You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — “From Bandstand to Billboard — On the Flip Side” is a fun, and ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, musicals about World War II tended to be peppy shows about soldiers and sailors on leave, acting carefree for a few days and leaving the war behind. Nowadays, we know that such ...

Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Matt Delmont, author of The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950's Philadelphia ...

PHILADELPHIA – Dick Clark may have worked in bigger cities over the course of his long entertainment career, but it was his time in Philadelphia that made him a household name. Clark, who died ...

In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, everyone knew Bob and Justine, Kenny and Arlene, and Ed and Bunny. They were some of the most famous kids in America, dancing every day on “American Bandstand.’’ “We ...

LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock ‘n’ roll to much of the nation on “American Bandstand” and for four decades was the first and last ...