The council says it hopes the new bandstand will be ready to use later in the year.

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC show "American Bandstand" brought music to the masses for over 30 years. Now, on the 60th anniversary of when the show went to a national audience, a new book is revealing ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CBS) -- A staple of local Philadelphia television, ABC picked it up as a network show thanks in large part to prodding by its young host Dick Clark. The show's format of clean-cut teens dancing to ...

Philadelphia? In the late 1950s and early ’60s, everyone knew Bob and Justine, Kenny and Arlene, and Ed and Bunny. They were some of the most famous kids in America, dancing every day on “American ...

Bandstand, which opened last month at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, tells the story of a group of 1940s veterans—some former servicemen and the widow of one—who form a band in an attempt to win a ...

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A South Philadelphia native says her life changed forever when she was chosen to dance on "American Bandstand." She was only a teenager when it became the most popular ...

A World War II veteran and his best friend’s widow are at the patriotic heart of “Bandstand,” a new musical directed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the choreographer of “Hamilton.” “Bandstand” had its world ...

THOMASVILLE — Paradise Park was abuzz on Saturday afternoon as the Georgia Players Guild kicked off a musical celebration to culminate Phase I of Paradise Park’s long-awaited renovation. The event, ...