American Bandstand 1964 – TOP 10 – There! I’ve Said It Again, Bobby Vinton

Airdate: January 11, 1964

From Philadelphia, PA (Did you know that Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes, lol 😬)

This clip has a lot of American Bandstand and music history in it including:

1) On the same day this episode aired, they taped the last 3 episodes from Philadelphia.

2) Bobby Vinton’s “There! I’ve Said It Again” is #1 on Bandstand today and on Billboard for the 2nd week in a row and it will be #1 for 4 straight weeks in January. On Feb. 4 it will be replaced at #1 by The Beatles‘ 1st hit in the U.S., “I Want To Hold Your Hand”.

3) That was the opening for the very first show taped from Hollywood (Famous was probably there somewhere, lol) It aired on Feb. 8. The next day, Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared for the first time on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. The clip was shown on a recent KABC anniversary show in LA. Unfortunately, I don’t have any more of this episode, but at least we know it exists - probably in the Dick Clark Productions vault. Believe me, I’d love to see that whole episode as much as anyone.

4) This is the last Top 10 clip that I have. ☹

The final Philly regulars dancing here are: Bruce Richard, Barbara Warchol, Pat Carpino, Ailyene Silverman, Bobby Baritz, Michelle Liebowitz, and Gary Stapleford.



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