Carole Ann Scaldeferri Spada, 70, of Newtown Square, a regular dancer on American Bandstand from 1957 to 1961, died Sunday, Dec. 8, of congestive heart failure at a Springfield hospital. History goes back and forth with the timing and motives of the integration, but nevertheless, American Bandstand socially impacted teenagers' opinions regarding race. We went downtown, and I ran to the back of the bus the way I always did in Philly but Barbara and her friend kept telling me to come to the front. Don Cornelius, the creator and host of Soul Train, along with Jesse Jackson, entered into a dispute with Clark over this upstart program, and it was canceled within a few weeks. Words by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman, Were goin hoppin (Hop!) Arlene Sullivan, one of the most popularAmerican Bandstandregulars, presents another perspective on the shows closeted world. Where things are poppin'(Pop!) ", Meet the Global Glamazons of 'Queen of the Universe' Season 2. Who will walk away with the crown this time around? Like Smith, she believes that if her true sexual preference and that of others on the show had become public in the days before Stonewall and todays LGBT power, Bandstand would have been taken off the air. Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan, Bunny Gibson and Eddie Kelly, Pat Molittieri, Carmen Jimenz, Joyce Shafer. Due to the size of the studio, the need to have as much dance space as possible, and the size of the cumbersome color camera compared to the black-and-white models, it was only possible to have one RCA TK-41 where three RCA TK-10s[4] had been used before. The Regulars, also known as The Committee were only a part of the Bandstand story. JUSTINE AND BOB. The increase in competition hurt Bandstand and the variety of options for music on TV decreased its relevance. Normally, I do not forward mail to the Regulars. This version introduced lyrics written by Manilow and Bruce Sussman, referencing elements of the series. His latest book, The Kardashians: An American Drama, will be published in September. The only singer to ever co-host the show with Dick Clark was Donna Summer, who joined him to present a special episode dedicated to the release of the Casablanca film Thank God It's Friday on May 27, 1978. He was a brilliant man. When cute young teenagers Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi slow danced together on American Bandstand back in the late 50s and early 60s, kids across the country swooned. Sadly we also lost: Mickey Mouse Club She acknowledges that some of the other girls she knew on the show were also gay. Steve Colanero, 66, a West Philadelphia transplant in Palm Beach, Fla., posted on Facebook a picture from the 1980s of himself with Clark. I went to coffee shops, but I also hung out in Rittenhouse Square and so did many of the dancers. If it wasnt assaults from outside haters, some of the Bandstand kids suffered in their own homes. We call him Namron and yes, if you spell his name backwards it spells, Norman. On July 9, 1956, Horn was fired after a drunk-driving arrest, as WFIL and dual owner Walter Annenberg's The Philadelphia Inquirer were then I knew I was different early on, but being with all these [Bandstand] friends, I came to terms with my feelings. EARLY BANDSTAND FASHIONS. She says she never had a crush on a straight dancer, and was close friends with celebrity guest Annette Funicello. Sullivans last appearance onAmerican Bandstandwas in 1960.7, In the early 1960s, a new collection of teen regulars succeeded Arlene Sullivans generation onAmerican Bandstandsdance floor. But . Ray Smith says he was upset when Dick Clark claimed only one of the dancers had died from AIDS when asked about it in an interview. By clicking Consent you are authorizing advertisers to collect information to personalize the ads you see. Reply. Norman and I met in January 1959 while standing outside of the studio waiting to get inside. The Slop. A Midlothian-based freelance writer, Martha Steger has received national awards for her journalism, essays, short fiction and poetry. In 1989, Clark, aged 59, retired fromAmerica Bandstand, and the show ended that year. KENNY AND ARLENE. She is a Marco Polo member of the Society of American Travel Writers, a past president of Virginia Professional Communicators and a member of the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. Dick Clark took over as host in 1956, and the show made its network debut on ABC-TV on Aug. 5, 1957. They even invented a few the Stroll, the Circle and the Chalypso. At first, not knowing how to enter the show, she walked to the door the actors and singers used and announced to Bob the Cop, "I came here to dance." After Bandstand, Charlette became an accountant and was a business manager. In 1988, the National Park Service listed 4548 Market Street on the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. That might have had something to do with the scandal that surrounded the departure of his predecessor, Bob Horn, who faced a drunken-driving arrest and morals charges. So fearful of the kids real behavior, [Clark] imposed a strict dress code: jackets and ties for boys, and nothing tight for girls. When ABC picked the show up, it was renamed American Bandstand, airing its first national show on August 5, 1957. It was briefly shot in color in 1958 when WFIL-TV began experimenting with the new technology. Music by Charles Albertine They wrote. The other reason was that American Bandstand was pre-empted on many occasions by televised college football games (which expanded greatly in number in the wake of a court-ordered deregulation in 1984) which were becoming huge ratings successes, as well as occasional special presentations (i.e. Fifty years later, Bandstand fan Sharon Sultan Cutler wondered what had become of the "Regulars," the name given to the teens that showed up daily to dance. 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"Studio 'B'" measured 80 by 80 by 24 feet (24.4m 24.4m 7.3m), but appeared smaller due to the number of props, television cameras, and risers that were used for the show. But just like a lot of today's showmances are concocted, many of the Bandstand boppers were harboring a big secret: They were gay. Browse 1,010 american bandstand dancers stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. She told me she got so many letters from fans who thought I looked like her and [with our dark hair], we did look alike. Finally, we got away and jumped over the turnstile. . Not only does Bandstand Diaries detail Smith's and Sullivan's personal experiences, it also includes interviews with more than 40 Bandstand regulars, reveals Dick Clark's back story and . July 9th, 1988", "Retro Request: Sat 10/31 & 11/7 and Sun 11/1, 1987", "AB now in syndication: Jody Watley, Dan Hill, David Spade", "Clark ends long-playing spin on bandstand", "On 'Bandstand,' Dick Clark Says Goodbye", "AGELESS CLARK STILL STANDS FOR THE 'AMERICAN' BAND", "Hits Prove Hard to Find at Dick Clark Productions: Entertainment: Performance has been mediocre since the company went public in 1987. I never had a crush on her. Bob retired after being in the shoe business and the chemical business, where he often worked 18 hour days. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images), Spice on Her Favorite 'Drag Race' Season 15 Moment and Her Sweet Reunion With Sugar, "I did win the hearts of these girls somehow and the love was just so felt. When Gibson moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in the 1980s, she paid Clark a call at his office. Elgart's version was released as a single in March 1954 (Columbia 40180) as well as Curb's theme (by "Mike Curb & The Waterfall") in October 1969 (Forward 124). When I used to walk down the streets of Philadelphia and be recognized, Id be called a Bandstand f*****.. Despite that sense of community, the show's starsgay and straight alikewere targeted in Philadelphia, and even physically attacked in some cases, just for being dancers. Five-foot-two, brown-eyed, brown-haired Arlene and handsome Kenny, a year younger, were among the TV music shows elite, its stars, the vaunted regulars along with another couple often on camera pert, blond Justine Carrelli and suave Bob Clayton. Sullivan was raised in a rowhouse in a working-class neighborhood; we surmise from her writing that it was somewhere in Southwest Philly (she attended John Bartram High School), although Sullivan doesnt specify a home address. As two or three stations grab it off, you get less clearance, therefore you get less rating, and its an endless cycle. Does Alan Cumming Really Live in a Scottish Castle? "That really annoyed me," said Smith, "Because quite a few of. unsold game show pilots). Making matters worse, on September 13, 1986, ABC reduced Bandstand from a full hour to 30 minutes;[13] at Clark's request, the 2,751st and final ABC installment[14] (with Laura Branigan[15] performing "Shattered Glass"[16][17]) aired on September 5, 1987. In other parts of the country, if you were a gay kid growing up, you were probably the only one in town who was gay, Sullivan says. And, for me, the kids on Bandstand were all I aspired to be. They were real kids from Philly, and if you watched every day, you could tell who was breaking up and who was making up. Charlette Russo danced on American Bandstand from 1955-1959. Sullivan was most frequently paired with a boy named Kenny Rossi, who was straight, but still subject to attacks for appearing on the show: One time, Kenny and I went to visit one of the other regulars up in North Philadelphia, and we were leaving her apartment and were headed to the El, and I heard car doors slamming, and I looked back, and all these guys were coming up the steps, and they started beating up on Kenny, Sullivan says. Dick Clark never played either song on American Bandstand. In fact, she was "the first female car racer at Cecil County Drag Strip," according. Forget that. My husband and I met on a blind date and six months later on April 12, 1964 we were married. From 1977 to September 6, 1986, the show opened and closed with Barry Manilow's rendition of "Bandstand Boogie",[7] which he originally recorded for his 1975 album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. . Carole Ann Scaldeferri Spada, 70, of Newtown Square, a regular dancer on American Bandstand from 1957 to 1961, has died. Although the Regulars didnt perform in the South, Sullivans memory of a personal visit to Fort Worth, Texas, stuck with her: My friend Barbara [a fellow Regular] and I were visiting Barbaras friend there. 1950s/1960s POLLS. SWIMSUITS of the regulars. ", In a Time.com obituary for Dick Clark, who died April 18, 2012, a reporter wrote: "Lou DeSera, Carmen Jimenez, Carole Scaldeferri, Rosemarie 'Little Roe' DiCristo: they may sound like characters on The Sopranos, but they were just ordinary kids, with extraordinary luck of being in Philadelphia at the moment the old town lit the fuse for the rock explosion.". It became a national institution and Dick Clark a celebrity. In July 1956, Dick Clark, a commercial pitchman and deejay with an unsullied reputation, inherited WFIL-TV's Bandstand from scandal-tainted Bob Horn and revamped it for a national audience of teenage consumers as ABC's American Bandstand, which first aired in August 1957.Clark's daily afternoon program pioneered in musical television by showcasing a range of black and white pop music . GALLERY 4. She was one of the great stars of the Philadelphia years. ABC gave Bandstand color cameras and launched it on its network of 67 stations in August of 1957. LogoTV and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. In the meantime, have a wonderful week or two. Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi on the cover of Teen magazine in 1959. Sullivans co-author, Ray Smith, recently retired after 40 years as an Emmy-winning Today show producer. SaturdayBandstandretained the proven format of the now defunct weekday show, but it sustained a crucial loss of spontaneity as a result of being taped instead of shown live. In an interview with the New York Post, Sullivan says that she and many of the gay male dancers would congregate in the Gayborhood, Rittenhouse Square, and there were rumors that Clark sent producers to spy on them. e9.size = "300x250"; Dick Clark died on April 18, 2012, at the age of 82. I was trying to hit them over their heads with my pocketbook, but they just wouldnt give up. Dick Clarks tight control on the sexual expression of his cast extended to a denial years after the show had ended. Clark decided to pitch the show to ABC president Thomas W. Moore, and after some negotiations the show was picked up nationally, becoming American Bandstand on August 5, 1957. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Another time, a dancer was thrown onto the subway tracks. It also was a prototype for musical television properties including cable channel MTV and Fox's reality-competition show American Idol. Like nostalgia? Watch video clips of the American Bandstand dancers here. But I didnt have any crushes on any of the straight girls. From 1974 to 1977, there was a newer, orchestral disco version of "Bandstand Boogie", arranged and performed by Joe Porter, played during the opening and closing credits. You want to know about the guy! In 2004, Dick Clark, with the help of Ryan Seacrest, announced plans to revive the show in time for the 2005 season; although this did not occur (due in part to Clark suffering a severe stroke in late 2004), one segment of the revived Bandstanda national dance contesteventually became the series So You Think You Can Dance. (7/21/2011) I just received this from Bunny Gibson and certainly thought it was appropriate to mention here: Anna Russo, formerly Anna Banani, went to American Bandstand 1963 until AB left Philly for Los Angeles, lost both of her legs to diabetes and is in need. Carol Highsmith, photographer, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Norman passed away on December 6, 1990. These experienced Regulars considered an infrequent participant or a first time visitor an amateur. I wonder what they would have thought about a kid in TV Land, practicing the new steps in front of her bedroom mirror and praying to God her little brother didnt catch her at it. Once the program went national upon its move to Los Angeles, new host Dick Clark decided that integration was the most responsible move. Norman had a very, very unique sense of humor, which made him so popular with all that knew him. A show where well-dressed teens gently bop around to the big hits while maintaining an appropriate distance apart hardly seems like it would be a hot bed of sexual experimentation, but American Bandstand apparently featured a crew of Philadelphia kids who had more than dancing in common. From 1969 to 1974, "Bandstand Theme", a synthesized rock instrumental written by Mike Curb, opened each show. All rock'n roll and most owned by Dick Clark himself. As the books highlight, Ray Smith and Arlene Sullivan provided two thoughtful and unadornedBandstandmemoirs. We would roar, roll over with pain from laughing so hard. Aura Mayari Just Wants to Live Her Zombie Apocalypse Fantasy. Although, unlike some others, Carole never really had a steady dancing partner, she danced with all the good-looking Italian boys and that one special non-Italian whom everyone loved - Harvey Robbins. The program that preceded Dick Clarks American Bandstand at WFIL-TV was deejay Bob Horns locally popular Bandstand. So Bandstand really did change her life in many ways. Hundreds of kids lined up each day hoping to be one of the few lucky ones who got to dance alongside the Regulars and share part of the magic that was American Bandstand. During the segment, two audience members each ranked two records on a scale of 35 to 98, after which their two opinions were averaged by Clark, who then asked the chosen members to justify their scores. [7] The Diary of Arlene Sullivan, in Sullivan, Smith, and Cutler,Bandstand Diaries, 43-63. I knew when couples broke up. One young performer was dangled down an elevator shaft. The rest, as they say, is history. Black & White/Color (9/9/1967), Dick Clarks first day as host: 7/9/1956 I said, In that case, Im staying. I was shocked. . On September 13, 1969, the Bandstand set was given a complete overhaul and Les Elgart's big band version of "Bandstand Boogie" was replaced by the Mike Curb theme. Teen idol Bobby Rydell, whose music career is still going strong 60 years after American Bandstand, wrote the books introduction; but former Regular Arlene Sullivan, who shares her memories and personal images, is a standout as well as a co-author of the book. Barbara finally came back and said I had to come to the front because the back was only for colored people. We only had three channels in those days. [42], Bandstand "regulars" from the Philadelphia years, Move from ABC to syndication and the USA Network, AMERICAN BANDSTAND (1987 Closing Credits - ABC Finale), Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass & Interview - AB (1987). He remembered Clark as a man of few words who kept a professional distance between himself and the teen dancers. This historical marker recalls Dick Clarks American Bandstand, which was broadcast from West Philadelphia from 1957 to 1964. He is a man of God and over the years has established both karate and prison ministeries. On all the music they play On the Bandstand.! They married during her Thanksgiving vacation from Northeast High School. ", Songs she liked to dance to, Mrs. Spada wrote online in June 2010, included "Little Darlin'," "Sixteen Candles," "Tears on my Pillow," "Splish Splash," "Never on Sunday," and "Let's Do The Stroll.". "[5] In one humorous segment broadcast for years on retrospective shows, comedians Cheech and Chong appeared as the record raters. For More Bunny click here to go to Bunny Gibson.com, Bunny Gibson discusses the 50th celebration of American Bandstand. . In her memoir forBandstand Diaries, she writes frankly and poignantly of her youthful struggle with her emerging identity as lesbian, a sexual orientation she would fully embrace as an adult. One time, Kenny and I went to visit one of the other regulars up in North Philadelphia, and we were leaving her apartment and were headed to the El, and I heard car doors slamming, and I looked back, and all these guys were coming up the steps, and they started beating up on Kenny, Sullivan says. I went to Bandstand because I was gay and I was a misfit in my neighborhood. The Top 40 hits that everyone heard were matched with fun routines performed by relatable teenagers. ", California residents do not sell my data request. and they put a drinking cup in front of him and said, This is your cup, and youre the only one who will use this cup. One friend of mine was kicked out of the house.. "With Bandstand, WFIL resolved this tension by drawing on Philadelphia's interracial music scene to create an entertaining and profitable television show, while refusing to allow the city's black teenagers into the studio audience for fear of alienating viewers and advertisers. When ABC picked up the game show Do You Trust Your Wife? But we were like a little family together, and we all had something in common, and we all stuck together, and that made it easier for us.. However unethical his behavior may have been, his federal income tax records seemed to be in order. In other parts of the country, if you were a gay kid growing up, you were probably the only one in town who was gay, Sullivan said. Rossi was straightbut Sullivan, many of her female co-stars, and most of the young male dancers were not. I think after several decades he actually believed the myth. I did get to know Annette Funicello [a Mouseketeer on the original Mickey Mouse Club], who came to the show. Once a week, she goes to a hop thrown by another Bandstand original, 76-year-old Philadelphia radio and TV personality Jerry Blavat, who bills himself as The Geator with the Heater and The Boss with the Hot Sauce.. Browse celebrity nostalgia on our website. Out filmmaker Christopher Landon spills the spooky tea on his new movie and working with the 'White Lotus' star. His name is, Champion Polar Images Namron O My-Joy, as recorded with the AKC. Horn, however, was disenchanted with the program, and wanted to change the show to a dance program with teenagers dancing along on camera as records played, based on an idea that came from a radio show on WPEN, The 950 Club, hosted by Joe Grady and Ed Hurst. For a time, she dated a neighborhood boy, Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & the Juniors, who had the hit song At the Hop., I was so afraid that I started trying to talk myself into being straight, Sullivan says. It was a local show Philadelphia, Jersey, the Lehigh Valley [Pennsylvania]. On Bandstand, she became lifelong friends with one of the celebrity guests, straight Annette Funicello, of Mickey Mouse Club and Beach Party fame. [1] John A. Jackson,American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock n Roll Empire(New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), chaps. He said funeral services are pending. He kept his distance, she says. She wasnt immediately successful, but with the help of a new southwest Philly friend, she eventually got in. She tracked them down for the new coffee-table book, Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963. [6] Jackson,American Bandstand, 71; Jacksons description of Arlene Sullivan. Known then as Carole Scaldeferri, Mrs. Spada was among the teens who jitterbugged and slow-danced their way to fame in a TV studio in Philadelphia, while host Dick Clark spun what are now oldies. In fact, it was dangerous. .When he spoke to us off-screen, it was usually from the podium; it gave him command over his domain, and as I have learned over the years, Clark liked and wanted to be in command.4, Smith recalls the closetingof American BandstandsLGBT youths. I knew all their names. Dancing was a major feature of Bandstand. running a series on drunken driving. The bare necessitiesThis kit packs $431 worth of premium skincare and haircare into a small packageand it's only $80 with the promo code. My parents were always there for me. James Morgan, who danced 17 times on Bandstand and stayed interested in it over the years, said Mrs. Spada had run a beauty parlor in the suburbs. Carole Ann Scaldeferri Spada, 70, of Newtown Square, a regular dancer on American Bandstand from 1957 to 1961, has died. She was one of five brothers and sisters; had a huge family vacation home in Sea Isle City where Regulars visited: and dated Frank Levins and Denny Dziena. Thats all we did dance and every part of the city had its own style. But to his credit and diligence, he brilliantly created his own myth, and he stuck to it for the rest of his life. sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers. After a ten-month hiatus,[27] Bandstand moved to cable on USA Network[28][29] on April 8, 1989,[30] with comedian David Hirsch[31][32][33][34][35] taking over hosting duties. Hosted by Bob Horn as a television adjunct to his radio show of the same name on WFIL radio, Bandstand featured short musical films produced by Snader Telescriptions and Official Films, with occasional studio guests. Im sure shell be thrilled to hear well wishes and from Bandstand friends and fans and donations would help her a lot. Years later, when Clark was asked whether any of the dancers had died of AIDS, he stated that one had, Smith recalled. The rest is American Bandstand history. I think [the shows success] even surprised Dick Clark.. [8] On September 7, 1963, the program was moved from its weekday slot and began airing weekly every Saturday afternoon, restored to an hour, until 1989. While Bandstand fans across the country imagined a true romantic relationship between Sullivan, who secretly liked girls, and her on-screen companion, Rossi, who was straight, she says it was little more than made-for-TV puppy love. We were the first reality show, she adds. Finally, we got away and jumped over the turnstile. Not only was it extremely intelligent, but there was something moving about the mans story. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical actover the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to RunD.M.C.usually appeared in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. I was trying to hit them over their heads with my pocketbook, but they just wouldnt give up. Dick Clark was a TV personality known for the shows 'American Bandstand,' '$25,000 Pyramid' and 'TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes,' among others. "My heart hurts," said Gibson, a regular from 1959 to 1961. We may earn a commission from links on this page. [Clark] was a cool professional with an agenda from the beginning, an agenda for success that made him rich; he was a millionaire by the end of the 1950s. But back in the Bandstand days, Smith was one of the shows secretly gay dancers. Ray Smith says he was upset when Dick Clark claimed only one of the dancers had died from AIDS when asked about it in an interview. Briefly it was part of the USA Network with new host David Hirsh but went off the air in 1989. He had other irons in the fire. The show was American Bandstand, and Dick Clarks clean-cut style meant the program had parents stamp of approval. Joyce Shafer talks about herself and her dance partner, Norman Kerr, Norman was one of a kind, always making people laugh. Also known as the american bandstand regulars who have died highlight, Ray Smith and Arlene Sullivan provided two thoughtful and unadornedBandstandmemoirs TV. 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