Amos & Andy, Milton Berle, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Howdy Doody, Lassie, Ozzie & Harriet
The Lawrence Welk Show & The Lennon Sisters Dianne, Peggy, Kathy & Janet
Red Skelton, The Dinah Shore Show, The Ed Sullivan Show
Sid Ceasar & Imogene Coca, The Jack Benny Show
The Johnny Cash Show
Johnny Cash 1932-2003 ~ June Carter Cash 1929-2003
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" Those four words resonated throughout the world as much as "In God We Trust" and other familiar phrases which have stood the test of time.
Gene Autry, Hop-Along-Cassidy
And Every Teenagers Dream ~*~To Be On~*~ Dick Clark's American Bandstand
After waiting outside on Market Street in the heat and cold and rain, kids lucky enough to get into American Bandstand were anxious and excited. Walking through the doors to Philadelphia's WFIL-TV's Studio B, where teenage life and music were all important, was like walking into Oz. The light, cameras, and music made the studio a magical place. There was, as with any television show, a lot of illusion. Television was still a relatively new medium in 1957, and studio was crude by today's standards. The cameras and lights were large, bulky, and hard to move, making trick shots of kids dancing virtually impossible. The studio was cold, the lights were hot, the music was loud, and the floor was hard. Girls wore sneakers or flat shoes to save their feet from soreness from the cement floor. But the kids were oblivious to the physical discomfort;
They were the Stars of the first TV show to feature real teenagers
When American Bandstand went national on August 5, 1957 it had lined up affiliates on a small network of sixty-seven stations. A map of the United States in the studio was dotted with affiliate flags. By the end of the first year the show was seen in 4,000,000 homes and local stations were clamoring to come aboard. American Bandstand was as much a neighborhood dance as it was a national television show.
