CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC show "American Bandstand" brought music to the masses for over 30 years. Now, on the 60th anniversary of when the show went to a national audience, a new book is revealing ...

Long before there was such a thing as a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Dick Clark was the real-time curator, bringing future inductees into America's living rooms right as they first hit the scene. The ...

The entertainment world was all shook up as the landmark TV program "American Bandstand" made its national debut on this day in history, August 5, 1957. "American Bandstand" had been a local hit ...

Cheryl Szucsits and Laura Freeman both have their favorite “American Bandstand” moments. “I used to like the rate-a-record,” Szucsits says. “That is when they would play new (songs) and the kids would ...

Dick Clark brought rock n roll to the mainstream as the host of American Bandstand and New Years Rockin' Eve. But in his decades long career, the legendary television personality and producer also ...

(CBS) -- A staple of local Philadelphia television, ABC picked it up as a network show thanks in large part to prodding by its young host Dick Clark. The show's format of clean-cut teens dancing to ...

Last month the pioneering TV broadcaster Don Cornelius died at the age of 75. As the host of “Soul Train,” many obituaries described Cornelius as the “African-American Dick Clark,” the legendary host ...

1. Jerry Lee Lewis performs 'Great Balls of Fire' The fans went wild for Jerry Lee Lewis' performance of "Great Balls of Fire". The song was released in 1957 and it was a massive success, having sold ...

When The New York Post published a story that a new coffee-table book, Bandstand Diaries, revealed stories about the secret gay lives of some of the dancers, sales of the book went through the roof.

LOS ANGELES | Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and producer who helped bring rock ‘n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand" and rang in the New Year for the masses at Times ...

LOS ANGELES – Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and producer who helped bring rock ‘n’ roll into the mainstream on “American Bandstand” and rang in the New Year for the masses at Times ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock n roll into the mainstream on American Bandstand, and later produced and hosted a vast ...