Notes for The Rise and Decline of American Bandstand’s Influence on Popular Music
[i] Richard Peterson, “Why 1955?”, 97-116.
[ii] Jon Hartley Fox, King of Queen City: The Story of King Records (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009), 59.
[iii] On the importance of American Bandstand to record sales, see John Broven, Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009); and Anthony Musso, Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and early 1960s…in their own words (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007).
[iv] Joe Smith, Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music (New York: Warner Books, 1988), 103; Jackson, American Bandstand, 85
[v] On the history of payola, see Kerry Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1994).
[vi] Quoted in David Szatmary, Rockin’ in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000), 59.
[vii] “Newest Music for a New Generation: Rock ‘n’ Rolls On ‘n’ On,” Life, April 18, 1958, pp. 166-168.
[viii] Quoted in Jackson, Big Beat Heat, 288.
[ix] Quoted in Jackson, American Bandstand, 179.
[x] Clark and Robinson, Rock, Roll & Remember, 268.
[xi] Jackson, American Bandstand, 182. On the payola hearings, see Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry, 100-58; Jackson, Big Beat Heat, 238-327; Ward, Just My Soul Responding, 161-69.
[xii] Anthony Lewis, “Dick Clark Denies Receiving Payola; Panel Skeptical,” New York Times, April 30, 1960, p. 1.
[xiii] Pete Martin, “I Call on Dick Clark,” Saturday Evening Post, October 10, 1959, p. 70.
[xiv] Bill Davidson, “The Strange World of Dick Clark,” Redbook, March 1960, p. 111.
[xv] Jackson, American Bandstand, 153-96; Ward, Just My Soul Responding, 165; “Guilty Only of Success,” TV Guide, September 10-16, 1960.
[xvi] Chapple and Garofalo, Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Pay, 57-60; Jackson, American Bandstand, 197-198.
[xvii] Chapple and Garofalo, 51.
[xviii] Clark and Robinson, Rock, Roll & Remember, 140; Dawson, The Twist, 21-29; Jackson, American Bandstand, 170-71, 218.
[xix] Ibid., 49.
[xx] Chapple and Garofalo, 49; Guralnick, Feel Like Going Home, 20.
[xxi] Shore and Clark, The History of American Bandstand, 81-84, 127-132.
[xxii] Jackson, American Bandstand, 225.
[xxiii] On the economics of television reruns in the 1950s and 1960s, see Phil Williams, “Feeding Off the Past: The Evolution of the Television Rerun,” in Television, ed. Newcomb, 52-72.
[xxiv] Jackson, American Bandstand, 227-287.
[ii] Jon Hartley Fox, King of Queen City: The Story of King Records (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009), 59.
[iii] On the importance of American Bandstand to record sales, see John Broven, Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009); and Anthony Musso, Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and early 1960s…in their own words (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007).
[iv] Joe Smith, Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music (New York: Warner Books, 1988), 103; Jackson, American Bandstand, 85
[v] On the history of payola, see Kerry Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1994).
[vi] Quoted in David Szatmary, Rockin’ in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000), 59.
[vii] “Newest Music for a New Generation: Rock ‘n’ Rolls On ‘n’ On,” Life, April 18, 1958, pp. 166-168.
[viii] Quoted in Jackson, Big Beat Heat, 288.
[ix] Quoted in Jackson, American Bandstand, 179.
[x] Clark and Robinson, Rock, Roll & Remember, 268.
[xi] Jackson, American Bandstand, 182. On the payola hearings, see Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry, 100-58; Jackson, Big Beat Heat, 238-327; Ward, Just My Soul Responding, 161-69.
[xii] Anthony Lewis, “Dick Clark Denies Receiving Payola; Panel Skeptical,” New York Times, April 30, 1960, p. 1.
[xiii] Pete Martin, “I Call on Dick Clark,” Saturday Evening Post, October 10, 1959, p. 70.
[xiv] Bill Davidson, “The Strange World of Dick Clark,” Redbook, March 1960, p. 111.
[xv] Jackson, American Bandstand, 153-96; Ward, Just My Soul Responding, 165; “Guilty Only of Success,” TV Guide, September 10-16, 1960.
[xvi] Chapple and Garofalo, Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Pay, 57-60; Jackson, American Bandstand, 197-198.
[xvii] Chapple and Garofalo, 51.
[xviii] Clark and Robinson, Rock, Roll & Remember, 140; Dawson, The Twist, 21-29; Jackson, American Bandstand, 170-71, 218.
[xix] Ibid., 49.
[xx] Chapple and Garofalo, 49; Guralnick, Feel Like Going Home, 20.
[xxi] Shore and Clark, The History of American Bandstand, 81-84, 127-132.
[xxii] Jackson, American Bandstand, 225.
[xxiii] On the economics of television reruns in the 1950s and 1960s, see Phil Williams, “Feeding Off the Past: The Evolution of the Television Rerun,” in Television, ed. Newcomb, 52-72.
[xxiv] Jackson, American Bandstand, 227-287.
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