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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fans went wild for Jerry Lee Lewis' performance of "Great Balls of Fire". The song was released in 1957 and it was a massive ...

Of the many firsts on the show, American Bandstand censored its first act on May 4, 1987, when the Beastie Boys were invited to the show to promote their breakthrough debut No. 1 Licensed to Ill and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public Image Ltd., or PiL for short, shared video of one of the most bizarre performances in television history on their Instagram ...

Back when television was still a novelty, many local stations, even network affiliates, had no trouble filling the day and afternoon hours before local and national news shows led in to prime time ...

In the 1960s, "American Bandstand" moved from black-and-white to color, from weekday broadcasts to once-a-week Saturday shows and from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Although its influence started to ...

Legendary TV personality Dick Clark has died at age 82 after suffering a massive heart attack, reports PEOPLE. Affectionately known as “America’s Oldest Teenager,” Clark created the iconic television ...

Arlene Sullivan flipped through the pages while sitting on her couch, pointing to different pictures of her and her friends from the past. What: Book release for Bandstand Diaries, The Philadelphia ...

*On March 24, 1973, Dick Clark tried to launch an R&B version of his “American Bandstand” to take down the Hippest Trip in America, only to watch it crash and burn just several episodes later, thanks ...

Dick Clark, who took a Philadelphia dance show nationwide and brought rock 'n' roll into America's living rooms every weekday afternoon for decades, shaping tastes and making careers, died of a ...

Public Image Ltd., or PiL for short, shared video of one of the most bizarre performances in television history on their Instagram account on May 17. While Lydon and company would go on to score some ...

LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand" and later produced and hosted a vast ...