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73-446: Usually airing on Saturday evenings, Solid Gold was one of several shows that focused on the popular music of any given week; other examples included the long-running American Bandstand and Soul Train . While Solid Gold did share elements with those two programs, such as appearances by performers, it also stood out by including something they did not: an in-house crew of professional dancers that performed routines choreographed to

146-633: A daily two-hour broadcast on September 9, 1957. This development created a sometimes heated rivalry between Dick Clark and Buddy Deane, when performers who appeared first on Deane's program were refused booking on American Bandstand . Acts debuting on Bandstand appeared on Deane's program, but were asked to not mention their previous appearance with Clark while on the Baltimore show. The Buddy Deane Show aired on WJZ-TV until January 4, 1964. "Studio 'B'" measured 80 by 80 by 24 feet (24.4 m × 24.4 m × 7.3 m), but appeared smaller due to

219-484: A de facto co-host as she took on a more active voice role in the series, regularly announcing the countdown re-caps toward the end of each program. The 1986 season was Darcel's last as a member of the cast as she and many of the dancers, including some of the originals, left. Jamilah was once again appointed to lead dancer for the remainder of the series. The last appearance of the Solid Gold Dancers in media

292-934: A new set similar to that of Soul Train . Clark continued as host of the series, which was restored to its former hour length, and aired on stations including KYW-TV in Philadelphia; WWOR-TV in New York City (WWOR's superstation status also gave the program further national exposure); KTLA in Los Angeles; WMAQ-TV in Chicago ; WDIV in Detroit ; WEWS in Cleveland ; WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee ; and WCIX in Miami . The first syndicated episode aired on

365-513: A number representing the year the show aired. This started with "'65", then "'66", "'67", "'68", and "'69" when each year arrived. 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. The "ab" logo was replaced with the iconic stylized "AB" logo (shown at the top of this page) used for

438-466: A role in the television pilot The Night Watchman . In the summer of 1984, Goodeve hosted the syndicated program Solid Gold Hits . In 1985–86, he played Michael James "Woody" Woodward on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live . In 1984 he co-starred in the made-for-TV movie Pigs vs. Freaks (a.k.a. Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) ). He also made a number of appearances as a celebrity guest contestant on

511-488: A season where McCoo hosted by herself, she left in 1984 and Rick Dees of the Weekly Top 40 radio show was hired. Arsenio Hall joined the series during this time as the in-house comedian in place of Marty Cohen. At the midway point of the 1984–85 season, Dees left Solid Gold and a series of guests were used in the interim. Original host Dionne Warwick returned toward the end of the 1984–85 season and stayed on through

584-416: A second roster of Solid Gold Dancers was employed for this series; regular Solid Gold Dancer Deborah Jenssen was the principal dancer of this roster. Additional Solid Gold Hits Dancers were Pam Rossi, Cooley Jackson, Raymond Del Barrio, Macarena Gandarillas, Flo Lyle, Debra Johnson, Tricia McFarlane, Wanja Mcyntire and Corky Cortez (appearing with Cooley in the opening dance numbers). Dionne Warwick hosted

657-424: A series of concert tours around the success of American Bandstand and to pursue other broadcast interests. 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. When WFIL-TV moved to a new facility on City Line Avenue (one that did not have a studio that could accommodate the show), ABC moved production of Bandstand to

730-473: A staple in homes and heavily influenced American society culturally, musically, and socially. It also was a prototype for musical television properties including cable channel MTV and Fox's reality-competition show American Idol . Grant Goodeve Grant Goodeve (born July 6, 1952) is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his role as David Bradford, the eldest son on ABC television's Eight Is Enough from 1977 to 1981; he sang

803-665: A voice actor for several video games, including the role of Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault , the Engineer in Team Fortress 2 , and various voices for F.E.A.R. . He also lent his singing voice to Bob Rivers ' Twisted Christmas series of holiday CDs. In 2006, Goodeve appeared as George Bailey in Seattle's Taproot Theatre Company 's production of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play . He returned to

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876-416: A white man (Clark), and because of its alleged usage of deliberately racial overtones despite this fact. 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. Set pieces from Soul Unlimited were utilized by Bandstand for its 1974–1978 set design. As Bandstand moved towards

949-532: A wonderful week or two. We'll see you the next time on American Bandstand . For now, Dick Clark on ABC , so long. Two weeks later, Bandstand moved to first-run syndication. Dubbed as The New American Bandstand and distributed by LBS Communications , the series' tapings were moved from the ABC Television Center to the Hollywood studios of Los Angeles's PBS member station KCET , with

1022-612: The Pyramid game shows in the late 1970s and 1980s. He reprised his Eight Is Enough role in two reunion movies during the late 1980s, and also appeared in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote . As the 1990s came to a close, he made an appearance on The WB 's hit series 7th Heaven as Captain Jack Smith. In 2000, Goodeve appeared as the host of Word Pictures' production Proving the Bible through Archeology . Goodeve moved to

1095-480: The Casablanca film Thank God It's Friday on May 27, 1978. From the late 1950's and most of the 1960's, Clark's on-camera sidekick was announcer Charlie O'Donnell , who later went on to announce Wheel of Fortune and other programs hosted or produced by Clark, such as The $ 100,000 Pyramid . There were occasional shows that were not hosted by Clark, in which case a substitute host (among them Rick Azar )

1168-643: The Pacific Northwest in 1989 with his wife and three children. Soon after, he began appearing in the recurring role of Rick Pedersen, an ill-fated bush pilot , on the CBS series Northern Exposure . He also began contributing to KING-TV 's Evening Magazine , and began hosting that station's travel show Northwest Backroads in 1998. As of 2014, Grant had hosted it for 16 years. From 2000 to 2004, he hosted If Walls Could Talk and Homes of Our Heritage on Home & Garden Television . He has worked as

1241-726: The Peaches and Herb duo ("Reunited" and "Shake Your Groove Thing" hits) was also offered the hosting duties according to the January 2015 TV One Unsung broadcast. The weekly one-hour show played segments from the Top 10 charting songs accompanied by the Solid Gold Dancers. Of the eight original Solid Gold '79 dancers, only five would join the Solid Gold series cast: Darcel Wynne (1980–1984 & 1985–1986), who would be

1314-522: The Radio & Records chart as its source, and several others (including Kasem's radio counterpart, American Top 40 ) used the Billboard Hot 100 , which also tracked record sales. In the summer of 1984 , the producers of Solid Gold added a daily 30-minute series called Solid Gold Hits to the weekend program. Actor Grant Goodeve presided over a general grouping of the week's hit songs, and

1387-451: The "Second National Telecast") is preserved in the archives of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago . One market not telecasting Bandstand was Baltimore affiliate WAAM (now WJZ-TV ), which chose to produce its own local dance show in the same afternoon time slot. Local radio disc jockey Buddy Deane was chosen as the host of The Buddy Deane Show on Channel 13, and began

1460-424: The 1979 pilot. VH1 aired episodes of this series for a brief time, as did The Family Channel in the mid-1990s. Neither CBS Television Distribution (now currently renamed as CBS Media Ventures since 2021), CBS Home Entertainment , Paramount Global Content Distribution nor Paramount Home Entertainment , however, had made them available on home video, DVD or Blu-ray as of 2021. About all Cox -owned stations at

1533-413: The 1980's, the ratings began to decline. Many factors were involved in this, particularly the launch and rise of MTV and other music programs on television, and along with that, the number of ABC affiliates opting to pre-empt or delay the program. The increase in competition hurt Bandstand and the variety of options for music on TV decreased its relevance. The other reason was that American Bandstand

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1606-400: The 2,942nd and final ABC installment (with Laura Branigan performing " Shattered Glass " ) aired on September 5, 1987. Hey, our thanks to Laura Branigan for joining us here on American Bandstand today. I hope you've had a good half-hour. Come and join us two weeks from today for an hour version of American Bandstand on Saturday, September 19. We'll see you then. In the meantime, have

1679-461: The ABC Television Center in Los Angeles (now known as The Prospect Studios ) on February 8, 1964. Prior to the move, Bandstand had sourced many of its up-and-coming acts from Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records . The combined impact of Bandstand's move to California and the Beatles' arrival devastated Cameo-Parkway and inflicted permanent damage to the artists signed to the label. The program

1752-666: The British series Top of the Pops followed. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his company . American Bandstand premiered locally in late March 1952 as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6, which is now WPVI-TV , as a replacement for a weekday movie. 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. This incarnation

1825-658: The Feeling . This version introduced lyrics written by Manilow and Bruce Sussman , referencing elements of the series. The previous theme was retained as bumper music. From September 13, 1986, to September 5, 1987, Manilow's version was replaced at the close of the show by a new closing theme arranged by David Russo, who also performed an updated instrumental arrangement of "Bandstand Boogie" when Bandstand went into syndication. From 1974 to September 6, 1986, Bandstand featured another instrumental at its mid-show break: Billy Preston 's synth hit " Space Race ". When ABC picked up

1898-476: The TK-10s two weeks later when ABC refused to carry the color signal and management realized that the show lost perspective without the extra cameras. Clark regularly asked teenagers their opinions of the songs being played, through the "Rate-a-Record" segment. 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

1971-446: The Top 10 was no longer accompanied with dancing from the Solid Gold Dancers but instead was simply listed halfway through the show. Solid Gold won Robert A. Dickinson three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Series (two of which were co-won by Frank Olivas). Choreographer Anita Mann was nominated in 1985 and 1986, for Outstanding Choreography . All episodes of Solid Gold exist, including

2044-403: The account became less important, Stewart wasn't needed and was eventually dropped from the program. Tony Mammarella was the original producer with Ed Yates as director. The short Snader and Official music films continued in the short term to fill gaps when dancers were changed during the show which was a necessity because the studio could not fit more than 200 teenagers. On July 9, 1956, Horn

2117-438: The age of 82. American Bandstand played a crucial role in introducing Americans to such famous artists as Prince , Jackson 5 , Sonny and Cher , Aerosmith , and John Lydon 's PiL —all of whom made their American TV debuts on the show. American Bandstand was a daily ritual for many teenagers throughout the nation. The Top 40 hits that everyone heard were matched with fun routines performed by relatable teenagers. It became

2190-417: The artist's band and be sung live on stage at the taping. Arguably one of the more prominent guests to receive this treatment was Joe Cocker , who performed "Up Where We Belong" on Solid Gold several times with Jennifer Warnes , as well as one solo performance of his song "Seven Days." All the duets that Warwick, McCoo, Gibb, or Smith performed with their guest hosts were done live. During the 1986–87 season,

2263-487: The audience in Pasadena, California. Other performers including Brandy , members of KISS , Dennis Quaid and his band The Sharks, Cher , and Stevie Wonder performed to remember the iconic program. 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

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2336-578: The beginning and end of each program, with the closing theme accompanied by a final routine from the Dancers. The first episode of the show in January 1980 would become a yearly tradition, as they counted down the Top 50 songs of 1979 in a two-hour television pilot special, called Solid Gold '79, hosted by Dionne Warwick and Glen Campbell . The year end countdown would be reduced to forty songs beginning in 1981 and would be presented every year through 1986 . The data featured by Solid Gold came from

2409-413: The chosen members to justify their scores. The segment gave rise to the catchphrase "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it." In one humorous segment broadcast for years on retrospective shows, comedians Cheech and Chong appeared as the record raters. 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

2482-474: The dancers moved on to acting careers, including Dickey ( Ninja III: The Domination , Breakin' ) and the late Tony Fields in the 1986 horror movie Trick or Treat (as dead rock icon Sammi Curr) and in the 1988 movie musical Dance Academy along with Steve La Chance. Another example is Chelsea Field , whose movie credits include Commando (as an airline stewardess), Masters of the Universe (she

2555-468: The dancers' routines over the years included Kevin Carlisle, Anita Mann and Lester Wilson (the choreographer for Saturday Night Fever ). At times, artists who had a single among the week's Top 10 appeared as guest performers. Often the vocals were lip-synchronized ("lip-synched"). For the live performances, Miller would either record the backing instrumental tracks with his Solid Gold Band or with

2628-411: The decades, a wide range of musical acts appeared to lip sync one of their latest singles. Artists would sing naturally to the studio audience over a background of their own disc, while viewers at home would hear only the original recording. Freddy Cannon holds the record for most appearances, at 110. Following the show's success, other similar long-running music programs such as Soul Train and

2701-609: The end of its fourth season, the show was taped at the Golden West Broadcasters studio facility. Beginning in September 1984, Paramount, who had previously owned the Golden West facility in the early days of television, moved production of Solid Gold to its studios with a redesigned set. At the start of Solid Gold's first season (1980), Michael Miller was chosen by its first host, Dionne Warwick , to be

2774-469: The first season of Solid Gold , aided by comedian Marty Cohen, with veteran Los Angeles DJ Robert W. Morgan announcing. Dionne Warwick was fired in 1981. After Warwick left the series, singers Andy Gibb and Marilyn McCoo were brought in as co-hosts and puppeteer Wayland Flowers joined the series as a secondary comedic act with his puppet Madame. Gibb left Solid Gold in 1982 and Rex Smith replaced him, but he too would leave after one season. Following

2847-408: The following season, finally leaving the program for good in 1986. When Solid Gold returned for its seventh season in September 1986, several changes were made. Marilyn McCoo returned to the series after a two-year absence. Arsenio Hall was promoted from his role as in-house comedian to co-host, with Jeff Altman replacing him, and the series added an additional co-host with Nina Blackwood , one of

2920-545: The game show Do You Trust Your Wife? from CBS in November 1957, they renamed the program as Who Do You Trust? and scheduled the program at 3:30 pm ET—almost in the middle of Bandstand . Instead of shortening or moving Bandstand , ABC opted to just begin Bandstand at 3 pm, cut away to Who Do You Trust? at 3:30 pm, then rejoin Bandstand at 4 pm. In Philadelphia, however, WFIL opted to tape-delay

2993-475: The game show for later broadcast in another time slot, and to continue on with Bandstand , though only for the local audience. A half-hour evening version of American Bandstand aired on Monday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (ET), beginning on October 7, 1957. It preceded The Guy Mitchell Show . Both were ratings disasters. Dick Clark later stated that he knew the prime-time edition would fail because its core audience – teenagers and housewives –

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3066-431: The last time, goodbye. With American Bandstand being originally located in Philadelphia, segregation easily affected the concentrated area. "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. Like

3139-454: The number of props , television cameras , and risers that were used for the show. It was briefly shot in color in 1958 when WFIL-TV began experimenting with the new technology. 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 had been used before. WFIL reverted to

3212-438: The original MTV VJs who was a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight at the time, joining the cast. The title of the series added the current year to it and American Bandstand announcer Charlie O'Donnell replaced Robert W. Morgan in that role. Chuck Riley was the announcer for that season's first episode with O'Donnell announcing the remainder of the season. The season was also referred to as "Solid Gold '87." Solid Gold

3285-460: The program's principal dancer for its first five years and was often credited by her first name alone, Paula Beyers (1980–1982), Deborah Jenssen (1980–1984), Tony Fields (1980–1984) and Alexander Cole (1980–1983). Gayle Crofoot (1982–1985) would join the roster in late fall of 1982, replacing dancer Lucinda Dickey (1982). The other remaining "Solid Gold '79" dancers were Larry Blum, Candy Brown and Judy Pierce. Cooley Jackson/Jaxson (1983–1986) joined

3358-462: The remainder of the show's run. This set and theme music were used until August 31, 1974, with the arrival of a brand new set and the second, updated version of "Bandstand Boogie". For a brief time in 1973, Bandstand alternated its time slot with Soul Unlimited , a show featuring soul music that was hosted by Buster Jones . Soul Unlimited was not well-received among its target audience of African-Americans, ostensibly due to its being created by

3431-517: The revived Bandstand —a national dance contest—eventually became the series So You Think You Can Dance . Dick Clark Productions is credited as the show's co-producer, and longtime employee Allen Shapiro serves as co-executive producer. While the American series has aired sixteen seasons, its format was also replicated worldwide, from Norway ( Dansefeber ) to Australia ( So You Think You Can Dance Australia ). Dick Clark died on April 18, 2012, at

3504-406: The show had a national audience of 20 million. In the fall of 1961, ABC truncated American Bandstand' s airtime from 90 to 60 minutes (4:00–5:00 pm ET), then even further as a daily half-hour (4:00–4:30 pm ET) program in September 1962; beginning in early 1963, all five shows for the upcoming week were videotaped the preceding Saturday. The use of videotape allowed Clark to produce and host

3577-1107: The show in 1983, replacing Alexander Cole. Cooley also was the White Ranger in the Power Rangers Live Tour, Breakin' the Movie, and Electric Boogaloo Breakin' 2. Other dancers who appeared on Solid Gold were: Pam Rossi (1980–1986), Helene Phillips (1980–1982), Laura Melton (1980), Michael Perea (1980), Kahea Bright (1980–1984), Janeen Best (1982–1983 & 1985), Macarena Gandarillas (1982), Tricia McFarlane (1983), Jamilah Lucas (1983 & 1984–1988), Chelsea Field (1983–1984), Kelly Stubbs (1983), Lezlie Mogell (1984–1985), Steve La Chance (1984), Mark Sellers (1984–1986), Arlene Ng (1984), Beverly Jeanne (1984–1986), Nicole Romine (1984–1986), Eileen Fairbanks (1985–1987), Leslie Cook (1986–1988), Gigi Hunter (1986–1988), Audrey Baranishyn (1986–1987), Darrell Wright (1986–1988), Paul Michael Thorpe (1986–1988), Regan Patno (1986–1988), Andrea Moen (1987–1988), and Betsy Harris (1987–1988). Some of

3650-401: The show's musical director. Miller stayed on for the entire series and composed the theme song for Solid Gold with Academy Award-winning songwriter Dean Pitchford providing the lyrics. The song, re-recorded various times to reflect current music trends, was performed by the show's hosts (with the exception of the 1984–85 season, which was performed by session singer, Deborah Ludwig Davis) at

3723-605: The theme song for the show, as well. More recent work includes stints on the Home & Garden Television cable channel, and voice roles such as the Engineer in the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2 , and Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault . Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut , and moved to Los Angeles , California , in 1975. His sister is the writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve . His earliest role

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3796-454: The time carried Solid Gold when it launched. As previously mentioned, Solid Gold was part of Operation Prime Time, which was more or less a joint between Paramount Television and Cox Broadcasting; Entertainment Tonight was also part of the consortium. Stations that aired Solid Gold from 1980 to 1988 included: In Canada, Solid Gold was aired on the following stations: American Bandstand American Bandstand ( AB )

3869-418: The week's featured songs. Reviews of the show were not always positive, with The New York Times referring to it as "the pop music show that is its own parody...[enacting] mini-dramas...of covetousness, lust and aerobic toning—routines that typically have a minimal connection with the songs that back them up." Solid Gold was created by Al Masini as part of his Operation Prime Time production unit, and

3942-422: The weekend of September 19, 1987 but this run was short-lived; The New American Bandstand ran until the weekend of June 4, 1988. After a ten-month hiatus, Bandstand moved to cable on USA Network on April 8, 1989, with comedian David Hirsch taking over hosting duties. In another format shift, it was shot outdoors at Universal Studios Hollywood . Clark remained as executive producer. This version

4015-477: The weekly pop music chart compiled Radio & Records , a music industry trade newspaper that was responsible for providing data to various chart tracking programs for over 30 years. The difference between the R&;R chart and those used by competitors like America's Top 10 , which was hosted by Casey Kasem and also launched in 1980, was that only radio airplay was tracked. Kasem's program, which later adopted

4088-490: The white homeowners associations' concerns about property values, WFIL's version of defensive local-ism built on a belief that integration would hurt the station's investment in Bandstand ." WFIL defended these local associations in order to maintain support. On May 3, 2002, Dick Clark hosted a one-off special 50th anniversary edition on ABC. Michael Jackson , a frequent Bandstand guest, performed " Dangerous ". The Village People performed their legendary song, " YMCA " for

4161-417: Was Teela), and The Last Boy Scout (as Bruce Willis 's philandering ex-wife). Darcel appeared on the show from 1980 to 1984, but she took most of the 1984–85 season off to work with a traveling ministry and Jamilah Lucas was appointed principal dancer. Darcel rejoined the roster for the 1985–86 season, reclaiming her position from Jamilah, who remained in the regular lineup. During that season, she became

4234-602: Was a newer, orchestral disco version of "Bandstand Boogie", arranged and performed by Joe Porter , played during the opening and closing credits. 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). From 1977 to September 6, 1986, the show opened and closed with Barry Manilow 's rendition of "Bandstand Boogie", which he originally recorded for his 1975 album Tryin' to Get

4307-542: Was already preempting ABC programming with Bandstand . 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. This first national broadcast of American Bandstand was filmed in the Starlight Ballroom in Wildwood, New Jersey . One show from this first season (December 18, 1957, identified as

4380-414: Was an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989. It was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark , who also served as the program's producer. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark. The program was televised from Philadelphia from its 1952 debut until its move to Los Angeles in 1963 Over

4453-499: Was an early version of the music video shows that became popular in the 1980's, featuring films that were the ancestors of music videos. 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. This more-familiar version of Bandstand debuted on October 7, 1952, in "Studio 'B'", which

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4526-453: Was brought in. Bandstand originally used "High Society" by Artie Shaw as its theme song, but by the time the show went national, it had been replaced by various arrangements of Charles Albertine's "Bandstand Boogie", including Les Elgart 's big-band recording remembered by viewers of the daily version. From 1969 to 1974, "Bandstand Theme", a synthesized rock instrumental co-written by Mike Curb , opened each show. From 1974 to 1977, there

4599-615: Was canceled after 26 weeks, and its final show (with The Cover Girls performing "My Heart Skips a Beat" and " We Can't Go Wrong ") aired on October 7, 1989, thus ending the show's 37-year run. Well, it's our last show here on Bandstand and I really want to thank the viewers who have kept American Bandstand on the air all these years. Dick Clark, wherever you are, we miss you. I tried my best to fill your shoes and I hope I have lived up to what you were expecting of me. American Bandstand will be back someday, I assure you. I'm David Hirsch and, on behalf of American Bandstand , I bid you, for

4672-459: Was developed by Bob Banner . It was produced by Brad Lachman Productions for all eight of its seasons and Bob Banner Associates for its first four, after which Banner's company began producing Star Search for Television Program Enterprises, Masini's other production company. Solid Gold was packaged by Operation Prime Time (which was a co-venture of Masini and Universal Pictures through its MCA Television unit) and Paramount Television , and

4745-443: Was distributed by the remains of Paramount Television Service for its first two seasons. Paramount's syndication unit took over distributorship for the remaining six seasons. Operation Prime Time continued to produce Solid Gold until Masini elected to merge it with Television Program Enterprises in 1987 (TPE did not, however, share in any distribution or packaging as Paramount assumed that themselves). From its debut in 1980 until

4818-547: Was fired after a drunk driving arrest, as WFIL and dual owner Walter Annenberg 's The Philadelphia Inquirer were then running a series on drunken driving. He was also reportedly involved in a prostitution ring and brought up on morals charges. Horn was temporarily replaced by producer Tony Mammarella before the job went to Dick Clark permanently. In late spring of 1957, the ABC television network asked their O&O's and affiliates for programming suggestions to fill their 3:30 p.m. (ET) time slot, In Philadelphia, WFIL

4891-480: Was located in their just-completed addition to the original 1947 building in West Philadelphia ^ , and was hosted by Horn, with Lee Stewart as co-host until 1955. Stewart was the owner of a TV/Radio business in Philadelphia and, even though he was an older gentleman, his advertising account was a large one for WFIL-TV, so he was put on the program to appease the account. As WFIL grew financially and

4964-443: Was not on Solid Gold itself, but rather in the 1988 motion picture Scrooged . The movie, which premiered in November 1988, was scripted and filmed before Solid Gold was officially cancelled. In 2011, Darcel Wynne, Deborah Jenssen, and Lezlie Mogell were competitors on the reality competition series Live to Dance . They managed to advance past the audition stage but did not advance further. The choreographers who plotted out

5037-588: Was occupied with other interests in the evenings. The Monday-night version aired its last program in December 1957, but ABC gave Clark a Saturday-night time slot for The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show , which originated from the Little Theatre in Manhattan, beginning on February 15, 1958. The Saturday show would run until 1960. The program was broadcast live, weekday afternoons and, by 1959,

5110-410: Was on a fifth-season episode of Emergency! After a February 1977 screen test, he signed on as a cast member of Eight Is Enough , taking over a role played in the series' pilot episode by Mark Hamill . When Eight Is Enough ended in 1981, Goodeve appeared in guest roles in series such as The Love Boat , T. J. Hooker , Dynasty , and Fantasy Island , among others. In 1983, he played

5183-458: Was overhauled again in 1987, with the series putting more of an emphasis on live performances and changing its name to Solid Gold in Concert . McCoo, Hall, and Blackwood stayed on as hosts with Dick Tufeld replacing Charlie O'Donnell as announcer after O'Donnell decided to remain with American Bandstand as it left its longtime home at ABC to join Solid Gold in syndication. Linda Greene of

5256-412: Was permanently shot in color starting on September 9, 1967. The typical production schedule consisted of videotaping three shows on a Saturday and three shows on a Sunday, every six weeks. The shows were usually produced in either Stage 54 or Stage 55 at ABC Television Center. In September 1964, Bandstand began using a new logo based on the ABC circle logo, reading "ab" in the same typeface followed by

5329-402: Was pre-emptied 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. unsold game show pilots). Making matters worse, on September 13, 1986, ABC reduced Bandstand from a full hour to 30 minutes; at Clark's request,

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