Friday, November 9, 2012

November 10, 1958: A Billboard magazine article notes that Beechnut gum's sales have gone up 100 percent since becoming an American Bandstand sponsor…




American Bandstand 1958!













November 10, 1958: 

A Billboard magazine article notes that Beechnut gum's sales have gone up 100 percent since becoming an American Bandstand sponsor… 




Do ya think maybe it was 

THE MUSIC!?!

Check out a few of the acts appearing on American Bandstand in 1958…

BIG BOPPER…


LITTLE RICHARD…


 (Be sure to check out the WHOLE video with a Little Richard interview…)

LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS…

DANNY AND THE JUNIORS…

DION AND THE BELMONTS…


THE KILLER…

RICHIE VALENS…

 

Didn’t even have to be on Dick’s show!!!
The Stroll; On a local television dance show in Idaho in February 1958, local teens dance to one of the biggest dance crazes out of the late-1950's called The Stroll, which originated from American Bandstand…

“WRAPPED IN GREEN AND MADE FOR A TEEN?” 

DON’T THINK SO…
IT’S ALL ABOUT ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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