Dick Clark debuts as ‘Bandstand’ host 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 9 1956)

July 9, 20161950s, Popular Music 1950s, Television 1950sadmin

(Monday, July 9, 1956) — Dick Clark made his debut today as host of Bandstand on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia. The name was changed to American Bandstand when it went national on ABC the following year.

May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA
May 15 1975: 41 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident
May 16 1965: ‘The Roar of the Greasepaint - the Smell of the Crowd’ opens on Broadway
May 16 1965: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’
May 16 1975: Junko Tabei becomes first woman to reach top of Mt. Everest
May 16 1975: Wings release ‘Listen to What the Man Said’/‘Love in Song’ single
May 16 1975: John Lennon appears on ‘WFIL Helping Hand Radio Marathon’
May 17 1875: Aristides wins first Kentucky Derby
May 17 1975: ‘Jackie Blue’ by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils peaks at #3 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘Killer Queen’ by Queen peaks at #12 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘The Immigrant’ by Neil Sedaka peaks at #22 in USA
May 17 2005: ‘Three Stories’ episode airs on ‘House’

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1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
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1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
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1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
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* Owned slaves while in office

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Dick Clark debuts as ‘Bandstand’ host 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 9 1956)

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