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American Bandstand

Season 22

47 listed hours · 1952–1989 · WFIL-TV/ABC

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Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

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.

TV Flash files Season 22 of American Bandstand (1952–1989) on WFIL-TV/ABC as a mid listed season (22; 22 of 33) — 47 listed hours, 1978-09-09–1979-09-08 from “Frankie Valli” (S22E01) to “Bonnie Pointer” (S22E47). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

  1. S22E01 Frankie Valli
  2. S22E02 Foxy
  3. S22E03 Stonebolt
  4. S22E04 Oct. 14, 1978 - no information available
  5. S22E05 Oct. 21, 1978 - no information available
  6. S22E06 David Gates
  7. S22E07 Dec. 2, 1978 - no information available
  8. S22E08 Sylvester
  9. S22E09 The Pointer Sisters / Eric Carmen
  10. S22E10 Dec. 23, 1978 - no information available
  11. S22E11 Chanson / Justin Heyward
  12. S22E12 The Village People
  13. S22E13 Peaches & Herb / The Coasters
  14. S22E14 Grace Jones / Livingston Taylor
  15. S22E15 Alicia Bridges / Dan Hartman
  16. S22E16 Melissa Manchester / Nigel Olsson
  17. S22E17 The Jacksons
  18. S22E18 Bonnie Pointer / The Raes
  19. S22E19 Eddie Rabbit
  20. S22E20 Gloria Gaynor / Roger Voudouris
  21. S22E21 Bobby Caldwell / Herbie Mann
  22. S22E22 Talking Heads / Brooklyn Dreams
  23. S22E23 Sister Sledge / Gary's Gang
  24. S22E24 Mar. 31, 1979 - no information available
  25. S22E25 Shalamar / Linda Clifford
  26. S22E26 Edwin Starr / Arpeggio
  27. S22E27 The Fabulous Poodles
  28. S22E28 The Farragher Bros.
  29. S22E29 Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  30. S22E30 Blondie / G.Q.
  31. S22E31 Badfinger / Narada Michael Walden
  32. S22E32 Carrie Lucas
  33. S22E33 Anita Ward
  34. S22E34 Lenny and the Squigtones
  35. S22E35 Thelma Houston
  36. S22E36 McFadden & Whitehead
  37. S22E37 Robby Benson
  38. S22E38 The Sylvers
  39. S22E39 Alton McClain and Destiny
  40. S22E40 David Naughton
  41. S22E41 Maxine Nightingale
  42. S22E42 Robert John
  43. S22E43 Nick Gilder
  44. S22E44 Maureen McGovern
  45. S22E45 Aug. 25, 1979 - no information available
  46. S22E46 Jennifer Warnes
  47. S22E47 Bonnie Pointer

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