Drummer Andy Williams of Casting Crowns is 42. Please subscribe to keep reading. Eddie and Polly moved to California and had two sons. She cried in front of her cat "Shortstop." He has remained friends with many Regulars. May 16, 2019 - Here is Ed Kelly who was a dancer on American Bandstand from 1959-1961. In an age where young couples were getting married before they turned 20, Eddie wouldn't give Caroline his high school ring. That was when she picked him up from the airport. Though now a Tony-winning choreographer, Cilento started as a dancer. Actress Candice Accola ("The Vampire Diaries") is 27. When she won the pageant, "I was walking on air," she said. Create new account. Like Rick Pierce, Bandstand dancer Sandra Mae Dawson, who died Feb. 25, 2008, at age 66, was into car racing. (Mineo's life ended decades later after he was arriving home after a rehearsal on Feb. 12, 1976 and was stabbed to death in the alley behind his apartment building in West Hollywood, with the knife blade striking his heart, leading to immediate and fatal internal bleeding.). These teenagers became the nation's first reality-TV stars--they received thousands of fan letters and were mobbed everywhere they went. Do you know what song he was talking about? When American Bandstand became the most popular daytime television program in the late 1950s, a group of ordinary Philadelphia high school students who loved to dance suddenly became a national phenomenon. Basketball star Dennis "The Worm" Rodman is 52. He was a senior, with a Tennessean paper route as his only income. And she was showing something very special to her classmates. She didn't recognize the number, so she didn't answer the phone. Then my mother said, 'She looked just like you.'". American Bandstand Dancers. Stevens daughter (@Cheenjoo Pearl) commented here a few months ago and said that, sadly, both Steven and Sterling had passed away. Comedian Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report") and drummer John Richardson of The Gin Blossoms and actor Tom Verica ("American Dreams") are 50. Years later, when Clark was asked whether any of the dancers had died of AIDS, he . Where are they now? Here's what Caroline thought when she heard about Eddie's marriage: "What in the hell did she have that I didn't have. Happy 60th anniversary of the 4th anniversary of Bandstand going national! Each year, they attended an aviation reunion so George could see his old pilot buddies in Hemet, California. She got out of the car. Our guess is that will never happen, as Frani, the . Arlene with singer Frankie Avalon at an American Bandstand event. You have permission to edit this article. The Beach Boys were already the kings of surf pop by their first appearance on American Bandstand in 1964. He grew up watching American Bandstand and MGM movie musicals starring Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. ``Bandstand first aired for a national audience on ABC on Aug. 5, 1957. This time, she had a great marriage to a World War II veteran named George Kennedy (not the actor). Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Up Around The Bend is at #5 today on the Billboard Hot 100 and will peak at #4 next week.