American Bandstand Quotes

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

One week before my 17th birthday, I had a blind date with June Rose, a television actress on network soap operas, a model, and a regular on the popular Dick Clark's Saturday night 'American Bandstand' show from New York. We were married five years later, one week after my graduation from Columbia.

The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city.

Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.

No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager.

MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.

History was made the day Chubby Checker went on 'Bandstand' with 'The Twist.'

With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.