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How did American Bandstand and Dick Clark influence popular culture?
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∙ 11y ago
In the 1950s, when rock and roll was becoming the dominant music on the radio and baby boomers like me were young teenagers, American Bandstand was the first nationally-syndicated show aimed at that baby boomer audience. It featured popular singers performing their hits (okay fine, they were lip-synching, but we were just excited to see them on TV), and also introduced us to a number of up-and-coming performers. Bandstand was a pop culture experience-- it featured stylishly dressed and attractive teens from the Philadelphia area (where the show was broadcast), doing the latest dances, which is how many of us learned the steps. We fans wanted to be like the folks we saw on Bandstand; they seemed so confident and poised; some were romantically involved too, and we vicariously lived through their relationships. I was among the many young teens who dreamed of one day dancing on the show or meeting Dick Clark himself. Coming home from school and watching American Bandstand was an important part of life in the late 1950s.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe American Bandstand was hosted by Dick Clark, an American radio and television personality born on the 30th of November 1929. He also was the producer of the show.
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∙ 12y agoYes, Dick Clark died on April 18, 2012.
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∙ 12y ago1957
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