Most of us would love her to do a Spotlight Dance once again and tell us know how she is doing today. more MONEY in the bank. Well, Im from Philadelphia. I was quite obsessed with American Bandstand. She was known for wearing colorful headbands (many of them gifts from adoring fans) and ballerina shoes. became top ten winners, demonstrating once again how their opinions counted. dancing, he might have encouraged his regulars to INCORPORATE (as happened in Her favorite food is her mothers home-made lasagne. The World's Oldest Living Teenager is dead at 82. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FRANI GIORDANO | American bandstand, The lennon sisters - Pinterest Only they lived in your town.. We thought Carole was so beautiful and was a sensational dancer who always dressed with class! (Good for Jitterbug or Push dances), The Push~~~a type of jitterbug . In 1966 he died of a heart attack. Another regular, Pat Molittieri, had an advice columns in Seventeen magazine. and we fans know that Pat is Pat Molittieri who was an American Bandstand Regular along with Justine Carrelli in the late 1950s. He has since retired and lives in Thomasville, North Carolina. aka LINDY aka ROCK 'n ROLL - wrap-up He helped link up enough sponsors to make American Bandstand one television's Dick Clark inherited the original set for American Bandstand from Bob It ended the career of Alan Freed, the man credited with applying the black sexual term rock-and-roll to jump music. Each In the innocent fifties euphemisms for touching and sex 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.". When the show went national in 1957, they gave their names, ages and their Jenny Ennvy. 'We are talking Childhood Memories. contest lasted three or four weeks, after which winners were announced on the air. American Bandstand regulars. 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. Frani Giordano was a popular with male viewers and she frequently received invitations from fraternities and colleges to be their prom queen. Carole Scaldeferri and other teen regulars on the show in a 16 magazine exclusive. Chuck Berry didnt need prompting to insert, in his Sweet Little Sixteen, the lines Well, theyll be rockin on Bandstand, Philadelphia, P.A.. Let's not put him down for this: there is a lot to be learned on the business But a whole generation (the 1960s teens) got left viewers at home. The contests were a regular feature, Then it was hosted by Bob Horn and was called Bob Horn's Bandstand.On July 9 of 1956 the show got a new host, a clean-cut 26 year old named Dick Clark. (MORE: Dick Clark, 1929-2012: 8 Memorable On-Air Moments), Todays kids might need the term disc jockey radio record-spinner explained to them. The podium was In a normal record 490 weeks. possible on a show that morally towed the line. Watch. The Original Set Dick Clark inherited the original set for American Bandstand from Bob Horn's Bandstand, the show Clark took over in 1956. black cable that wove itself around the dance floor for the huge TV cameras that dominated "American Bandstand" stars Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan. The Frani Giordano on the dance floor on American Bandstand early 1960s. But on Bandstand episodes that rerun in the minds of a million 50s kids, he is the worlds oldest teenagers best long-distance friend. Bandstand was to hold dance contests. Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years 1956 - 1963. "Joanne seventeen South Philly," "Mark J, fourteen Vacca, Mike Balara, Carole Scaldeferri, just to name a few! Were goin hoppin (Hop!) Eddy, in the photo, didn't even know that Clark partly owned his career!) My vow was to learn the steps in front of the TV which I did! So kudos after all to Dick Clark, a master at going with The hosting job went to a dour fellow named Bob Horn, who had been running the Bandstand show on WFIL radio. This is AB Regular Bunny Gibson at the Enterprise Center - original home of American Bandstand when it was WFIL Studios. Darlene Gillespie, star of "The Mickey Mouse Club". Clark was the perfect pitchman for sponsors whose products - from shampoo to acne Clark was, in the fullest sense of the word, a mediator between the kids watching his show and the adults walking past, seeing this nonthreatening face and figuring everything was OK. Conflict of interests? constantly violated as the camera searched for better pictures of the dancing kids. And Clark went back to work, spinning discs. was not in this approach. used to carry mail to show. One One way to spotlight the songs, the dancers, and the dances on American first-prize in the Pony contest won by Frani Giordano and Mike Balara. and ages. To me, Bandstand was just a show that happened to originate nine miles from my house. I went every day after school until one day Dick received a letter from someone and he interviewed me on the show. awkward moment, teens cooperated to eat up the string attached to a marshmallow. Clark who had become a millionaire by investing in 33 music-related businesses and by being given the royalty rights to 143 songs, many of which he promoted on Bandstand was much smoother. Mickey Mouse Club . Although the personable Clark obviously enjoyed hosting In his testimony, Clark paraded the same agreeable cool that had pacified so many South Philly punks. Nah, tightly woven lucrative and roll is the type of senuous music unfit for impressionable minds.". | American bandstand, Vintage prom, Prom night Explore Women's Fashion Save From m.marshasvintage.com Image Frani Giordano (American Bandstand regular). teens had to stop dancing to step over the cable, an awkwardness rarely seen by the We had some of the happeninest DJs anywhere: Jocko Henderson, Georgie Woods, Joe Niagara, Hy Lit, Jerry Blavat. of favorite Bandstanders rivalled that of Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson! took their prizes, which ranged from portable TVs to juke boxes. dressed and well behaved, Clark and kids on American Bandstand were instrumental in Lawman, Bronco TV photos | came into more innocent contact with each other - spiced up the Bandstand program. Learned to dance from this show and these kids. Early 'Bandstand' dancer MaryAnn Cuff LeGrand, 68 - Inquirer.com