American Bandstand
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company.
Cast
Dick Clark
Self - Host
Seasons
E1Episode 1
Aug 5, 1957
E2Episode 2
Aug 6, 1957
E3Episode 3
Aug 7, 1957
E4Episode 4
Aug 8, 1957
E5Episode 5
Aug 9, 1957
E6Episode 6
Aug 12, 1957
E7Episode 7
Aug 13, 1957
E8Episode 8
Aug 14, 1957
E9Episode 9
Aug 15, 1957
E10Episode 10
Aug 16, 1957
E11Episode 11
Aug 19, 1957
E12Episode 12
Aug 20, 1957
E13Episode 13
Aug 21, 1957
E14Episode 14
Aug 22, 1957
E15Episode 15
Aug 23, 1957
E16Episode 16
Aug 26, 1957
E17Episode 17
Aug 27, 1957
E18Episode 18
Aug 28, 1957
E19Episode 19
Aug 29, 1957
E20Episode 20
Aug 30, 1957
E21Episode 21
Sep 2, 1957
E22Episode 22
Sep 3, 1957
E23Episode 23
Sep 4, 1957
E24Episode 24
Sep 5, 1957
E25Episode 25
Sep 6, 1957
E26Episode 26
Sep 9, 1957
E27Episode 27
Sep 10, 1957
E28Episode 28
Sep 11, 1957
E29Episode 29
Sep 12, 1957
E30Episode 30
Sep 13, 1957
E31Episode 31
Sep 16, 1957
E32Episode 32
Sep 17, 1957
E33Episode 33
Sep 18, 1957
E34Episode 34
Sep 19, 1957
E35Episode 35
Sep 20, 1957
E36Episode 36
Sep 23, 1957
E37Episode 37
Sep 24, 1957
E38Episode 38
Sep 25, 1957
E39Episode 39
Sep 26, 1957
E40Episode 40
Sep 27, 1957
E41Episode 41
Sep 30, 1957
E42Episode 42
Oct 1, 1957
E43Episode 43
Oct 2, 1957
E44Episode 44
Oct 3, 1957
E45Episode 45
Oct 4, 1957
E46Episode 46
Oct 7, 1957
E47Episode 47
Oct 8, 1957
E48Episode 48
Oct 9, 1957
E49Episode 49
Oct 10, 1957
E50Episode 50
Oct 14, 1957
E51Episode 51
Oct 21, 1957
E52Episode 52
Oct 23, 1957
E53Episode 53
Oct 24, 1957
E54Episode 54
Oct 25, 1957
E55Episode 55
Oct 28, 1957
E56Episode 56
Oct 30, 1957
E57Episode 57
Oct 31, 1957
E58Episode 58
Nov 4, 1957
E59Episode 59
Nov 5, 1957
E60Episode 60
Nov 6, 1957
E61Episode 61
Nov 7, 1957
E62Episode 62
Nov 8, 1957
E63Episode 63
Nov 11, 1957
E64Episode 64
Nov 12, 1957
E65Episode 65
Nov 13, 1957
E66Episode 66
Nov 14, 1957
E67Episode 67
Nov 15, 1957
E68Episode 68
Nov 18, 1957
E69Episode 69
Nov 25, 1957
E70Episode 70
Nov 26, 1957
E71Episode 71
Nov 27, 1957
E72Episode 72
Nov 29, 1957
E73Episode 73
Dec 2, 1957
E74Episode 74
Dec 4, 1957
E75Episode 75
Dec 6, 1957
E76Episode 76
Dec 11, 1957
E77Episode 77
Dec 16, 1957
E78Episode 78
Dec 17, 1957
E79Episode 79
Dec 18, 1957
E80Episode 80
Dec 26, 1957
E81Episode 81
Dec 30, 1957
E1Episode 1
Jan 1, 1958
E2Episode 2
Jan 7, 1958
E3Episode 3
Jan 10, 1958
E4Episode 4
Jan 14, 1958
E5Episode 5
Jan 23, 1958
E6Episode 6
Jan 24, 1958
E7Episode 7
Feb 26, 1958
E8Episode 8
Mar 4, 1958
E9Episode 9
Mar 11, 1958
E10Episode 10
Mar 18, 1958
E11Episode 11
Mar 24, 1958
E12Episode 12
Apr 2, 1958
E13Episode 13
Apr 16, 1958
E14Episode 14
Apr 18, 1958
E15Episode 15
May 1, 1958
E16Episode 16
May 12, 1958
E17Episode 17
May 15, 1958
E18Episode 18
May 16, 1958
E19Episode 19
Jun 4, 1958
E20Episode 20
Jun 11, 1958
E21Episode 21
Jun 18, 1958
E22Episode 22
Jun 20, 1958
E23Episode 23
Jun 23, 1958
E24Episode 24
Jun 25, 1958
E25Episode 25
Jun 26, 1958
E26Episode 26
Jul 2, 1958
E27Episode 27
Jul 3, 1958
E28Episode 28
Jul 4, 1958
E29Episode 29
Jul 24, 1958
E30Episode 30
Aug 6, 1958
E31Episode 31
Aug 7, 1958
E32Episode 32
Aug 8, 1958
E33Episode 33
Aug 14, 1958
E34Episode 34
Sep 1, 1958
E35Episode 35
Sep 4, 1958
E36Episode 36
Sep 12, 1958
E37Episode 37
Sep 18, 1958
E38Episode 38
Sep 19, 1958
E39Episode 39
Sep 24, 1958
E40Episode 40
Sep 25, 1958
E41Episode 41
Oct 6, 1958
E42Episode 42
Oct 9, 1958
E43Episode 43
Oct 17, 1958
E44Episode 44
Oct 28, 1958
E45Episode 45
Nov 14, 1958
E46Episode 46
Nov 19, 1958
E47Episode 47
Dec 5, 1958
E48Episode 48
Dec 12, 1958
E49Episode 49
Dec 18, 1958
E1Episode 1
Jan 8, 1959
E2Episode 2
Jan 9, 1959
E3Episode 3
Jan 27, 1959
E4Episode 4
Jan 30, 1959
E5Episode 5
Feb 13, 1959
E6Episode 6
Feb 16, 1959
E7Episode 7
Feb 18, 1959
E8Episode 8
Feb 20, 1959
E9Episode 9
Mar 5, 1959
E10Episode 10
Mar 6, 1959
E11Episode 11
Mar 12, 1959
E12Episode 12
Mar 19, 1959
E13Episode 13
Mar 23, 1959
E14Episode 14
Mar 30, 1959
E15Episode 15
Apr 6, 1959
E16Episode 16
Apr 24, 1959
E17Episode 17
Apr 27, 1959
E18Episode 18
Apr 30, 1959
E19Episode 19
May 5, 1959
E20Episode 20
Jun 1, 1959
E21Episode 21
Jun 22, 1959
E22Episode 22
Jun 29, 1959
E23Episode 23
Jul 6, 1959
E24Episode 24
Jul 7, 1959
E25Episode 25
Jul 14, 1959
E26Episode 26
Jul 15, 1959
E27Episode 27
Jul 17, 1959
E28Episode 28
Jul 23, 1959
E29Episode 29
Jul 27, 1959
E30Episode 30
Aug 10, 1959
E31Episode 31
Aug 11, 1959
E32Episode 32
Aug 27, 1959
E33Episode 33
Aug 28, 1959
E34Episode 34
Sep 7, 1959
E35Episode 35
Sep 8, 1959
E36Episode 36
Sep 9, 1959
E37Episode 37
Sep 10, 1959
E38Episode 38
Sep 11, 1959
E39Episode 39
Sep 14, 1959
E40Episode 40
Sep 15, 1959
E41Episode 41
Sep 16, 1959
E42Episode 42
Sep 22, 1959
E43Episode 43
Sep 23, 1959
E44Episode 44
Sep 24, 1959
E45Episode 45
Sep 25, 1959
E46Episode 46
Oct 1, 1959
E47Episode 47
Oct 5, 1959
E48Episode 48
Oct 6, 1959
E49Episode 49
Oct 8, 1959
E50Episode 50
Oct 14, 1959
E51Episode 51
Oct 26, 1959
E52Episode 52
Oct 27, 1959
E53Episode 53
Oct 30, 1959
E54Episode 54
Nov 3, 1959
E55Episode 55
Nov 6, 1959
E56Episode 56
Nov 9, 1959
E57Episode 57
Nov 10, 1959
E58Episode 58
Nov 16, 1959
E59Episode 59
Nov 26, 1959
E60Episode 60
Dec 3, 1959
E61Episode 61
Dec 7, 1959
E62Episode 62
Dec 11, 1959
E63Episode 63
Dec 16, 1959
E64Episode 64
Dec 22, 1959
E65Episode 65
Dec 28, 1959
E1Episode 1
Jan 4, 1960
E2Episode 2
Jan 8, 1960
E3Episode 3
Jan 13, 1960
E4Episode 4
Jan 19, 1960
E5Episode 5
Jan 21, 1960
E6Episode 6
Jan 22, 1960
E7Episode 7
Jan 25, 1960
E8Episode 8
Jan 26, 1960
E9Episode 9
Feb 3, 1960
E10Episode 10
Feb 5, 1960
E11Episode 11
Feb 10, 1960
E12Episode 12
Feb 11, 1960
E13Episode 13
Feb 16, 1960
E14Episode 14
Feb 26, 1960
E15Episode 15
Mar 7, 1960
E16Episode 16
Mar 8, 1960
E17Episode 17
Mar 10, 1960
E18Episode 18
Mar 11, 1960
E19Episode 19
Mar 30, 1960
E20Episode 20
Apr 1, 1960
E21Episode 21
Apr 4, 1960
E22Episode 22
Apr 5, 1960
E23Episode 23
Apr 6, 1960
E24Episode 24
Apr 7, 1960
E25Episode 25
Apr 8, 1960
E26Episode 26
Apr 12, 1960
E27Episode 27
Apr 13, 1960
E28Episode 28
Apr 14, 1960
E29Episode 29
Apr 15, 1960
E30Episode 30
Apr 21, 1960
E31Episode 31
May 2, 1960
E32Episode 32
May 10, 1960
E33Episode 33
May 11, 1960
E34Episode 34
May 12, 1960
E35Episode 35
May 16, 1960
E36Episode 36
May 30, 1960
E37Episode 37
Jun 1, 1960
E38Episode 38
Jun 10, 1960
E39Episode 39
Jun 13, 1960
E40Episode 40
Jun 21, 1960
E41Episode 41
Jun 27, 1960
E42Episode 42
Jun 28, 1960
E43Episode 43
Jul 4, 1960
E44Episode 44
Jul 11, 1960
E45Episode 45
Jul 12, 1960
E46Episode 46
Jul 13, 1960
E47Episode 47
Jul 14, 1960
E48Episode 48
Jul 15, 1960
E49Episode 49
Jul 18, 1960
E50Episode 50
Jul 19, 1960
E51Episode 51
Jul 20, 1960
E52Episode 52
Jul 21, 1960
E53Episode 53
Jul 22, 1960
E54Episode 54
Jul 25, 1960
E55Episode 55
Aug 1, 1960
E56Episode 56
Aug 2, 1960
E57Episode 57
Aug 3, 1960
E58Episode 58
Aug 4, 1960
E59Episode 59
Aug 8, 1960
E60Episode 60
Aug 9, 1960
E61Episode 61
Aug 10, 1960
E62Episode 62
Aug 11, 1960
E63Episode 63
Aug 12, 1960
E64Episode 64
Aug 15, 1960
E65Episode 65
Aug 16, 1960
E66Episode 66
Aug 17, 1960
E67Episode 67
Aug 19, 1960
E68Episode 68
Aug 22, 1960
E69Episode 69
Aug 23, 1960
E70Episode 70
Aug 24, 1960
E71Episode 71
Aug 26, 1960
E72Episode 72
Aug 29, 1960
E73Episode 73
Aug 30, 1960
E74Episode 74
Aug 31, 1960
E75Episode 75
Sep 1, 1960
E76Episode 76
Sep 5, 1960
E77Episode 77
Sep 7, 1960
E78Episode 78
Sep 8, 1960
E79Episode 79
Sep 22, 1960
E80Episode 80
Sep 28, 1960
E81Episode 81
Oct 3, 1960
E82Episode 82
Oct 12, 1960
E83Episode 83
Oct 19, 1960
E84Episode 84
Oct 25, 1960
E85Episode 85
Nov 1, 1960
E86Episode 86
Nov 3, 1960
E87Episode 87
Nov 9, 1960
E88Episode 88
Nov 10, 1960
E89Episode 89
Nov 14, 1960
E90Episode 90
Nov 21, 1960
E91Episode 91
Nov 22, 1960
E92Episode 92
Nov 29, 1960
E93Episode 93
Dec 7, 1960
E94Episode 94
Dec 8, 1960
E95Episode 95
Dec 12, 1960
E96Episode 96
Dec 13, 1960
E97Episode 97
Dec 14, 1960
E98Episode 98
Dec 16, 1960
E99Episode 99
Dec 27, 1960
E1Episode 1
Jan 2, 1961
E2Episode 2
Jan 13, 1961
E3Episode 3
Jan 18, 1961
E4Episode 4
Jan 19, 1961
E5Episode 5
Jan 24, 1961
E6Episode 6
Jan 26, 1961
E7Episode 7
Feb 1, 1961
E8Episode 8
Feb 3, 1961
E9Episode 9
Feb 21, 1961
E10Episode 10
Mar 1, 1961
E41Episode #9.41
Jun 18, 1966
Arthur Lee and Love perform "A Message to Pretty" and "My Little Red Book." Steve Alaimo sings "So Much Love" and "May We?" A telephone interview with Captain Beefheart. Dick Clark talks by phone with D.J. Ron Riley, of Chicago's WLS radio.
Storyline
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company.
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