The Official 1955 Bandstand Yearbook

library self-audit 2026-09-12 (standing order 9940): catalogued name was 'The Official "Bandstand" Yearbook (Before Dick Clark)' — the parenthetical is a bibliographer's annotation, not part of the title; renamed to match the bookseller-listed title 'The Official 1955 Bandstand Yearbook' (Biblio.com listing, seen 2026-09-12). Authors from Larry Lehmer, Bandstandland (excerpt at whenwordsmatter.typepad.com/bandstand_beat, 2019): Horn and producer Tony Mammarella created a Bandstand Yearbook that sold more than 50,000 copies. Show facts from J. & A. McClain, "American Bandstand", Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia (premiered October 1952 on WFIL-TV, host Bob Horn; Clark replaced Horn 1956; national on ABC 5 Aug 1957; teens danced the Bop and the Jitterbug, later the Stroll and the Twist) and J. L. Puckett, "Starting Local: WFIL-TV, Bob Horn, and Philadelphia's Bandstand", West Philadelphia Collaborative History (teens danced to records; guests lip-synced; Horn removed June 1956). The two sources give 6 and 13 October 1952 for the premiere; the page says October 1952. Genre tags american-rhythm and american-smooth removed: those are competitive ballroom categories and nothing ties a 1955 teen TV yearbook to them; specialty-swing (Swing & Jazz) kept for the Jitterbug and the Bop. Nobody at LODance has read the yearbook (_text_available=false); nothing on this page describes its contents.