He kindly wrote a piece about his American Bandstand experience: being on the show, the Regulars and Dick Clark. Actor Harvey Keitel is 75. In 1959, she entered the Miss Nashville pageant, stitched up a short red costume and did a dance routine to "Won't You Charleston With Me" ending with a jitterbug to "Sweet Georgia Brown." At just 13 and 16, respectively, the twosome became regulars on the Dick Clark-hosted show, dancing as a couple for almost three years before they parted ways. Here's what Caroline thought when she heard about Eddie's marriage: "What in the hell did she have that I didn't have. The songs "Near You" and "Time in a Bottle" played. Airdate: May, 30, 1970Which couple did you like best?Here is your first (and unfortunately last) look at all of the 1970 Dance Contest finalists from across the country. You have permission to edit this article. Where are they now? "I started crying.". He grew up watching American Bandstand and MGM movie musicals starring Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. And she was showing something very special to her classmates. ``You knew when you were on `American Bandstand' something good was going to happen, Rydell said. Clark became a national icon with the popular dance show American Bandstand in the late 1950s, hosting the show for more than 30 years.Bandstand didnt just introduce America to the latest rock-and-roll musicians, it had the nation on its feet with the latest dance crazes, such as The Pony, the Jitterbug, and the Twist.PHOTOS: 40 Years of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve The 82-year-old legend, who was dubbed "Americas Oldest Teenager" will live on through the lives he touched over the years, including those of Justine Carrelli and Bob Clayton, two of American Bandstands most popular dancers. We were family for years, Carrelli, 68, tells Parade.com about Clark's passing. Though now a Tony-winning choreographer, Cilento started as a dancer. Singer Stevie Wonder is 64. However, a bizarre chance encounter with a stranger following a show lead them to change their name. . He said he had plans to see an old friend, so he was coming to visit Nashville. For all those years, the two kids from the doo-wop, sock-hop days at Nashville's West High School (which is now a middle school) could only dream about seeing each other again. This is a video I created of one of my favorite dance pa. This site is maintained by American Bandstand Dancers Hal L. Landau, Linda D. Gonzales & Bunny. On Oct. 9, 2022, they were married in a ceremony at Lake Arrowhead in the Southern California mountains. LOS ANGELES - APRIL 1960: Host of the television show 'American Bandstand' Dick Clark appears in a scene with Michael Callan from the movie 'Because They're Young' which was released in April 1960. #americanbandstand #bandstanddiaries # . Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. This time, she had a great marriage to a World War II veteran named George Kennedy (not the actor). ``Bandstand first aired for a national audience on ABC on Aug. 5, 1957. From that point on "I was known as Eddie's girl," Caroline said. About See All. "She probably doesn't remember me," he thought. She was a sophomore, straight-A student and a cheerleader. "I just quit," he said. We had fans, we had groupies," said Steve Colanero, 56, a dancer from 1959 to 1961 and now retired to Palm Beach, Fla. "I spread the Beehive across America," said Bunny Gibson, 56, on the show from 1959 to 1962. "I was so close to Eddie," Caroline said. Known as the Regulars, they became the nation's first reality stars. Besides being on Back to the Egg, Rockestra Theme can be found on Wingspan, the two-disc collection of McCartneys post-Beatles material, which was released in 2001. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. In the news this week..Tomorrow, Saturday, August 12, Walter Ulbricht, leader of East Germany, will sign an order to close the border with West Germany. On April20, 2023, Caroline andEddie wereback in Nashville for a high school reunion luncheon. Steven and Sterling went on to form a singing group in the late 70s called the Triple S Connection. Stevens daughter (@Cheenjoo Pearl) commented here a few months ago and said that, sadly, both Steven and Sterling had passed away. Up Around The Bend is at #5 today on the Billboard Hot 100 and will peak at #4 next week. Each year, they attended an aviation reunion so George could see his old pilot buddies in Hemet, California. They barely made it out of the airport parking lot when she pulled over at a FedEx facility. Matthan Minster (keys/guitar) and Nick Bockrath (lead guitar) round out the band. They had four top 10 pop hits and "Don't Worry, Baby" was the B-side to their first #1 "I Get Around." 1964 - The Beach Boys - "Don't Worry, Baby". Caroline and George established a fly-in community in Newborn, Georgia. After four dates, he married Martha "Polly"Pipper. she said to herself. Both Carrelli and Clayton bonded with Clark over their Bandstand experiences and stayed in touch with their former host since leaving the show in the early 60s. But on Dec.24, 1961, he had dropped another kind of bomb. Please subscribe to keep reading. Teenagers and young adults ran home from school to watch them jitterbug and stroll while they copied their fashions, fads and dance moves. "I had no idea.". American Bandstand Dancers. They dated for more than three years. Bradford Brady and John Maron are freelance music writers based in Raleigh, N.C. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. You have permission to edit this article. Last year, Stevens twin brother Sterling came in 2nd place in the 1969 Dance Contest, winning a trip to Finland. Arlene with singer Frankie Avalon at an American Bandstand event. Caroline knew her well. Im happy to add their names here in the description if you give them to me, but please include the time marker so I can ID them. This is a montage I created of one of my favorite dance . "I said, 'Will you marry me?'". So he continued to call. She was a beauty queen (Miss Nashville 1959), and he was a fly boy who would amass 5,000 hours as a pilot/bombardier in a career that included a tour in Vietnam. They kissed underneath a security lamp post. He has remained friends with many Regulars. Dwight Eisenhower was president. or. He proposed to her by Canyon Lake in California in September 2022. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. She would catch Eddie daydreaming and she would accuse him of thinking about "that damn Caroline," he said. Most of us would love her to do a Spotlight Dance once again and tell us know how she is doing today. Courtesy American Bandstand. 8,237 people follow this. Bassist Mickey Madden of Maroon 5 is 35. (Steven 1952-2015, Sterling 1952-2003, RIP) The young lady in couple #4 from Oklahoma City, Beth Freeland, commented here a few months ago as well. On Thursday, for the first time in a quarter century, 27 of the original Bandstand dancers, including Joe, Kenny, Arlene, Carole, Flossie and Jim, reunited to rehearse their steps for a rock 'n' roll celebration over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia. ", Mineo's big breakthrough as an actor was his role in the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause," opposite James Dean and Natalie Wood. About a month after her funeral at Riverside National Cemetery, he said he came to the realization "I've got life left.". The Philadelphia high school Regulars who danced on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in the late 1950s and early 1960s became national celebrities and America's first reality stars. Any place there's dancing, I'll still go, said Joe Fusco, who was 15 when he . At just 13 and 16, the twosome became regulars on the show, dancing as a couple for almost three years. Its like I lost my big brother. Fifty years later, Bandstand fan Sharon Sultan Cutler wondered what had become of the "Regulars," the name given to the teens that showed up daily to dance. The trio is best known for performing the original theme for the TV show Dance Fever, which ran in syndication from 1979-1987 and featured a weekly dance contest. 4y; Most Relevant is selected, so some replies may have been filtered out. She is overseeing a redesign. Please subscribe to keep reading. He always treated me special. May 16, 2019 - Here is Ed Kelly who was a dancer on American Bandstand from 1959-1961. Bradford Brady and John Maron write the weekly On The Record column. What does that lyric mean? Taking center stage each week was superstar Bandstand couple Justine Carrelli and Bob Clayton, two of the show's most popular dancers. Jan 26, 2019 - Kenny Rossi--one of the most popular Regulars/Dancers to dance on early American Bandstand ( years late 50s/early 60s) These Regulars . Where are they now? I was going to fly out there [to California] and take him to lunch and I had thought at the time, Is that positive thinking or what? Its just a tragedy. Check out PARADE's May 13 issue for more from American Bandstand's former dancers. She and Polly had been friends at West High. Basketball star Dennis "The Worm" Rodman is 52. [The knowledge about the dancers] would have destroyed himand the . (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). He got out of the car. Arlene Sullivan and her dance partner, Kenny Rossi, became teen idols after TV cameras and fan magazines captured their dancing and would-be romance antics on the show "Bandstand," later called "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark. "I didn't like it.". FYI:onceuponourtimes.com. Bandstand was hosted by radio DJ Bob Horn and featured local teenagers bopping to the current hits of the day as well as a vocalist or band performing a couple of songs. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). While in Atlantic City earlier this month, I got to spend some time with Arlene Sullivan, one of the teen magazine favorite faces, along with her dance partner, Kenny Rossi. Not now. Rest in peace dad. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, BY BRADFORD BRADY and JOHN MARON | ON THE RECORD, 29 nominations received for Gene "Pappy" Thompson Award for Excellence, PREP BASEBALL: Bristol eighth-grader Hayden Reed commits to Va. 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"I would start crying. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Another time, a dancer was thrown onto the subway tracks. On their third phone call, he told her he loved her. He was a senior, with a Tennessean paper route as his only income. But she said she only had one happy year. Comedian Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report") and drummer John Richardson of The Gin Blossoms and actor Tom Verica ("American Dreams") are 50. He made a lot of stars. What a tragedy, Clayton, 70, says. Bandstand didn't just introduce America to the latest rock-and-roll musicians, it had the nation on its feet with the latest dance crazes, such as The Pony, the Jitterbug, and the Twist. He barely saw his old friend on that trip. American Bandstand, abbreviated AB, is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical actover the decades, running the . Schultz seized on it and convinced his bandmates to change their name. Bassist Wylie Gelber of Dawes is 26. Happy 60th anniversary of the 4th anniversary of Bandstand going national! American Bandstand Dancers. OFFBEAT: 'American Bandstand' original Arlene Sullivan ready for new book. Q: Please settle a bet for me. He can be reached at philip.potempa@nwi.com or (219) 852-4327. For those that don't like the watermark or the timer on the screen, please send your complaints on the back of an envelope or postcard to American Bandstand, Philadelphia, PA. He couldn't afford commitment, he said. Kennedy was 19 years older than Caroline and taught her to fly a Cessna 310. "She informed me of the blow-by-blow description," Caroline said. I'm sure I missed several of the regulars that are featured here today in the open. Community See All. "That kiss felt like home," she said. Contact American Bandstand Dancers on Messenger. Do you know what song he was talking about? Airdate: May, 30, 1970Which couple did you like best?Here is your first (and unfortunately last) look at all of the 1970 Dance Contest finalists from across . Eddie was dropping out of college. These 14- to 18-year olds like Arlene and Kenny, Justine and Bob . Our guess is that will never happen, as Frani, the . One young performer was dangled down an . "I got on my knee and did it properly," Eddie said. As for Arlene, she didn't say whether or not her experience as a teen sensation on the show was anything like the competitive "cutting-a-rug" depictions as shared in the 1988 film "Hairspray.". Actor Franklyn Ajaye and actress Zoe Wanamaker ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") are 65. A: Most likely, he was talking about Rockestra Theme from Paul McCartney and Wings 1979 album Back to the Egg. On Oct. 3, 1978, over 20 musicians met at Abbey Road Studios in London and recorded two McCartney compositions: Rockestra Theme and So Glad to See You Here.. She didn't recognize the number, so she didn't answer the phone. As details about Arlene's book, including a pub date, become available, I'll keep readers updated. Bunny Gibson 9:08, Frani Giordano, 15:23As mentioned in the video, Id like to give a huge thank you to Uncle George and @jthyme for getting me this rare clip. Noting the shows success in Philadelphia, the ABC network, which wanted to fill the after-school time slot in its broadcasting schedule, picked up the show. They have been living in his longtime home in Canyon Lake. He invited her to a Friday night football game. Finally, he called a mutual friend who called Caroline to explain that phone number from California with the 951 area code was Eddie Lamm. Showcasing all of the Top 40 tunes and singing sensations of the day, the show premiered locally in an afternoon time slot to attract after-school viewership in late September 1952, originally titled as simply "Bandstand" on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 before later becoming broadcast nationally via ABC. He had a going-away party, and she came. Whats the name of that song? Teen dancer-turned-celebrity Arlene Sullivan, photographed last week in Atlantic City, shot to fame in fan magazines in the 1950s after being a TV camera favorite face of "Bandstand" hosted by Dick Clark. They were some of the most famous kids in America, dancing every day on "American Bandstand." "We were like miniature rock 'n' roll stars. "It gave me a whole different outlook on life and death. Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan, both from Philadelphia, met on the show and loved their days of Bandstand fame. In the show's later years, it became a weekly Saturday morning staple broadcast. They had been married 12 years. It changed me.". Her grandsons walked her down the aisle. Eventually, they ended up living in a gated community in Canyon Lake, and he had a long career as a pilot and instructor in the military. A: Premiering in 1952, Bandstand (as it was originally called), began life as a local program on Philadelphia-based WFIL, which broadcast both radio and television programs. 4151 Prospect Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Eddie was dropping out of college. She picked up her high school sweetheart at the Nashville International Airport. The Beach Boys were already the kings of surf pop by their first appearance on American Bandstand in 1964. The show, which moved to Los Angeles in 1964 and was cut to one day a week in the mid-60s, stayed on ABC until 1987. What she did tell me was the most exciting days during the show's taping was when famous names of the day dropped by to promote music, TV and film projects. You can cancel at any time. When a drunken driving scandal forced Horn from the show in 1956, a 26-year old WFIL personality by the name of Dick Clark, who had substituted as host when Horn was on vacation, stepped in as full-time host. Actress Lena Dunham ("Girls") and actor Robert Pattinson are 28. When she won the pageant, "I was walking on air," she said. I had to stop listening to the radio before I could hear the song. "Tony Bennett, Tab Hunter, Jeff Chandler and Patti Page were some of the big-time favorites we were all so excited to meet," Arlene said. It had been 63 years since Caroline Wallace had last kissed Eddie Lamm. On April 23, 2022, Eddie called Caroline. She worked as the host of a Saturday morning television program called "Out Front." You can cancel at any time. Clark was "determined" to keep the homosexuality of popular "Bandstand" regulars a secret, Smith said. In July, couple #1, Steven Rice and Linda Gibson, will win the trip to Hawaii. These teenagers became the nation's first reality-TV stars--they received thousands of fan letters and were mobbed everywhere they went. American Bandstand didn't just introduce the country to the latest rock-and-roll musicians, it had the nation on its feet with the latest dance crazes, such as the Pony, the Jitterbug, and the . When American Bandstand became the most popular daytime television program in the late 1950s, a group of ordinary Philadelphia high school students who loved to dance suddenly became a national phenomenon. On the Billboard Hot 100 this week 1) Tossin and Turnin Bobby Lewis 2) I Like It Like That Chris Kenner 3) The Boll Weevil Song Brook Benton 4) Dum Dum Brenda Lee 5) Hats Off To Larry Del Shannon 38) Stand By Me Ben E. King The Bandstand Top 10 today (I can only see the first 8) 1) Lets Twist Again Chubby Checker 2) School Is Out Gary (U.S) Bonds 3) Last Night The Mar-keys 4) Dum Dum Brenda Lee 5) Pretty Little Angel Eyes Curtis Lee 6) Hats Off To Larry Del Shannon 7) Tossin and Turnin Bobby Lewis 8) I Like It Like That Chris Kenner Thank you for watching!_______________________________ This is dedicated to my dad who, through our long car trips together listening to oldies radio (950 KJR Seattle) and by listening to his Turtles (and other) records when I was a kid, first inspired my passion for the wonderful music of the 1960s. She had several jobs as a young woman. His military career was notable because he was part of the nuclear team that was ready during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. After an invitation from a . In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience members rate songs. According to Schultz, the man came up to him and kept repeating the phrase, You have to cage the elephant! over and over. "Why couldn't my children have his bone structure?" Sullivan,70, is busy working on a new book about her "Bandstand" days with fellow "Bandstand" regular Bunny Gibson (also one of the most popular regulars on the show) assisted by authors Sharon Sultan Cutler and Cookie Tischler, the latter duo being the scribes behind the tome "Once Upon Our Times (Because Life Isn't A Fairytale): 65 Years Growing Up Baby Boomer." Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963 shares the fascinating story of how Dick Clark's American Bandstand and its millions of viewers catapulted its teenage dancers (called "the Regulars") to fame. After "American Bandstand" debuted on television in 1952, it made celebrities of the teens the cameras captured as the show's "regular dancers." 4151 Prospect Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Just like he had the last time she had seen him. It was September 1956. Burton) star too, BHC GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Family-first approach for Funk, Florida's killer clown case finally ends with plea deal, BHC GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: McAmis played through the pain, PREP BASEBALL: Tuell in tune for Chilhowie Warriors in win over Rural Retreat. Local Business . She also became an interior designer.
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