DECATUR — About a year after the iconic "American Bandstand" began being broadcast nationally, Decatur teen Jean Buttz found herself in 1958 on a family vacation in Philadelphia, where the incredibly ...

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 ...

The other act on the debut episode of American Bandstand 60 years ago was Billy Williams, lip-synching his hit, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, which continued, “and make believe ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bandstand was an Australian musical/variety television show which screened from November 1958 to 1972. It was produced at the studios of TCN-9 in Sydney and eventually became a national program as ...

Tony-winning actress Andrea Martin, 67, author of “Lady Parts,” will star in “Pippin” in San Francisco and Los Angeles this fall. She spoke to Marc Myers. Every day after school when I was 11, I’d run ...