We had to [perform] to a tape. We couldn’t play it live, so we threw our mics on the ground and wrecked them," recalled Ad-Rock.

Simply titled Bandstand, the program debuted on Oct. 13, 1952. By the 1950s, television had leapfrogged radio. By the middle ...

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The show will transport audiences back to the iconic 1950s and ‘60s in a tribute to the legendary “American Bandstand” broadcasts from Studio B in Philadelphia.