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She is overseeing a redesign. They had four top 10 pop hits and "Don't Worry, Baby" was the B-side to their first #1 "I Get Around." Please subscribe to keep reading. Remember hurrying from school in the 50's and turning on that old black and white tv at 4'oclock to watch all those kids dance on "American Bandstand" live from Philadelphia, The show first began as a local program in the cramped quarters of Studio B at WFIL Tv channel 6 at 46th and Market streets in Philadelphia on October 7, 1952. Bandstand was hosted by radio DJ Bob Horn and featured local teenagers bopping to the current hits of the day as well as a vocalist or band performing a couple of songs. Most of us would love her to do a Spotlight Dance once again and tell us know how she is doing today. But she said she only had one happy year. Finally, he called a mutual friend who called Caroline to explain that phone number from California with the 951 area code was Eddie Lamm. "I started crying.". Rest in peace dad. FYI:onceuponourtimes.com. Actor Buck Taylor ("Gunsmoke," ''Gods and Generals") is 76. "I would start crying. In the news this week..Tomorrow, Saturday, August 12, Walter Ulbricht, leader of East Germany, will sign an order to close the border with West Germany. Caroline's first marriage, she said, didn't go well. ``Bandstand first aired for a national audience on ABC on Aug. 5, 1957. Bassist Wylie Gelber of Dawes is 26. Not now. She got out of the car. She cried in front of her cat "Shortstop." (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Another time, a dancer was thrown onto the subway tracks. unfortunately he passed on Apri. We were family for years, Carrelli, 68, tells Parade.com about Clark's passing. Hammond man sentenced to 60 years in East Chicago murder. He can be reached at philip.potempa@nwi.com or (219) 852-4327. You can cancel at any time. American Bandstand Dancers Diane J. Iaquinto Celotto and Charlie Hibib (Rubber legs) American Bandstand Dancers Diane J. Iaquinto Celotto and Charlie Hibib (Rubber legs) . OFFBEAT: 'American Bandstand' original Arlene Sullivan ready for new book. 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. From that point on "I was known as Eddie's girl," Caroline said. You have permission to edit this article. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Known as the Regulars, they became the nation's first reality stars. Teenagers and young adults ran home from school to watch them jitterbug and stroll while they copied their fashions, fads and dance moves. Caroline knew her well. Burton) star too, BHC GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Family-first approach for Funk, Florida's killer clown case finally ends with plea deal, BHC GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: McAmis played through the pain, PREP BASEBALL: Tuell in tune for Chilhowie Warriors in win over Rural Retreat. They kissed underneath a security lamp post. Bradford Brady and John Maron write the weekly On The Record column. The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer. In 2013, following the release of their third album, Melophobia, Parrish decided to leave the band and try his hand at production work. Here's what Caroline thought when she heard about Eddie's marriage: "What in the hell did she have that I didn't have. On the Record: What was first song on TV show American Bandstand? On Sunday at 2am, construction of the Berlin Wall will officially begin. "It was everything I dreamed of," she said. She dried her eyes and called Eddie. Steven and Sterling went on to form a singing group in the late 70s called the Triple S Connection. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. One young performer was dangled down an . His military career was notable because he was part of the nuclear team that was ready during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. "She informed me of the blow-by-blow description," Caroline said. She had two daughters, which was great. How did they come up with their name? At just 13 and 16, respectively, the twosome became regulars on the Dick Clark-hosted show, dancing as a couple for almost three years before they parted ways. 4151 Prospect Ave Los Angeles, CA, CA 90027. For the next 10 years, Hooks was in motion on the set of American Bandstand, where he was a regular dancer known as the All-American Boy, with a signature smile and trademark polka-dot shirt. They dated for more than three years. They barely made it out of the airport parking lot when she pulled over at a FedEx facility. "I took fire," he said. Send your questions about songs, albums, and the musicians who make them to MusicOnTheRecord@gmail.com. Eddie was dropping out of college. Any place there's dancing, I'll still go, said Joe Fusco, who was 15 when he . It was September 1956. Years later, when Clark was asked whether any of the dancers had died of AIDS, he . Sullivan,70, is busy working on a new book about her "Bandstand" days with fellow "Bandstand" regular Bunny Gibson (also one of the most popular regulars on the show) assisted by authors Sharon Sultan Cutler and Cookie Tischler, the latter duo being the scribes behind the tome "Once Upon Our Times (Because Life Isn't A Fairytale): 65 Years Growing Up Baby Boomer." You have permission to edit this article. Clark became a national icon with the popular dance show American Bandstand in the late 1950s, hosting the show for more than 30 years.Bandstand didnt just introduce America 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 Twist.PHOTOS: 40 Years of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve The 82-year-old legend, who was dubbed "Americas Oldest Teenager" will live on through the lives he touched over the years, including those of Justine Carrelli and Bob Clayton, two of American Bandstands most popular dancers. That's about a 40-minute drive to Canyon Lake. Actor Harvey Keitel is 75. American Bandstand, abbreviated AB, is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical actover the decades, running the . Both Carrelli and Clayton bonded with Clark over their Bandstand experiences and stayed in touch with their former host since leaving the show in the early 60s. Sullivan, who came out decades ago, spoke of one particular young man, now deceased, who was a victim of Clark's campaign. Happy 60th anniversary of the 4th anniversary of Bandstand going national! "But I never got hit.". It changed me.". I lost my dad this week, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! After "American Bandstand" debuted on television in 1952, it made celebrities of the teens the cameras captured as the show's "regular dancers." As he slid into her passenger seat, she thought he looked strong and strapping. Arlene with singer Frankie Avalon at an American Bandstand event. Polly died Dec. 22, 2021. As for Arlene, she didn't say whether or not her experience as a teen sensation on the show was anything like the competitive "cutting-a-rug" depictions as shared in the 1988 film "Hairspray.". ", Mineo's big breakthrough as an actor was his role in the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause," opposite James Dean and Natalie Wood. Years later, he said he just didn't feel like he was ready because he didn't have a full-time job or career. Log In. Contact American Bandstand Dancers on Messenger. In 1959, she entered the Miss Nashville pageant, stitched up a short red costume and did a dance routine to "Won't You Charleston With Me" ending with a jitterbug to "Sweet Georgia Brown." Caroline and George established a fly-in community in Newborn, Georgia. Author Armistead Maupin ("Tales of the City") is 70. (Mineo's life ended decades later after he was arriving home after a rehearsal on Feb. 12, 1976 and was stabbed to death in the alley behind his apartment building in West Hollywood, with the knife blade striking his heart, leading to immediate and fatal internal bleeding.). He had a going-away party, and she came. Though now a Tony-winning choreographer, Cilento started as a dancer. When American Bandstand became the most popular daytime television program in the late 1950s, a group of ordinary Philadelphia high school students who loved to dance suddenly became a national phenomenon. Her grandsons walked her down the aisle. 8,237 people follow this. 8,366 people like this. She was a sophomore, straight-A student and a cheerleader. After an invitation from a . She was still Eddie's girl. Actress Lena Dunham ("Girls") and actor Robert Pattinson are 28. He barely saw his old friend on that trip. "I was her caretaker," he said. 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. Frani Giordano is still loved by American Bandstand fans almost 60 years after she stopped going to the show in 1960. (Steven 1952-2015, Sterling 1952-2003, RIP) The young lady in couple #4 from Oklahoma City, Beth Freeland, commented here a few months ago as well. "I didn't like it." In December 1959, he decided to join the Air Force. There had been so much drama in those six-plus decades marriages, children, war, careers, heartache and death. On April20, 2023, Caroline andEddie wereback in Nashville for a high school reunion luncheon. What was the first song featured on the television show American Bandstand? "We didn't realize how many kids out there were watching the show until the mail . Airdate: May, 30, 1970Which couple did you like best?Here is your first (and unfortunately last) look at all of the 1970 Dance Contest finalists from across . However, a bizarre chance encounter with a stranger following a show lead them to change their name.
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