American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark. Young teens from around the area would show off their dance moves and thousands of kids from around the nation would tune in every week to see what the kids on the show were doing. Clark would often interview the teenagers about their opinions of the songs being played, most memorably through the "Rate-a-Record" segment. During the segment, two audience members each ranked two records on a scale of 35 to 98, after which the two opinions were averaged by Clark, who then asked the audience members to justify their scores. The segment gave rise, perhaps apocryphally, to the phrase "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it."

American bandstand was originally aired from Philadelphia with a man named Bob horn as the host. It was never supposed to be a dance show but when Horn decided that was the way to go. Dick Clark took over after Horn was fired after a Drinking and driving arrest. Clark on really ever hosted the show alone except for one special episode. The only person to ever co-host the show with Dick Clark was Donna Summer, who joined him to present a special episode dedicated to the release of the Casablanca film Thank God It's Friday on 27 May 1978. 

Even after the show ceased to exist and air it was used for inspiration in other movies. Grease and Hairspray are two examples. In Grease National Bandstand came and filmed their school dance and there is a resemblance between American Bandstand and The Corny Collins Show.