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Former teen dance party host recalls rock's early days | Tweet Gazette

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In Philadelphia, on WFIL, the show was called “Bandstand.” When ABC picked up the series and took it, and host Dick Clark, nationwide in 1957, it became “American Bandstand.” In Cincinnati, it was “Soupy’s Soda Shop” on WKRC, with the late Soupy Sales launching his long career as host. ...

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Former teen dance party host recalls rock's early days | Tweet Gazette
American Idol Buzz — ... Habib’s reaction was “How dare he? I came up with The Claymates 50 years ago!”) “But it was Clay’s sweetness,” she added, “that made the show so much more than songs. …. He launched his own Web site – claycoleshow.com – in part to parry Internet rumors that he was dead, or that he’d been banned from television after a marijuana bust. (OK, there was that one time in 1962 when he and members of a rock … More: continued here

Former teen dance party host recalls rock's early days | Tweet Gazette
My American Idol — (When “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken’s fans co-opted the title, Habib’s reaction was “How dare he? I came up with The Claymates 50 years ago!”) “But it was Clay’s sweetness,” she added, “that made the show so much more than songs. … More: continued here