According to http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jun20.htm, “1973 - American Bandstand celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 90-minute television special. Little Richard, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Cheech and Chong and Three Dog Night made appearances.”
Grew up in a small Pennsylvania town, graduated from Lewisburg Joint High School in 1954. Philadelphia Bandstand was famous even in Lewisburg. Then it became nationwide and a big deal in the later 50's with Dick Clark. Anyway, here is to American Banstand's 20th Anniversary:
by sinann (PM , CC ) on Saturday June 21, 2008 @ 7:43 AM
We got American Bandstand from the stations in Buffalo, whose signal strength was just about petering out when it reached us. But Banstand was the original "must see TV" that no Teenager could miss--as long as the wind wasn't blowing the signal away, or a tube hadn't blown in your set, or no solar flares, or there weren't any other inexplicable transmission problems didn't occur.
Life was primitive in those days, its a wonder we survived.
by Anexplorer (PM , CC ) on Sunday June 22, 2008 @ 9:11 AM
Double negatives, Explorer! Heavens to Betsy, you can't hardly do that no more without some naysayer rejecting all your disadventageous refusals nor blackballing the retarded grouches and unsatisfactory nixes you fail to deny.
Many Blogstream members are there
already! Quotes from members: "It's like blog lite!" -- "I like the instant
gratification!" -- "Stop spectating, get in the game!"
If you have not joined in, you are really missing out!
ron
TallPockets was born in June of 1951 in Lebanon, Pennyslvania.
And, he's been "Beating to a different drum" ever since. WINK.
A/Bandstand was a GREAT show. ALL the MUSICIANS throught ALL those YEARS. A veritable HISTORY of MUSIC and time, indeed!
"Music soothes the savage beast" (Even GRUMPY old T.P.). SMILE.
More than one NOTE short of a FULL music scale yours,
My BEST --
TallPockets
What will kids these days look back on that is half as good as American Bandstand?
Life was primitive in those days, its a wonder we survived.
Anyway I hope it was obvious I was having a good time remembering.