Past the room with Madonna's glass-entombed high heels and the glittery guitars hanging on the walls, past 20-year-old hostesses and whiffs of greasy cheese-steak sandwiches, a gray-haired man wearing ...

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 ...

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 ...

“American Bandstand” is coming back with a new twist, courtesy of the producer of “American Idol.” A revamped version, from original producer-host Dick Clark and “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller, ...

Here's how Billboard covered the musical revolutions that were televised. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director Movies stayed silent for their first few decades, but TV rocked out not long after the ...

Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Matt Delmont, author of The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950's Philadelphia ...

The legendary TV host died Wednesday at the age of 82. From hosting American Bandstand to Pyramid and his eponymous New Year’s Eve show, WATCH Dick Clark’s memorable moments. The King of Pop Meets the ...

In 1960, Chubby Checker released "The Twist", a song that became a cultural phenomenon, although it's actually a cover song.

I was about eight years old, in 1957, when I discovered American Bandstand. I used to ride the back of the couch in our family den, pretending it was a horse, as I'd watch the Warner Brothers westerns ...

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 ...