I was only 7 but these teens i looked up to and watched them dance after i came back from school. Kids today cant comprehend how these teens were national celebrities and even though Dick Clark was great host the kids made the show!❤❤

song released fall of 57 and so was the release of the " hula hoop at about this same time.Both became hugely popular by early 58.

I was 6 or 7 in 1957 and watched American Bandstand Mon through Fri. Just want to say.....all the guys and chicks can get their kicks at the hop,!

The GREAT PAT MOLITIERI was "THE QUEEN OF THE HOP"! MAGNIFICENT dancer of any kind of dance style!She was american bandstand!! RIP PAT!

I am 65 now and Watched Bandstand every day after school...And I actually could do this dance... Not many kids in Chicago could,,but I could because of Bandstand.. Go Philly.........

My grandpa passed away about 8 years ago, and seeing him in this video is so comforting! He is the man on the right of the screen at 2:26

I worked at a restaurant in the early nineties, and every friday and saturday night there was a dance floor and dancing and I was the first one to dance to this song...This is what management wanted to break the ice.....and I was it.......:)

Love Danny and the Juniors.

Love that fast shuffle step. These kids can really dance..😊

I grew up in the 60s and I remember this like it was yesterday. Am 71 yeas old ... Where did the time go lol.

What memories here when American Bandstand was in Philadelphia.

So great seeing Pat Molitierri and Arlene Sullivan...wow what memories. Takes me back to high school so many years ago. I was hooked on that show after school!

rock and roll is here to stay no matter what ur age I am 68 years old I feel like a reborn teenager love it I watched american bandstand every day just like every teenager did that was the thing to do August 7 2016

THE BEST ERA !!!!! FRESH !!! KEEPING IT REAL !!!! BEAUTY !!!

Man, oh, man....that PAT MOLITTIERI sure knew how to dance!

I watched American Bandstand for many of years but this was a wee bit before I started watching. Wasnt til 73--74 but it was much earlier. Mom was hooked. Born in '71!!

I see the West Catholic Girls' Highschool there doing the hop!!! I went there about 10 times because I was one of those WCGH girls. LOL Memories!!

This is where the dance was born, and yes you hop when you dance.

LOL when I see Pat do the bop!! I'm 67 now looked up to these kids and what nostalgia!!

Its fun watching these old vidios😄👍

Makes my eyes water to see these teens here as though they were live on TV. But now they are all grown up and me too and some have passed away even too early. Really brings back memories. Not too long ago I tried to do the hop, LOL forget it! Don't have any more spry in my legs. LOL

I love the dancing, and Dick Clark!!!! sure miss him...

Watching this reminds me of when times were all about fun times. Everyone enjoyed everyone's presence on the floor. No color. No culture. Just dancing all the same dance steps in our own versions. Miss those days terribly.

Rosalie Beltrante was absolutely gorgeous!

I watched every day after school. My cousin and I still do the bop whenever a DJ plays "At the Hop"!!! Of course, we have to sit down for about an hour afterwards.

It all looked like just a good times dance party, but the dance floor of American Bandstand was one of the most highly regulated ares in the 1950s/60s American culture. Everyone had their place on that floor and if you dared try to move up a row, you were not allowed back for a certain amount of time, if ever. It transitioned from a music show in the early days, to a soap opera of personalities and "who's dancing with who" in the mid to late 60's when the music started to deteriorate.

The hop was the crip walk of the 50's

Love these videos.!!!!I wish they would show more. Love the Philly Ab. Best dancers. That's where I learned. I'm 72. Still can dance . BEST DANCE EVER. JUST LOVE IT. Wish it was 1957 again. So innocent times and great times. Loved them. .🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💖

Loved the foot work..these kids had the moves!

Just had a magical time with my sister surprising our dad with his high school buddies from these days. We grew up hearing the stories of all these great people, and it was such a tear jerking moment when they all got together, walkers and all!!!!!! Most love and respect for this generation!!!! I wish we were still there to share it with you Mom and Dad!!! ❤❤❤

You are as passionate as I am about the regulars on AB. I remember the Beltrante sisters, my favorite reg was Carole Scaldeferri, Frani Giordano and Pat Moliteri. I could watch these reruns forever, it's sad that there were never any dvd's made of the early AB days. There's a demand for this stuff, I would pay any price to be able to get these copies...

my mother taught us the Bop to Dance With Me Henry. Her sisters and brother's learned shortly after they arrived in Tucson, 1954. I love this dance.

Wow!! Such amazing energy and dancing!

I would have love to have been a teenager back then,I was one year old. Great music.

John thank you for that synopsis of the show. I was a 7 year old kid when American Bandstand premiered and never missed a show! You are correct the show never was the same after Dick Clark moved it to LA. I lost interest! Then again the British Invasion soon caught my attention as a teen in the 60s❤

Love being able to watch my Dad dance, brings tears to my eyes!

I'm 75 now. Wouldn't THINK of doing any of that any more. This is great, thanks for posting. (I never missed watching BS after school.)

The 50's rule! Hot Chicks, Hot Rods, and Rock n Roll!

looks like a blast

There is actually an original broadcast of American Bandstand you can get on dvd. It’s from Dec 18, 1957 consisting of an hour of the show with an excellent hour documentary for about 10 to 20 dollars on line. Many of these Philadelphia clips are from that show. The quality is only so so but considering the piece of history it represents it’s worth it.

Used go to Friday nite dances to THE MUSIIC. COULDNT SIT DOWN TIL THE LAST SONG.SO MUCH FUN. HI TO EVERYONE EVER IN MINOT ND!!

I remember my mom teaching me this dance for my schools 60s sock hop I was 15 then we found a old long poodle skirt i had a pink sweater that matched that was one fun night

I,could listen to the above on a "Everyday ",basis !!

The best fast-dance song in the history of music!

the bop! "dance","dance, charlie!"

Great rock n roll , great dance.

Look how long those dresses are ! Lol gosh I miss those days. Thank you God!

This is the better video of the hop on Bandstand 1957. There are some great foot movements. Kool. Notice that girl who looks like she is on a stick. Pat Mollitieri and other favorites of Bandstand. They were the days. Wow! Seen them all on TV.

Fantastic exercise 😄💖

Black and white saddle shoes with Bobby socks..😍

veo este video y me dan ganas de bailar que hermosa musica de esos tiempos amo los 50 60s nunca debio pasar de moda

This was not the first dance show in the Philadelphia area. Before this was the Grady and Hurst Show, which premiered from Wilmington, Delaware and later moved to Philadelphia. I think later on, it came from Atlantic City. I remember kids from my high school, going to nearby Wilmington to be on the Grady & Hurst show, and that would have been about 1952 or 1953.

Wow so that what American bandstand looks like back then

I wanna go to the hop!

My Wife & I Love to dance this Music

Rest In Peace, Joe Terry... I wish I could've lived in the 50s... such great music :(

YOUR WRONG MARTIN,,,,MY FATHERE IS 73 AND CAN STILL GET THE DANCE FLOOR SMOKIN YET TO THIS SONG....

Great dancing and nice foot work from the guy around 1:18!

These days were the best. Now the world is shit.. wish I lived back then

The gals in the catholic high school uniforms had guts. The nuns used to chastise them for being on TV wearing their uniforms on the show. I guess those nuns were Bandstand fans.

Zounds! Does this ever bring back sweet memories for me. Etched forever in my mind and my heart. Uh-uh, don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Did those long Skirts WOWSERS!!

My name is Carlos and in 1957 I was 10 years old in 1962 I was a teenager rebel living in Mexico

Love seeing my mom dancing in this!!!!!

aahh the memories

Pat Molitierri was THE best dancer on Bandstand, so sad she died so young.

I wish my life was back then when AMERICAN bandstand was around so I could dance but too bad It started in 1956 or 1957 but I was born in 2006

Pat was the best dancer on the show and could bop better than anyone as the video shows! She and Frani were my favorites.

Is it any coincidence that American Bandstand left Philly Feb.1964. Just when the Beatles and the British Invasion started. It was as if Rock&Roll (jitterbuggin) and Philly AB agreed to end together!

You go Philly girls Jitterbugging in your, more than likely, your West Catholic school uniforms on national television. My hometown made teenagers cool. Take care and stay safe everyone 😷Go Birds 💚🏈🦅

About coming home to watch AB. Did it from my freshman year through senior, and my first year in college - when the Philly chapter came to a close in '64. That to me, ended my love affair. It was never the same in LA. Crushes? You know them: Scaldeferri, Giordano, Betrante, Marcen, Hamill, Molittieri, Carrelli, Di Pietro (sounds like an Italian law firm). Wasn't just the ladies, it was the guys too, and the total package: the East Coast kids, mature, great dancers, excellent music in the era (best of all-time IMO), and Dick as the handsome boy-next-door, master of understatement and humility. Where do you find that today? A time in my life that'll never be repeated. Memories and longing for that era remains. Forever. Probably didn't hurt that your teen years were, for me, the most impressionable, where your first love entered and you reached young-manhood.

go cats go!!!! love it!!

THANK YOU!

BELLISSIMO 💝💝💝.

i never understood why Dick Clark would not release all the early American Bandstand tapes. those of us who remember the shows from the late 50's/early 60's are mostly in our 70's now. we would have been the ones who wanted to see these-and we were the ones who faithfully watched him. selfish man.

CLASSIC.

Oh great days for sure.

This was a few years before my time...but I do remember how prized a boy was who could dance well. Every girl wanted a boy who could really dance. And vice versa, I suppose, but I remember the praised heaped on a boy who knew all the steps and could really jive.

In my teens, I thought "the Bop" was a dance that would never die. At age 43, I attempted the dance with a woman my age when "At the Hop was played - we could not finish the dance, it was so strenuous, and I was in great shape and running 10k races at the time. Here's to the energy of youth.

Awesome dancing

I wish this was around when I was born I was born in 1982 I would love to see this

The stuff starting a 1:09 is the best I've seen since the Lindy Hoppers in Hellzapoppin from the 40s.

memories were good

Who is the couple on 2:00-2:14? They look sweet together. I enjoy watching them dancing together in another video. He's a great dancer, showing her the dance moves. She so cute, maybe shy.

Nice times for those who were straight but there is another side of the story about bandstand which I never knew until about 6 years ago and the guys and girls have admitted it. Little did anyone know as they watched the show everyday after school. But yet there were those who were ok and very good dancers and the sad part of it now is most are not with us anymore. I only hope their children and grandchildren see them here dancing.

Shirley, where are you? You sent me a note back in 1958 in eighth grade, inviting me to “The Hop.”

IT WAS NICE to see girls dancing with girls....no body minded ....it was all about having fun..Hope this comes around again bfore i die.:)

i was in high school in the 50 and love this show and look how they are dessed no saggy pains but look good +

Eu tenho 65 anos adoro essa música.

That was before the also nice Twist.❤😂

Reminds me of this song in American Graffiti.

Debbie G...................You are right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when women were feminine and elegant.and men were alot more respect ful..

Go Cats Go!!!!

That kid from .15 - .17 looks like he took lessons from Jerry Lewis. :)

dancing the bop

Bandstand16 you are not the only one.

Ain’t it the truth!

The first Bandstand shows were just called "Bandstand", not "American Bandstand". Did you know the theme song for Bandstand was made my Barry Manilow?

Back then it look so fun and happy time...Nowadays you might get shot if you dance this close or god forbid if you bump someone...