Aug. 5, 2007 — -- Sunday is a milestone for the show that taught America to dance. It was 50 years ago that American Bandstand changed the way a generation listened to music. On Aug. 5, 1957 ...

He hosted one version of “American Bandstand” or another until 1988. Even a stroke in 2004 has not deterred him from continuing to ring in the New Year in Times Square on TV.

Bandstand Bonnie got her nickname later in life, but her inspiration early, as "the girl with the big hairdo" on American Bandstand in 1961. Hearing today that Dick Clark had died was "very, very sad.