Since American Bandstand regulars. Kids in the studio loved them, and the viewers Mrs. LeGrand was born in New York City. And when Bandstand went national the following year, he became an important cultural force. essentially a partner dance. The picture was taken at the 55th Anniversary of American Bandstand in August 2012. Most of us would love her to do a Spotlight Dance once again and tell us know how she is doing today. Lindy Hop) the many new moves INTO their Jitterbug repertoire. The show was important because thats how I learned to dance. Dick Clark inherited the original set for American Bandstand from Bob Horn's Bandstand, the show Clark took over in 1956. became top ten winners, demonstrating once again how their opinions counted. AMERICAN BANDSTAND, John A. Jackson (Oxford U., NY 1997) Bandstand was to hold dance contests. He had been arrested for drunken driving before and here was again found to have been intoxicated. | Tens of Among his many talents, Dick Clark made records by playing them and, by not playing them, broke them. Atlantic. Hooray For Hollywood . by By Sally A. Downey, Inquirer Staff Writer Published Dec 13, 2010 THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO SUBSCRIBERS She agreed but the . Email donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1981. When the Arlene and her gang dancing to the Stroll. But I would do a poor job of it as I danced with the Top Ten. Our favorites were Arlene Sullivan, Kenny Rossi, Carole Scaldiferri, Carmen and Ivette Jimenez and Frani Giordano. I'm Sorry, Sweet He returned to Philadelphia to serve three months jail time for the DWI conviction. He hosted game shows, produced reality series (TVs Bloopers and Practical Jokes) and John Carpenters Elvis biopic with Kurt Russell. He admitted that he had made some nice returns on his investments: a $125 stake in Jamie Records earned him a profit of $11,900. This is the interview with Arlene, Kenny, Frank and Carole about their days on American Bandstand and their experiences with the Golden Boys. They married in 1985 and moved to Minnesota in 2004. wasn't released until 1960, when it went to the top of the charts. Calming, genial, sweet-faced and way cleverer than he appeared, Clark was the Ike of teens a canny conduit to spread the social and sonic threat of rock n roll from kids bedrooms into the nations living rooms. Her favorite dance partners on AMERICAN BANDSTAND were Mike Balara and Mike Cione. of favorite Bandstanders rivalled that of Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson! DICK CLARK'S BEST OF BANDSTAND (Vestron Music Video, 1986). g b. Just some of the Regulars from Early American Bandstand that you will see are Harvey Robbins, Kenny Rossi, Arlene Sullivan, Frani Giordano, Peggy Leonard, Tex Connor, Charlotte Russo, Frankie Lobis, Carole Scaldeferri (a great close-up of her), Carole Gibson, Mary Beltranti--and I am sure each time I watch, I will see more. He was just 50. More like this High School Dance Dick Clark succumbed today to a heart attack, leaving behind a media empire and a legacy as TVs preeminent disc jockey and baby-sitter for a generation of kids raised on rock n roll. difficult for a singer twice her age. When she was 8, she and her family moved to Philadelphia, where her father, James, operated Cuff's bar. show was only broadcast locally the kids gave the names of their schools, as well as names I didnt connect particularly with the dancers or with the icky-pop Philadelphia style (Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell) that got so much play from Clark. In the 1941 film Swing for Your Supper young Dorothy Dandridge sings of her musical education: They made me rock n roll brought me up on good ol rhythmatic.) Freed had been his own worst witness, confronting the committee, contradicting himself under oath. California residents do not sell my data request. Her favorite actors are Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacClaine. In 1964, as his media empire grew, Clark left Philadelphia for Los Angeles, where the dancing teens were more golden, like the surfers and bunnies in the Beach Party movies of the time. and danced with, who learned the style from American Bandstand. But, the money Contestants had to sign up to get a number, then once a But on Bandstand episodes that rerun in the minds of a million 50s kids, he is the worlds oldest teenagers best long-distance friend. Chalypsoing, they were usually Jitterbugging. . I was quite obsessed with American Bandstand. Frani Giordano (American Bandstand regular). Fortunately this style of Note: In 2002, the NBC drama AMERICAN DREAMS featured Meg Pryor (Brittany Snow), a fictional 15-year-old who like Carol Scaldeferri became a dancer on the American Bandstand program. Hawiian Eye, Surfside 6 TV | Bartram,' "Scott fifteen, North Catholic." After graduating from high School, Mrs. LeGrand worked for S&H Green Stamps and was a secretary to a lawyer in Philadelphia. More information Frani Giordano on the dance floor on American Bandstand early 1960s. Those immortal And Clark went back to work, spinning discs. (MORE: Dick Clark, 1929-2012: 8 Memorable On-Air Moments), Todays kids might need the term disc jockey radio record-spinner explained to them. I would come home from school and mom was ready with the dust rag. Charlotte Russo with Dick Clark at Bandstand on Valentine's Day. Clark is an entrepreneurial genius. My childhood with American Bandstand, The Mickey Mouse Club and the Lennon Sisters. Justine Carelli (left) and Bunny Gibson(right) were very popular. Meanwhile, the radio version of the show continued, co-hosted by the boy from Syracuse, Dick Clark. dressed and well behaved, Clark and kids on American Bandstand were instrumental in Carole Scaldeferri and other teen regulars on the show in a 16 magazine exclusive. American Bandstand, abbreviated AB, is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions that aired regularly from 1952 to 1989, [1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. Although the personable Clark obviously enjoyed hosting B Barbara 15 followers More information Frani Giordano (American Bandstand regular). In real life they looked small, sallow, extravagantly Vaselined, with poofter pompadours and funny shoes. In this dancing, he might have encouraged his regulars to INCORPORATE (as happened in Vacca, Mike Balara, Carole Scaldeferri, just to name a few! the TV cameras spent extra time on these Bandstanders, their dance styles were Great Memories. Abs Pictures Cool Pictures The Lennon Sisters American Bandstand Debbie Reynolds Partner Dance And Peggy Man Down Ballroom Dancing More information . One way to spotlight the songs, the dancers, and the dances on American In June 2010, Carole provided this list of songs that she liked to dance to on the program: Sadly, Carole Scaldeferri-Spada, aka, The Bandstand Stand Cover Girl passed away from congestive heart failure on Sunday, December 8, 2013 in Springfield, Pennsylvania. When I came home from grade school, I would watch it with her! Still, they the Halloween shows were the The hosting job went to a dour fellow named Bob Horn, who had been running the Bandstand show on WFIL radio. and dancing with Bandstand regular Steve Colanero, NYC dance pros Meredith American Bandstand Kinds Of Dance 60s Music More information . medication to watches - were targeted at the adolescent market. Becky LaSpada, Carol Crossin, Arlene Sullivan, Gary Levine, and Bill Cook behind Dick Clark on right. It ended the career of Alan Freed, the man credited with applying the black sexual term rock-and-roll to jump music. Articles written about Scaldeferri at the time revealed that when the shy, soft spoken cover girl goes on a date, she expects the boy to be neat and well-groomed in appearance. show was only broadcast locally the kids gave the names of their schools, as well as names He could have done ANYTHING he wanted, if he kept up the ratings. course, if both partners succeeded they came as close to kissing each other as was And that she once aspired to be a nun, but decided being a model or a teacher would better suit her career goal. Slow Song~~~Sixteen CandlesTears on my Pillow(we did the The Strand to some slow songs), Fast Songs~~~Stagger Lee. Chalypso became popular, several songs were written specifically for it; the most When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select. Of Clark walked into, and deftly out of, his own scandal, when in 1959 the House Oversight Committee investigated payola, the record industrys system of bribing disc jockeys and program managers in return for airplay. Among other influential Bandstanders: Bob Clayton, Steve Colanero, Carmen Jimenez, Pat Molittieri, Kenny Rossi, Arlene Sullivan, Frani Giordano, Frank Vacca, Mike Balara, Carole Scaldeferri, just to name a few! Were goin hopin today American Bandstand Dancers Frani Giordano & Judy Leibowitz. I started to watch the dancers and the enthusiasm they showed. The dance contests basically, popularity contests for the regulars would bring in 150,000 letters. In 1966 he died of a heart attack. did, too. took hom prizes that ranged from record albums to brand new cars. The painted background was that of a Mrs. LeGrand worked as a waitress for 33 years and trained waitresses for Denny's restaurants. Watch. twelve million, Clark shifted from local spokesman for Barr's, a popular Philadelphia Although dancers did wild improvisational solos as part of the Jitterbug, it was He didnt say any of this was kosher; he just said it wasnt against the law. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clark's high podium, like a bandstand, set him apart from the dancers. The dancers were taking the spotlight, and Horn showed that, after all, he had a rapport with the kids. web of interests. When my wife Mary was a lonely teen in upstate New York weaving fantasies of adolescent romance into the dance patterns of people her age 300 miles away her Bandstand favorite was Frani Giordano. At the end, Chairman Orrin Harris called him A fine young man. (Well, he looked clean.) He didnt talk with eccentric urgency, like so many of the radio DJs of the time; his only coinages were IFIC (from Flavor-ific, to describe Beechnut Gum, sponsor of a Saturday night show he hosted for a few years) and gesachtstehagen (then, and now, undecipherable to me). During the contests, 150,00 ballots and and ages. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. was certainly promoting it, right? . But from 1957 through 1963, Bandstand was presented live from 46th and Market in Philadelphia for two and one-half hours every weekday, 90 minutes of it on ABC. romance between kids on the show - who danced with whom, how closely they danced, and how In addition to her husband, Mrs. LeGrand is survived by sons Bobby and Billy Babik; daughters Debbi Campbell and Deanna Sloan; stepchildren Darlya Johnson, Carlya Lee, Stacy Magbee, and Curt LeGrand; a sister; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. of the winners confessed that the voting was done more on popularity merit. In the innocent fifties euphemisms for touching and sex successful was Billy and Lillie's "La Dee Dah" (1957). The (LogOut/ Actually, the show began in 1952 with Bob Horn as the host. a new MOVE in a pre-existing dance. When Mathis released two singles in 1957, "Wonderful, Wonderful" and The contests were a regular feature, Dance Contest. As audiences for Bandstand grew, so did the stakes for the dance contest winners, who and ages. Roll Call was a regular feature on See more ideas about american bandstand, american, rock and roll. We thought Carole was so beautiful and was a sensational dancer who always dressed with class! first-prize in the Pony contest won by Frani Giordano and Mike Balara. I cant dance, dont ask me. The featured dancers on Bandstand received more mail than most Hollywood stars: 45,000 letters a week. Most of us would love her to do a Spotlight Dance once again and tell us know how she is doing today. Dynamite, the song that her her nickname Little Miss Dynamite. On Oct. 7, after a two-week summer tryout, Bob Horns Bandstand had its TV premiere. To get him to play their songs, singers made new versions of their 45s: George Hamilton IV turned A Rose and a Baby Ruth (covered, much later, by Marilyn Manson!) SOURCES: Conversations with Bandstand regular Bunny Gibson, conversations I was a dancer in my hometown, but never danced like the Regulars. Only Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (1979) surpassed it. The kids were usually right in their judgments, picking scores of songs that Another popular girl on AMERICAN BANDSTAND was Frani Giordano, a pert blonde with a good sense of humor whose South Philadelphia parents operated a produce and fruit market. The show was "American Bandstand," and Dick Clark's clean-cut style meant the program had parents' stamp of approval. When the | American bandstand, Vintage prom, Prom night Explore Women's Fashion Save From m.marshasvintage.com Image Frani Giordano (American Bandstand regular). MaryAnn Cuff LeGrand, 68, died Thursday, Dec. 2, of complications from reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a progressive neurological disorder, at Bethany Home in Alexandria, Minn. From 1956 to 1961, after her classes ended at West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls, she hurried to the nearby WFIL-TV studio at 46th and Market Streets to dance to rock-and-roll and rhythm and blues five days a week. Bunny (Kathleen) Gibson was the only '50s Bandstander to go into a successful acting career in Hollywood. A new generation of America's teens were again earning partner dance on No. They seemed to inhabit another world, he writes of the top-40 jocks. slow they danced together. came into more innocent contact with each other - spiced up the Bandstand program. The American Bandstand Regulars Say.. Bandstands Best 3.57K subscribers 110K views 10 years ago The American Bandstand Regulars tell us what Studio B means to them today and yesterday, with. Frani Giordano Comments More like this 50s Dresses Dance Dresses The Lennon Sisters Sea Isle City American Bandstand Childhood Memories Vintage Photos One Piece Swimsuit Throwback Frani P Patricia Standridge-Main Billboard Hits American Bandstand and how the viewers at home got to know the kids on the show. . Felled by a stroke in 2004, Clark finally looked old and stricken. She enjoyed camping, fishing, making crafts, and cooking, especially Italian food. black cable that wove itself around the dance floor for the huge TV cameras that dominated Bartram,' "Scott fifteen, North Catholic." He was prematurely middle-aged; it made sense that his shows title and theme song (Charles Alexandrines Bandstand Boogie, as played by Les Elgart) evoked an earlier, less dangerous musical era. But because Clark was running things, Jerry Lees performance seemed less like outrage than an extension of entertainment. The regulars also got to rate records, with comments to host Dick Clark such as, "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it.". The dance began in (The other guests that day were the teen duo Tom and Jerry, later known as Simon and Garfunkel.) Learned to dance from this show and these kids. In 1958 she recorded on of most profitable daytime shows. My first impression was Wow, look at how these teens dance. Here is a picture of the Dick Clark inherited the original set for American Bandstand from Bob more MONEY in the bank. Jan 18, 2019 - Arlene Sullivan and Frani Giordano on the American Bandstand dance floor late 1950s. 184 talking about this. week they pinned numbers on their backs, much like they did in the dance marathons in the Mary Crosby. constantly violated as the camera searched for better pictures of the dancing kids. The rules were simple. and cinema performer Mickey Potenza, and the numerous boomers we've talked 2023 TIME USA, LLC. most profitable daytime shows, When the kids on American Bandstand were not Strolling, or Twisting, or FRANI GIORDANO. Superman fifties TV | the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression, it has been my misfortune to Carol Tribute to Carole Scaldeferri @ You Tube ; Americas Oldest Living Teenager. abounded in the American culture, especially in television. She also enjoys reading and writing poetry. Connie Francis ( Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) was another favorite of Clark's, appeared many times and debuted " Who's Sorry Now ," her first hit ( MGM Records, 1958) on Bandstand. medication to watches - were targeted at the adolescent market. Or maybe a new DANCE keeps viewer interest more than Starting in 1956, when he assumed host duties on a Philadelphia afternoon TV show called Bandstand . Change). Each demonstrate the steps to Dick Clark. Eddy, in the photo, didn't even know that Clark partly owned his career!) it came back with much greater sophistication, and a much more dance friendly Nothin's and I Want To Be wanted were in the Top Ten the next year. Of course, the kids had to be dolled up they were in show business! He acknowledged that he owned a startling 27% investment in records he had played on Bandstand. A new dance meant a new dance SONG to and we fans know that Pat is Pat Molittieri who was an American Bandstand Regular along with Justine Carrelli in the late 1950s. That could possibly be Mike Balara behind Dick Clark on the left. As audiences for Bandstand grew, so did the stakes for the dance contest winners, who hometown. See also Carole Scaldeferri with Dick Clark (1957) @ You Tube ; Neil Sedaka Oh! 5y. The 4' 11' All rights reserved. Here is a picture of the first-prize in the Pony contest won by Frani Giordano and Mike Balara. "American Bandstand" stars Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan. hometown. The Jitterbug gained wide popularity in the thirties when Swing was at its peak. It's nice to see Bunny so pretty and upbeat (and always the smile)--well representing the happy days of that time. donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1981. minute television sho and by twelve several regional country hit songs, including The Original Set Dick Clark inherited the original set for American Bandstand from Bob Horn's Bandstand, the show Clark took over in 1956. Annette Funicello | (This strange tale and others are related at the History of Rock n Roll website.). slow they danced together. room. . https://disabledtvcharactersblog.wordpress.com/, ENCHANTED AMERICA Frani Giordano D Diane Parks 43 followers More information American Bandstand regulars. the flow. . aka LINDY aka ROCK 'n ROLL - wrap-up When the show went national in 1957, they gave their names, ages and their The Lennon Sisters. the teenage market expanded and the number of teenagers jumped from seven million to 'We are talking Dick Clark. (LogOut/ took hom prizes that ranged from record albums to brand new cars. The Jitterbug was a Philadelphia staple, and the teenage market expanded and the number of teenagers jumped from seven million to A memorial service was held this month in Minnesota. We had some of the happeninest DJs anywhere: Jocko Henderson, Georgie Woods, Joe Niagara, Hy Lit, Jerry Blavat. simplistic and tedious specialty dances (starting with the Twist, then the Pony, to showcase new dances? The following year Were goin drop in (Drop!) . I was sorry when the show relocated to California. All the way to the bank. the best rock 'n' roll Christmas songs ever, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, which Well, Im from Philadelphia. the show, American Bandstand was, in one sense, a vast promotional stage for (By the way, thats not true; the phrase goes back much earlier than Freed. When the show went national in 1957, they gave their names, ages and their But a whole generation (the 1960s teens) got left of the winners confessed that the voting was done more on popularity merit. I so wanted to be on that show and actually meet them (the Regulars) even if it was just for one day. It would be nice to know a little about her now. Of So kudos after all to Dick Clark, a master at going with They were like Dick Clark. Bandstand Fans Still Rave Over 50 Years Later "I would run home from school and my mom had the milk and chocolate chip cookies all ready for us to enjoy while we watched American Bandstand! they were basically personality polls. Paul Petersen & Donna Reed Show | One way to spotlight the songs, the dancers, and the dances on American THE 1970s: with disco and the hustle, partner dancing all came back. Horn was no glad-hander; he reminded me of two other saturnine gents of the day, Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn. A fourth teen calculated the average, often with the help of Angel Chevrestt When cute young teenagers Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi slow danced together on "American Bandstand" back in. words came to represent the most popular feature of American Bandstand, Record Review. 15, 1957 debut on American Bandstand.
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