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Monday, 23 December 2019

TV Guide and Bandstand, 1954.03.00

March 1954-Poll by TV Guide votes Bandstand as the best music show in the Philadelphia area.

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Lee Stewart is dismissed from Bandstand, 1954.01.00

January 1954-Lee Stewart is dismissed as co-host leaving Bob Horn as the Bandstand show’s only host.

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Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Dick Clark with Johnny Ace, Bandstand, 1953.08.00

1953 - Producer Tony Mammarella substitutes for the vacationing Bob Horn.

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1953.08.00-TV host Dick Clark with singer Johnny Ace on Bandstand in the WFIL studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1953

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Johnny Ace

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My Song - 1 R&B

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Cross My Heart - 3 R&B

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The Clock - 1 R&B

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Saving My Love for You - 2 R&B

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Bob Horn, Frankie Laine, Joni James, 1953.05.00

March 29, 1953 - Rex Polier of the Philadelphia Bulletin calls Bandstand "the city's beehive of juvenile jive."

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Bob Horn and Frankie Laine in the WFIL studio Bandstand, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bob Horn and Joni James in the WFIL studio Bandstand, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Frankie Laine
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I'm Just a Poor Bachelor - 14 US
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I Believe - 2 US, 1 UK
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The Girl in the Wood - 11 UK
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Your Cheatin' Heart - 18 US
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Hey Joe! - 6 US, 1 UK
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Where the Wind Blows - 2 UK
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Answer Me - 1 UK

Joni James
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Have You Heard - 4 US
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Wishing Run - 17 US
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Your Cheatin' Heart - 2 US
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Almost Always - 9 US
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Is It Any Wonder - 16 US
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My Love, My Love - 8 US
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You're Fooling Someone - 11 US

Bob Horn, Bandstand show, 1953.05.00

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Bandstand host Bob Horn and a group of the show's dancers

Bob Horn and Regulars at the Rate-A-Record Desk 1953

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Thursday, 5 September 2019

Lee Stewart and Bob Horn, 1953.03.00

530300-Bandstand teen dance program on WFIL-TV co-host Lee Stewart and Bob Horn.

Lee Stewart and Bob Horn

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Disc Jockey Play Chart Top 10 in USA

- March 21, 1953

1 Doggie In The Window-Patti Page

2 Tell Me You're Mine-The Gaylords

3 Side By Side-Kay Starr

4 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer

5 Pretend-Nat "King" Cole

6 Wild Horses-Perry Como

7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James

8 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan

9 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me-Karen Chandler

10 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd

Saturday, 31 August 2019

Bob Horn, Don Flanagan - 1952, November

Don Flanagan said he and the girls managed to keep things orderly by distributing color coded entry tickets, each assigned for a different day of the week. Broadcast Pioneers member Jerry Blavat also played an important part in the Horn days of Bandstand.

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It was Bob Horn who Flanagan credits with establishing much of the basic format of the later incarnation of “American Bandstand,” the name the show used when on network. Local segments (which preceded the network show were still called “Bandstand”).

For a few months, Bob took over hosting an afternoon TV music show called “Parade of Stars” which ran filmed songs, the first so-called music videos. WFIL-TV wanted to capitalize on Horn’s very popular radio program called, Bandstand. They thought of just changing the name of “Parade of Stars” to “Bandstand,” but that idea was nixed.

Lee Stewart - The Original Bandstand Set - WFIL-TV, Philadelphia - 1952

Bandstand teen dance program on WFIL-TV with Bob Horn as co-host with Lee Stewart.

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Disc Jockey Play Chart Top 10 in USA

- November 8, 1952

1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page
2 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford

3 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers

4 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt

5 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford

6 You Belong To Me-Patti Page

7 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

8 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

9 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James

10 Trying-Hilltoppers

10 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza

Juke Box Charts Top 10 in USA

- November 8, 1952

1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page

2 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford

3 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers

4 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford

5 You Belong To Me-Patti Page

6 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

6 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James

8 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

9 Trying-Hilltoppers

9 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

Bob Horn, October 13, 1952

October 13, 1952—Bandstand teen dance program debuts on WFIL-TV with Bob Horn as co-host with Lee Stewart. Horn is named director of recorded music for WFIL radio and WFIL-TV.

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WFIL 1947 Publication Cover - Cover drawing from 1947 WFIL

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Disc Jockey Play Chart Top 10 in USA

- October 11,1952

1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford

2 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page

3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

4 I Should Care-Ralph Flanagan

5 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford

6 You Belong To Me-Patti Page

7 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers

8 Meet Mr. Callaghan-Les Paul

9 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

10 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

Juke Box Charts Top 10 in USA

- October 11,1952

1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page

2 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford

3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford

4 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

5 Meet Mr. Callaghan-Les Paul

6 You Belong To Me-Patti Page

7 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney

8 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter

9 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman

10 Auf Wiedersehen-Vera Lynn

Bob Horn, 1951

In 1951 Bob Horn adds television to his duties, at WFIL-TV.

Bandstand was originally a radio show broadcast by Philadelphia's WIP-AM station and hosted by Bob Horn, who moved with the show to rival station WFIL in 1951.

In 1951 Bob Horn moved his highly popular Bandstand to rival WIP.

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1947 - Eastern Light Company - 12 Sep MC - Allentown PA

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Disc Jockey Play Chart Top 10 in USA

- January 13,1951

1 Tennessee Waltz-Patti Page

2 My Heart Cries For You-Guy Mitchell

3 The Thing-Phil Harris

4 My Heart Cries For You-Dinah Shore

5 The Roving Kind-Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller

6 My Heart Cries For You-Vic Damone

7 Tennessee Waltz-Jo Stafford & Paul Weston

8 If-Perry Como

9 You Are Just In Love-Perry Como & Fontane Sisters

10 Be My Love-Mario Lanza

Juke Box Charts Top 10 in USA

- July 7,1951

1 Too Young-Nat 'King' Cole

2 How High The Moon-Les Paul & Mary Ford

3 Jezebel-Frankie Laine

4 On Top Of Old Smoky-Terry Gilkyson & Weavers

5 Rose, Rose I Love You-Frankie Laine

6 My Truly Truly Fair-Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller

7 Sound Off-Vaughn Monroe

8 Mister And Mississippi-Patti Page

9 Come On A My House-Rosemary Clooney

10 Sweet Violets-Dinah Shore

Sunday, 25 August 2019

Bob Horn, August 1950

August 1950 - Disc jockey Bob Horn, 34, moves from WIP radio in Philadelphia to WFIL radio.

Bandstand was originally a radio show broadcast by Philadelphia's WIP-AM station and hosted by Bob Horn.

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WFIL-AM's Transmitter site in South West Philadelphia, began operation December 1, 1937 here with 1,000 watts. Scanned from 1947 WFIL publication "Going Forward With Radio".