dancing every day on “American Bandstand.’’ “We were like miniature rock ‘n’ roll stars. We had fans, we had groupies,’’ said Steve Colanero, 56, a dancer from 1959 to 1961 and now ...

Harsh though it may be, a new book, by California professor Matt Delmont—The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950’s ...

"American Bandstand" stars Kenny Rossi and ... The big teenybopper magazines of the era — Sixteen and Teen — plastered “Bandstand” dancers on their covers and wrote glowing, gossipy ...

dancing every day on “American Bandstand.” “We were like miniature rock ‘n’ roll stars. We had fans, we had groupies,” said Steve Colanero, 56, a dancer from 1959 to 1961 and now ...

Aug. 5, 2007 — -- Sunday is a milestone for the show that taught America to dance. It was 50 years ago that American Bandstand changed the way a generation listened to music. On Aug. 5 ...

Did Dick Clark hide the homosexuality of its star dancers on television’s American Bandstand? That’s the claim of two of the dancers. Ray Smith, now 74, is the coauthor of a self-published ...

Take a look back through the decades at a dozen typical (or, in the case of Johnny Rotten, not-so-typical) Bandstand moments: "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it" continues to be a ...

His name often appeared in The Inquirer and other outlets during red carpet events, a spotlight he was no stranger to after appearing as a teenage dancer on "American Bandstand." Multifaceted ...