Arlene sullivan biography
American bandstand regulars who have passed away...
Arlene sullivan biography
Where Are the American Bandstand Regulars Now?
The book “Bandstand Diaries” looks behind the scenes of the iconic TV show of the 1950s and 1960s and at what became of its regular performers, called the “American Bandstand Regulars.”
After school in the late 1950s, millions of American teenagers raced home to watch the gyrations of fellow teens on their parents’ tiny black-and-white televisions in the living room.
The show was “American Bandstand,” and Dick Clark’s clean-cut style meant the program had parents’ stamp of approval.
Fifty years later, Bandstand fan Sharon Sultan Cutler wondered what had become of the “Regulars,” the name given to the teens that showed up daily to dance.
She tracked them down for the new coffee-table book, Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years, 1956-1963.
Teen idol Bobby Rydell (died April 5, 2022), whose music career was still going strong 60 years after “American Bandstand,” wrote the book’s introduction; but former Regular Arlene Sulliv