American Bandstand
Julian Lennon / Shalamar
TV Flash files “Julian Lennon / Shalamar” as hour 2632 of 2821 in the TV Flash guide — American Bandstand (1952–1989) on WFIL-TV/ABC, season 28, episode 17, aired 1984-12-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E17: listed hour 2632 of 2821 in the American Bandstand guide, hour 17 of 51 in season 28. It aired 1984-12-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Donna Summer” (S28E16). Next is “General Public / Rebbie Jackson” (S28E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Julian Lennon / Shalamar sit in the American Bandstand guide?
S28E17 is listed hour 2632 of 2821 — hour 17 of 51 in season 28, season 28 episode 17.
When did American Bandstand S28E17 air?
Julian Lennon / Shalamar aired 1984-12-29 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Clark's national ABC years: rate-a-record, the dance floor, a guest act paying court. The after-school machine is the point, not a plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
American Bandstand is Dick Clark's after-school dance floor: kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills. Watch it now as the machine that nationalized teen music culture — a Philadelphia floor that taught labels TV could sell singles overnight, and made the host a perpetual industry power broker.
Distribution first: local WFIL-TV Philadelphia, then national ABC from 1957. Dick Clark's after-school floor. **2,821 episodes, 33 seasons**, 1952–1989 in the long count. Kids on camera rating records, artists paying court (often lip-synced), Rate-a-record as participatory UI, dance crazes as the weekly SKU. That is not a sock hop. That is a distribution channel disguised as a dance floor. Rex can hymn the jukebox. The metric is overnight singles.
Filed against
- Dick Clark as Host
Dick Clark made American Bandstand an after-school dance floor with national reach — kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills, a Philadelphia machine that taught labels television could sell singles overnight.…
Also in season 28
- S28E01 New Edition / Romeo Void / Flock of Seagulls (video)
- S28E02 Scandal / Patrice Rushen / Peter Wolf (video)
- S28E03 Janet Jackson / Lakeside / Lindsay Buckingham (video)
- S28E04 Gary U.S. Bonds / Psychedelic Furs / Wham! (video)
- S28E05 Y & T / O'Bryan / The Fixx (video)
- S28E06 Sparks / Karen Kamon / Billy Ocean (video)