed me, said Smith, Because quite a few of the Philadelphia dancers on Bandstand died of AIDS., According to Brancaccio, Clark didnt want racial integration on his show either. 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 became a national institution and Dick Clark a celebrity. In 2019, a trio of formerAmerican Bandstandregulars assembled a book on their experiences on the popular show. Other performers including Brandy, members of KISS, Dennis Quaid and his band The Sharks, Cher, and Stevie Wonder also performed to remember the iconic program.[41]. 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. 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. Whose Culture? Black & White/Color (9/9/1967), Dick Clarks first day as host: 7/9/1956 When she heard the news of Clark's death Wednesday, Gibson immediately headed to Hollywood to be with other former Bandstand regulars at Clark's star on the Walk of Fame. Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 03:03, The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, Top of newscast salutes to Clark deserved, "Did the Beatles kill America's radio stars? On September 13, 1969, the Bandstand set was given a complete overhaul and Les Elgart's big band version of "Bandstand Boogie" was replaced by the Mike Curb theme. Reply. "After that, it was history.". Oddly enough, I have never checked with the other Regulars to get their feedback. It was horrible.. With his death, she said, it is "important that Dick is honored for what he did for rock-and-roll and for the impact he had on all the lives of his dancers from Philly to L.A.", Clark, Gibson said, led "the first teenage revolution, and we were part of it. . "He made sure the guys wore suits and we were dressed properly. Norman passed away on December 6, 1990. She never saw much of Clark outside of the studio. The TV exposure, plus the profiles some of the dancers were given in Teen magazine in the late 1950s, made them instant celebrities. 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. It was horrible., Smith says he was lucky to have escaped a beating. I am on that stage just trying to do my own thing and turn the party. "If you got in front of the camera too much, he'd call you back and tell you to circulate. But to his credit and diligence, he brilliantly created his own myth, and he stuck to it for the rest of his life. On December 27 Bunny Gibson, American Bandstand Regular from 1959-1962, married Duke Tirschel in Chattanooga , Tennessee. Many factors were involved in this, particularly the launch and rise of MTV and other music programs on television, and along with that, the number of ABC affiliates opting to pre-empt or delay the program. 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. And, for me, the kids on Bandstand were all I aspired to be. Browse celebrity nostalgia on our website. . She was one of five brothers and sisters; had a huge family vacation home in Sea Isle City where Regulars visited: and dated Frank Levins and Denny Dziena. They werent playing football. Variety Shows His latest book, The Kardashians: An American Drama, will be published in September. Like nostalgia? I was trying to hit them over their heads with my pocketbook, but they just wouldnt give up. The rest is American Bandstand history. REGULARS Gallery 3. But I didnt have any crushes on any of the straight girls. 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. 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. Hundreds of kids lined up each day hoping to be one of the few lucky ones who got to dance alongside the Regulars and share part of the magic that was American Bandstand. Like the white homeowners associations' concerns about property values, WFIL's version of defensive localism built on a belief that integration would hurt the station's investment in Bandstand. [7] The Diary of Arlene Sullivan, in Sullivan, Smith, and Cutler,Bandstand Diaries, 43-63. Featured artists typically performed their current hits by lip-syncing to the released version of the song. Dancing with the American Bandstand Stars Fundraiser, July 15, 2009 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.. The program that preceded Dick Clarks American Bandstand at WFIL-TV was deejay Bob Horns locally popular Bandstand. I lived in very tough South Philadelphia, he says. How a Beloved Tori Amos B-Side Transformed 'Of An Age'. Two weeks later, Bandstand moved to first-run syndication. 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. But it was obvious to the teen dancers that he was set on a trajectory that would take him far from Studio B in West Philly. . Clark "was a good man, but he wasn't as friendly with us as people may think," Colanero said. "I put a lot of my mom's makeup on and stuffed my bra," said Gibson. The shy Sullivan pushed herself forward with the contact because she wanted to get on TV to impress her mother. Bandstand debuted in Philadelphia in 1950 and took on its familiar format two years later. We call him Namron and yes, if you spell his name backwards it spells, Norman. I have a Champion Samoyed show dog. [18][19][20] Dubbed as The New American Bandstand and distributed by LBS Communications, the series' tapings were moved from the ABC Television Center to the Hollywood studios of Los Angeles's PBS member station KCET,[21] with a new set was similar to that of Soul Train. Carole Ann Scaldeferri Spada, 70, of Newtown Square, a regular dancer on American Bandstand from 1957 to 1961, has died. Due to the size of the studio, the need to have as much dance space as possible, and the size of the cumbersome color camera compared to the black-and-white models, it was only possible to have one RCA TK-41 where three RCA TK-10s[4] had been used before. Director Goran Stolevski talks assembling his gay indie's stellar soundtrack, from The Cardigans to Nelly Furtado and more. As she puts it, being a Regular entailed holding a WFIL-TV Bandstand Club membership card and dancing every day on the show. His name is, Champion Polar Images Namron O My-Joy, as recorded with the AKC. History goes back and forth with the timing and motives of the integration, but nevertheless, American Bandstand socially impacted teenagers' opinions regarding race. From 1974 to 1977, there was a newer, orchestral disco version of "Bandstand Boogie", arranged and performed by Joe Porter, played during the opening and closing credits. Like Smith, she believes that if her true sexual preference and that of others on the show had become public in the days before Stonewall and todays LGBT power, Bandstand would have been taken off the air. 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 Village People performed their legendary song, "YMCA" for the audience in Pasadena, California. When she heard the news of Clark's death Wednesday, Gibson immediately headed to Hollywood to be with other former Bandstand regulars at Clark's star on the Walk of Fame. 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. A storybook ending to a tale that began with American Bandstand, albeit 40 years ago. 1950s/1960s POLLS. We were like sisters. The typical production schedule consisted of videotaping three shows on a Saturday and three shows on a Sunday, every six weeks. Very sadly, Bob passed away 2 . She danced the "push" - a "type of jitterbug . Mickey Mouse Club At 74, Sullivan still dances once a week at a party thrown by another Bandstand dancer. Norman had a very, very unique sense of humor, which made him so popular with all that knew him. The short Snader and Official music films continued in the short term to fill gaps when dancers were changed during the showa necessity, because the studio could not fit more than 200 teenagers. Despite that sense of community, the show's starsgay and straight alikewere targeted in Philadelphia, and even physically attacked in some cases, just for being dancers. Where things are poppin'(Pop!) West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Jersey you learned the different styles of the same dances., The Regulars did the Pony, Jitterbug, Calypso, Cha-cha and a slow dance that she says wasnt exactly a waltz: The kids didnt stand in one spot. 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.. He spoke of his youth, of Bandstand and his favorite gal, Bunny. I still really didnt know who I was. . American Bandstand played a crucial role in introducing Americans to such famous artists as Prince, Jackson 5, Sonny and Cher, Aerosmith, and John Lydon's PiLall of whom made their American TV debuts on the show. From the late 1950s and most of the 1960s, Clark's on-camera sidekick was announcer Charlie O'Donnell, who later went on to announce Wheel of Fortune and other programs hosted or produced by Clark, such as The $100,000 Pyramid. She also mentions a gay dancer who was pushed in the train tracks, and another who was dangled over an elevator shaft. I did get to know Annette Funicello [a Mouseketeer on the original Mickey Mouse Club], who came to the show. 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. during those wonderful days. The 1960 amendments to the 1934 Federal Communications Act put heavy constraints on payola, requiring full public disclosure when a record company or its agent pays a broadcaster to play records on the air. The 1960 amendments criminalized any action that breached the disclosure rule. They married during her Thanksgiving vacation from Northeast High School. Unlike Smith, she expresses no animosity toward Clark. 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. At the time, being open about their sexuality would have meant the end for these young performers with stars in their eyes. The 50 record albums are packed away for safekeeping., Normans passing Bandstand Diaries shares some public information and photos about Frani (page 84). The kids designated as American Bandstand Regulars in some cases struggled with their sexual identity. The kids who showed up every day (Bandstand aired every weekday afternoon for the first six years) knew all the most popular steps. Once a week, she goes to a hop thrown by another Bandstand original, 76-year-old Philadelphia radio and TV personality Jerry Blavat, who bills himself as The Geator with the Heater and The Boss with the Hot Sauce.. 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). The bashing of Bandstand regulars, gay and straight, happened all the time, Sullivan and Smith reveal. With American Bandstand being originally located in Philadelphia, segregation easily affected the concentrated area. He molded the image of the American teenager so America would accept rock-and-roll.". A Philadelphia, PA 19133, BONUS PAGE But it was not easy on the mean streets of Philadelphia to be a Bandstand regular suspected of being gay. at 3:30pm, then rejoin Bandstand at 4pm. The American Bandstand Regulars tell us what Studio B means to them today and yesterday, with special guest appearance by the American Bandstand Fan Club pre. In fact, it was dangerous. On all the music they play On the Bandstand.! We also surmise that her mother was an Italian immigrant (she refers to her Italian mom), and her father of Irish descent. 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. e9 = new Object(); One time, Kenny and I went to visit one of the other regulars up in North Philadelphia, and we were leaving her apartment and were headed to the El, and I heard car doors slamming, and I looked back, and all these guys were coming up the steps, and they started beating up on Kenny, Sullivan says. A Midlothian-based freelance writer, Martha Steger has received national awards for her journalism, essays, short fiction and poetry. 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.. Years later, when Clark was asked whether any of the dancers had died of AIDS, he stated that one had, Smith recalled. Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan, Bunny Gibson and Eddie Kelly, Pat Molittieri, Carmen Jimenz, Joyce Shafer. ", "I was shaking like a leaf," Colanero recalled. We each won a HI-FI, and 50 record albums. In front of the camera, Clark called the shots. 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). He will never forget one of his first days on Bandstand. "My heart hurts," said Gibson, a regular from 1959 to 1961. Soul Unlimited was not well-received among its target audience of African-Americans, ostensibly due to its being created by a white man (Clark), and because of its alleged usage of deliberately racial overtones despite this fact. Two of the regulars, Arlene Sullivan and Ray Smith, published the volume asBandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963,with Sharon Sultan Cutler as a non-Bandstand-member co-author. "[40] WFIL defended these local associations in order to maintain support. 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. This kit packs $431 worth of premium skincare and haircare into a small packageand it's only $80 with the promo code. Bunnys mom, Betty, made her promise that she would graduate. This first national broadcast of American Bandstand was filmed in the Starlight Ballroom in Wildwood, NJ. 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. //-->. We only had three channels in those days. She and her husband, Richard Spada, lived in Philadelphia and Lansdowne before moving to Newtown Square. It became a staple in homes and heavily influenced American society culturally, musically, and socially. , True love The show, hosted by Dick Clark, sounds like it was both a community of welcome amongst the teens and a repressive construct from higher ups. She tracked them down for the new coffee-table book, Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963. But he vividly recalls that one of his fellow gay dancers was thrown onto the El tracks outside the studio, and another popular regular who was gay and often danced with Sullivan was dangled over an elevator shaft.. Joyce Shafer talks about herself and her dance partner, Norman Kerr, Norman was one of a kind, always making people laugh. The segment gave rise to the catchphrase "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it. Clark, known as Americas oldest teenager, knew. Words by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman, Were goin hoppin (Hop!) They werent playing baseball they were DANCING. Ray Smith says he was upset when Dick Clark claimed only one of the dancers had died from AIDS when asked about it in an interview. To many of you, it was about the music and the artists. And whereas 135 ABC-affiliated stations carriedAmerican Bandstandon a revenue-sharing basis in 1960, the stations were bailing out of this relationship in 1963. Those "American Bandstand" days were the best for all of us teenagers who followed the program, the regulars, the dances, the performers, etc. Many local Philadelphia teenagers became household names by appearing and dancing on American Bandstand on a regular basis from the '50s to the early '60s: As Bandstand moved towards the 1980s, the ratings began to decline. Or sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers! "This man had the strongest personality that I had ever seen as a young boy," he said. [1] John A. Jackson,American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock n Roll Empire(New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), chaps. "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. Fifty years later, Bandstand fan Sharon Sultan Cutler wondered what had become of the "Regulars," the name given to the teens that showed up daily to dance. Clark looked like one of the kids." (Horn was 40 when he left Bandstand and Clark was a babyfaced 27.) 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. After dispelling rumors of his death, which circulated on social media on Thursday, Blavat's representative confirmed in a Facebook post on Friday morning that he had died at 3:45 a.m. at. Acts debuting on Bandstand appeared on Deane's program, but were asked to not mention their previous appearance with Clark while on the Baltimore show. She says she never had a crush on a straight dancer, and was close friends with celebrity guest Annette Funicello. ", Songs she liked to dance to, Mrs. Spada wrote online in June 2010, included "Little Darlin'," "Sixteen Candles," "Tears on my Pillow," "Splish Splash," "Never on Sunday," and "Let's Do The Stroll.". The Philadelphia way Were goin drop in (Drop!) The dancers, as Teen wrote, were the "most famous unknowns on TV today. 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