American Bandstand will leave Philadelphia (and lose it’s East Coast vibe) and move to Los Angeles on Feb-8-64.  These are the Saturday, one-hour shows.  The final weekday show was Aug-30-63.

AB ’64
U.S. TV show. Jan-11-64.  In-person performance by The Crystals who sing “Little Boy” and are interviewed.  In-person performace by Freddy Canon who sings “Abigail Bleecher” and is interviewed.

The number one record is: Bobby Vinton: “There, I’ve Said It Again”.  The Rate-a-Record segment features, Round Robin: “Slauson Shuffle Time” and Johnny Jack: “True Love At First Sight”.

The kids in the studio dance to; The Rip Chords: “Hey Little Cobra”, Cliff Richard: “It’s All In The Game”, The Supremes: “When The Lovelight Stars Shining Through His Eyes”, Jimmy Clanton: “Red Don’t Go With Blue”, Little Joey and the Flips: “Bongo Stomp”, Lenny Welch: “Since I Feel For You”, The Marketts: “Out Of Limits”.

AB ’64
U.S. TV show. Aug-22-64.  In-person performance by Jan & Dean who sing “Sidewalk Surfing”, are interviewed and demonstrate skateboarding techniques.  Fabian appears in-person and is interviewed by Dick and talks about the film, “Ride The Wild Surf”.  Major Lance appears in-person and sings, “Rhythm” and interviewed.

Number one song this week; Bobby Freeman: “C’Mon and Swim”.  The kids in the studio dance to; Johnny Rivers: “Maybellene”, Little Anthony and the Imperials: “I’m On The Outside Lookin In”, Johnny Tilotson: “Worry”, Billy Strange: “James Bond Theme”, Branda Lee: “Alone With You”, The Newbeats: “Bread And Butter”, Erma Thomas: “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)”.

Plus this bonus selection

SWINGIN’ TOGETHER 1962
U.S. TV pilot.  Bobby Rydell leads a rock n roll band (Bobby Day and His Four Knights) on the road playing one-night stands on their way to fame.  Great twist and rock n roll!

Video Quality: Good quality, about a 8.0 using our website Quality Rating Table. We would like to also add that we consider the quality to be very good for it’s time and source.
Running Length: 103 minutes.
Disc Format: 1 NTSC DVD-R