A teenage Linda Deutsch poses with Dick Clark on the set of American Bandstand in January, 1959 in Philadelphia. She presented a petition for an all-Elvis show. (AP Photo/Asbury Park Press) A teenage ...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – 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 ...

Chubby Checker got America rocking again in 1959 — and he’s still Twisting away. The music legend plays Saturday, Oct. 14, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. “The Chubby Checker show is like a ...

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The entertainment world was all shook up as the landmark TV program "American Bandstand" made its national debut on this day in history, August 5, 1957. "American Bandstand" had been a local hit ...