who hosted american bandstand?
American Bandstand, 1957. Dick Clark became host of the locally-produced Bandstand in 1956, just before the show was renamed American Bandstand, shortened to ninety minutes, and expanded to a national ABC audience on August 5, 1957.
Among the multitudes of acts to appear on the program were the Beastie Boys, The Doors, Kiss, The Mamas & The Papas, Prince, Run-DMC, Michael Jackson and Madonna. Clark hosted âAmerican Bandstandâ until just months before it was cancelled in late 1989 (the showâs final installments were hosted by David Hirsch).