A grab bag of “American Bandstand” footage from around the internet.

The First Decade

Danny & the Juniors - At The Hop
The first generation of “American Bandstand” dancers boppin’ at the hop.

Gene Vincent - Dance the Bop

Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen

The Sixties

American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me

Clean cut teens give their initial reactions to the new, ultra shaggy looks and psychedelic sounds from their fave rave Brits, including “Strawberry Fields”-era Beatles.
Sometimes genius needs a little time to be fully digested…

Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett era)

Punk, New Wave and Beyond

Blondie - Heart of Glass/One Way or Another
Debbie coyly vamps it up with a bow and arrow. Stay tuned for the interview in the middle. Completely jet-lagged, the band discusses aliens and give a shout out to The Spectrum in Philly. It all looks shockingly contemporary until you catch a glimpse of the disco kids in the audience.
http://www.rip-her-to-shreds.com/archive_videos_tv_americanbandstand.php

Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover/interview/Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
A young but far from starstruck Prince gives Dick Clark the (nearly) silent treatment. Bookended by two amazing performances from his debut album.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/prince_on_ameri.html

Public Image Limited - Poptones/Careering
This is perhaps the single strangest “Bandstand” segment readily available on the internet - Public Image Limited’s unruly performance from 1980. As it turns out, it’s one of the single most requested repeats, according to Clark himself. John Lydon could only tolerate the lip-synch for the teenyboppers charade for so long. Marvel at the chaos and deep confusion.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/pil_on_american.html

Behind the Scenes

Eye to Eye (CBS piece on original American Bandstand dancers)