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The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city. -- Daryl Hall
MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure. -- Don Cornelius
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. -- Paul Simon
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world. -- John Oates
Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s. -- Chuck D
I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different. -- Chubby Checker
My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day when she was in her 80s, 90s. She loved rock music. I never had anyone in my family that was anti-rock n' roll. -- Alice Cooper
The bandstand is a sacred place. -- Wynton Marsalis
The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. -- Bill Bruford
You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. -- Charlie Parker
My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. -- Frederick Reines
I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them; you can't beat that. People will say things, and shout out, it's almost like they're up on the bandstand with you. -- Benny Green
Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own. -- Stan Kenton
I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say. -- Narada Michael Walden
I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here. -- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Listen more to the other players on the bandstand than you do to yourself. -- Bill Kirchen
This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave. -- Wynton Marsalis
Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right. -- Jerry Garcia
If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked. -- Miles Davis

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