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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Lew Klein, a broadcast pioneer who helped create "American Bandstand" and launched the careers of Dick Clark and Bob Saget, has died at 91. Klein died Wednesday, according to Temple ...

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 ...

Written off as a “too sweet for the times” female a capella group 1954, the lyrics of Just Between You And Me, from the Chordettes launched American Bandstand, one of television’s greatest hits. The ...

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 ...

After the release of Life a Virgin in November of ’84, Madonna was already a bonafide star with its title track becoming her first No. 1, a milestone stimulated by her white wedding dress roll around ...

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 ...

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 ...