American Bandstand - Bunny Gibson
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The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia $20.47 American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. Counter to host Dick Clark's claims that he integrated American Bandstand, this book reveals how the first national television program directed at teens discriminated against black youth during its early years and how ... |
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A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul $29.67 "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "The Soul Train Theme," "Then Came You," "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"--the distinctive music that became known as Philly Soul dominated the pop music charts in the 1970s. In A House on Fire, John A. Jackson takes us inside the musical empire created by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, the three men who put Philadelphia Soul on the map. H... |
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American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire $15.23 "I don't make culture, I sell it" Dick Clark once remarked. Indeed, the man who reigned as host of American Bandstand for nearly four decades may not have invented rock 'n' roll, but he sold it to the American public better than anyone before or since. Before Clark, rock 'n' roll was the step child of radio--which took to playing records as a cost-saving measure after television siphoned off radio... |
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Philadelphia Pop - Rockin' And Croonin' On Bandstand 1957-59 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET $11.36 After the initial rise of rock and roll, and with thanks to the power of TV the city of Philadelphia briefly became the centre for a new kind of teenage pop music with acts like Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell who dominated the charts in the late 50s. Featuring recordings made between 1957 and 1959 including such classics as At the Hop , Venus , Butterfly and Tallahassee Lassie . Virtually... |
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American Bandstand Collector's Cards $7.74 cards... |
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