American Bandstand

Pop Remembrance 

Bobby Rydell and the Appeal of Normalcy

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments American Bandstand, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vee, Chubby Checker, Dion, Jack Benny, Jerry Lee Lewis, Red Skelton, RIP, The Wild One

The 60s pop icon passed away this week at age 79

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Funk Remembrance Rock Soul 

Game Was Her Middle Name: Remembering Betty Davis

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 James Porter 0 Comments American Bandstand, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, Bettye LaVette, Candi Staton, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Train, the Buddy Miles Express, The Chambers Brothers

If anybody ever embodied the term “Black Girls Rock!,” the dearly departed funk-rock innovator was it

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Rockabilly 

Forever The Coolest Cats

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 40, American Bandstand, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Massapequa, Saturday Night Live, Stray Cats, The Midnight Special

Slim Jim Phantom talks with Rock & Roll Globe about the scorching new Stray Cats live album and their London roots

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Rock 

Social Dist-dancing: “The Twist” at 60

June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, American Bandstand, Cameo-Parkway Records, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Dick Clark, The Twist

Chubby Checker’s signature hit promoted the no touch dance for entirely different reasons six decades ago

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Punk 

Handsome Dick Manitoba: Born To Be Wild

January 15, 2020January 17, 2020 j. poet 2 Comments American Bandstand, Andy Warhol, Arny Schorr, Born In The Bronx, Dave Edmunds, Dick Dale, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Jon Tiven, Liberation HallThe Dictators, Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, The Flamin' Groovies, The Magic Tramps

From the Bronx to Nashville and beyond, The Dictators Frontman examines his life in stories and song

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Pop 

How Fabian Invented Hype-Pop

July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 16 Magazine, 1959, American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Fabian, Teen pop

A look back at how a pop star went viral before computers, let alone the Internet

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