American Bandstand - Sept. 20, 1969 - FULL EPISODE - Creedence Clearwater Revival

VH1 chopped the heck out of these “Best of Bandstand” episodes, but even edited and kinescoped, at least they gave us an ever-so-brief glimpse into the rarely seen world of late 60’s Bandstand.
This was during the brief time when Bandstand struggled to get dancers on the show. As you can see, there are far fewer kids dancing today vs most other episodes, especially compared to the packed-in studios of Philadelphia and the early Hollywood years. Why didn’t kids want to dance on Bandstand in 1969? Changing times?, changing music?, changing tastes?, or maybe it just wasn’t “cool” anymore? Not sure. This period did not last long, however, as the dancefloor was crowded again by 1970.
Happy Birthday to @dancer don, Don Sanuskar!!! Don can be seen dancing in this episode, most prominently when he danced with Robin Miller to “Jean” in the Spotlight Dance. Have a great birthday tomorrow Don!
Billboard Hot 100 today:
1) Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
2) Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
3) Green River - CCR
4) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
5) Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
7) Get Together - The Youngbloods
8) Jean - Oliver
10) I Can’t Get Next To You - The Temptations
19) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
39) Commotion - CCR
Thank you for watching and have a Groovy, virus-free day!

[@briansullivan3487]

This was very enjoyable to watch even if it was scaled back. CCR was enormously popular in 1969. What a marvelous year to be alive.

[@kimcollier1337]

I was 9 best years of my. Life

[@bobcrandall7749]

Went and seen John about 2 years ago

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

I credit my parents and the fact we won WW2: it created the largest age set in American, maybe world history, a group of nearly same aged people that made up ABOUT 30% OF THE NATIONS POPULATION.

[@TheRockin1953]

I was 16, and yes, I watched American Bandstand every week, and I grew up on C. C. R. And still enjoy listening to them today.... Long Lives Creedence Clear Water

[@sdes5534]

Sept 20th, my birthday, and 1969 a senior in HS, what fantastic melancholy memories.

[@billbagwell1105]

My birthday too. Senior in 71 Springfield Tn yellow jackets

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

I was 13 and remember tuning the FM dial in to 'Get Together' by the young bloods on the wall radio we had in our wooden walled den while smashed on wine. We had the credence album we played in the same room. If I only knew those peak experiences would never be matched again.

[@soulseeker1483]

I was 12

[@rickenbacker315]

CCR was tearing the charts up back then. Loved 'em!!

[@basilmarasco1975]

Three bands that always had a song on the charts in 1969-70: CCR, the Guess Who, and 3 Dog Night.

[@marylouise890]

It don’t get much better than waking up to @AB Thank you 😊 September 29 my Babe turned17. 51 years later and I still love this MusicMan’s Sound. He was in #ThePeoplesKind. Guitar 🎸 We both are sitting here going back in time, to those Fantastic DAYS! THANK YOU 😊 🌻🌼🌸🌺🥀🌾💐🌷🌹🌹🌷💐🥀🌺

[@amyexner]

The world was a better place; we were young and innocent; and very lucky to be young then.

[@debramcbride6711]

Creedence was the first rock concert I ever attended back in 1969 at the age of 13. It was my first date and our parents drove us to the Oakland Coliseum to attend the performance. I think the opening act was Booker T and the MGs if i remember it correctly. Sure did love that John Fogerty

[@Teebone211]

I was seven at this time, but I remember my mom, who watched AB every Sat afternoon, great memories here, RIP mom...

[@ralphseewald4069]

Even though I was only 9 years old I remember this time quite well I remember my uncle going off to Vietnam and leaving the Creedence Clearwater Revival album behind with the song Green River on it he made it back from Vietnam but died from complications of Agent Orange in 2017

[@marthawelch4289]

Belated thanks to your uncle for his service in Nam. Very sorry that he suffered in the following years.

[@ed008ue]

a big salute for your uncle who served in 'Nam!!!

[@kathrynmiller9622]

Loved CCR back then and to this day!!

[@scottburton9701]

Love these vintage episodes of "Bandstand".

[@namcat53]

To be young enough and old enough back then was fantastic. Such huge changes from 1964-1972. Nothing like it before or since. Thanks for the video.

[@loricullum4173]

This was my brother's 16th birthday, l was soon to turn 8, that movie of the week commercial/ theme music, sure brings back memories, very happy l grew up then, and not now!

[@Beachbum4ever]

I had just turned 6 the day before. Wow. So much simpler times. Wish it was like this still. The real Good Ol Days.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I'm a fan of CCR. What a great episode here. Cheers!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Again, thank you so much for these videos. September 1969, I was 14 yrs old, my cute girlfriend and I loved American Bandstand.

[@waltzettia1948]

Loved CCR !!

[@YCDTI]

Happy (almost) Birthday @dancer don! 🥳 🎂 🎈

[@dancerdon9175]

Thanks Aaron. Sporting 70 now ... a whole new decade of birthdays. Must say I'd like to recoup some of that exuberance of that 18 year old dancing with the fabulous Robin Miller in Spotlight. Youth is not wasted on the young. ;--)

[@junebermingham9300]

Happy Birthday Dancer Don,. Many Happy returns of the day!! 🎈🎈🥃🥃🎈🎈. 👍☘️✌️

[@dancerdon9175]

@@junebermingham9300 Thank you @June Bermingham from across the pond. I actually do have a wee bit of Irish in my ancestry.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@dancerdon9175 you and Robin OWNED that spotlight dance. So soooo good my dear friend! Well done. Tip of the 🎩 hat to your upcoming birthday! 🎂👍

[@junebermingham9300]

@@dancerdon9175 An Irish man ? I knew it!!! All the Irish are good dancers 😀 Hope your Birthday is wonderful!!! Stay safe !! 👍☘️✌️

[@sharonsmith7480]

Wow,I am addicted..I cant stop watching AB...the Best Part of My Life..Dancing having fun..Dreaming about how my whole life was ahead of me..So exciting!Growing up in the 60's was Great! I loved CCR.My Mom was like why do you like all those guys with long hair;you cant even see their eyes.I told her Mom,you don't need to see their eyes;they are so Cool and look so hip;it doesn't matter.

[@mabell2285]

Beginning of CCR era was my college years in the 69-70s no hate or prejudice just love and enjoyed my college years good memories

[@junebermingham9300]

Thank you Aaron. Great show as usual, Hope you are well? Thank you! 👍☘️

[@sheilaklugman2340]

Please bring back reruns to t.v , my favorite show

[@mistery-ed7900]

CCR was on fire at that point!

[@shave-a-thon3415]

They were huge and about to get bigger with the Cosmos Factory LP (that I must have played hundreds of times the next year), but "Commotion" was one of the last songs I'd want to hear while sitting in the gallery on American Bandstand. "Down on The Corner" and "Bad Moon Rising" came out not long after and before "Commotion" which was one of my least favorite CCR tunes.

[@basilmarasco1975]

@@shave-a-thon3415 I think "Commotion" was the "B" side of "Green River" ... and is one of my CCR favorites! But you're right ... it's not a song for "Bandstand." I always group CCR with the Guess Who and 3 Dog Night, because they were the three most consistent hit-makers around that time.

[@jimsmith6547]

Thank you sir for the American bandstand upload. Great way to start the weekend.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

Thanks Aaron! Oh the times they were a'changin'. A few regulars around, but not many. Don, Karen, Frank and Robin were doing their best Charleston! With Sugar Sugar in AB's top 10, I thought we were going to watch Frank Vanderpuil stomp and spin his way thru the entire song as he has previously done. Except for our regulars, these dancers were kind of boring. One guy even appeared to be dragging his girl across the studio. Hairstyle changes, clothing styles all leading up to the very boring 70's. Hold onto your butts. What a treat to see Don and Robin in the spotlight dance. They were fabulous!!! Thank you Aaron for our Saturday treat! I hope everyone is finding a way to get their vaccine. Stay safe everyone!

[@keithidota]

Another song about you by Oliver. Not everyone has a popular song written for them but hardly anyone has 2 like you ("Kentucky Woman" being the other).

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@keithidota my nickname has always been "Jeanie". My dad used to sing to me "I dream of Jeanie, with the light brown hair.." Thank you Keith!!! ❤

[@thruthealcove]

@@thefirstMrsLankton Hey Jean! This was a cool episode. Like you, I laughed at the couple that was on the back riser during the Top 10 segment. That kid was just doing whatever he wanted to do & his poor partner was like "I just wanna go home" lol You could really tell who the regulars & the real dancers were in this episode, they helped save it, along with CCR. Hope all is well!!!

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@thruthealcove you too Kevin! Got your vaccine yet??

[@thruthealcove]

@@thefirstMrsLankton Not yet, I'm on the list now.

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

Haven't had a chance to watch yet, but man do I love that song Commotion, oh and Happy Birthday Don!

[@dancerdon9175]

Thanks Andrew!

[@YCDTI]

Hey Andrew, I haven’t really pushed it, but do you think DeOldify could colorize a shorter episode like this? I can always break it up into smaller chunks I guess.

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

@@YCDTI Yes it can, I've done a full hour and it takes a long time, but I'm on a paid service now just to get unlimited GPU usage.

[@basilmarasco1975]

Commotion, Lodi, Lookin' Out My Back Door ... my three CCR favorites! (7th grade in Sept '69.)

[@edkollin]

On 9/20/69 I got a transistor radio for my 12th birthday. If memory serves me correctly 'Commotion' was on the B-side of the 'Green River' 45RPM record. I remember being mad whenever 'Jean' came on the radio that fall. "What is that adult crap doing on my radio station?"(WABC musicradio).

[@basilmarasco1975]

I was 12 that month too ... but had to wait until Christmas for my radio! And yes, Commotion was the B side of Green River. (I actually liked the "adult" stuff in the Top 40, like Oliver, Tom Jones, Bobby Vinton, Henry Mancini ... ) WBBF 950 AM (aka "W 🐝 🐝 F")

[@jackeppington6488]

Happy birthday, Don! Always great to see you and Robin (Robbin?) dancing together.

[@dancerdon9175]

Thanks @Jack Eppington. I just spoke with Robin a couple of days ago. Great to still be around to enjoy revisiting those days. 🕺💃🎶👍

[@catherineerwin8269]

Thank you. thank you Aaron!!! This episode is a sweet surprise & an early birthday gift after a rough work week! I was a child when this aired but as a late boomer who appreciates the 60s & Bandstand this is a welcome treat. Hope that you are well & keeping safe. Again, thank you, I appreciate the time & effort that you put into giving us these videos! Peace! ✌🏻

[@baymaxc1647]

1969 seems just like Yesterday!! GREAT MEMORIES!! All YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHING/ TIME IS FLEETING

[@AdrianDeVore]

A full AB episode! CCR was definitely rockin' in '69 and the kids were really digging them. I don't remember watching this episode because I was only three years old...lol!

[@jerrygil1965]

I'm sure you know the disco era of AB

[@AdrianDeVore]

@@jerrygil1965 That's when I started watching AB from the mid-1970s until 1984, when I graduated from high school. I enjoyed AB for the music but watched Soul Train for dancing.

[@marthawelch4289]

@@AdrianDeVore Definitely Soul Train for dancing.

[@AdrianDeVore]

@@marthawelch4289 That's where I picked up some of my dance moves!🤣

[@dancerdon9175]

Aaron everyone needs to catch your descriptor. Spot on. This was a transitional time for American Bandstand. Set changes, waning number of dancers, and changing tastes in dance show preferences. DCP still maintained a stellar cast of talented artists and, as you indicated, by 1970 Bandstand reinvented itself and was back in the ratings' game. Factoid here: Creedence re-taped their performance in color to replace an earlier version that was damaged.

[@catherineerwin8269]

Don, I loved your dancing to “Jean.” It’s a sweet, tender song & you & your partner captured it nicely.. This is my favorite period for AB & I bet you have many stories about your time on the show. Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@shyman99]

Hello Don - The description states you are in the spotlight dance, but I did not hear someone state their name was Don when DC asked for names at the end. Are you the one dancing a slow dance or the one moving like it was an upbeat song they were dancing to? LOL

[@YCDTI]

@@shyman99the mic was still being turned on, but Don was the 2nd person to introduce themselves after “Jean”. Robin Miller was 1st, but the mic was barely on.

[@dancerdon9175]

@@shyman99 LOL That’s me and Robin putting a fast spin on “Jean”. 🕺💃

[@dancerdon9175]

@@catherineerwin8269 Thank you Catherine Erwin. Was lucky enough to have experienced many changes on Bandstand throughout the ‘60s to the early days of disco. Would still be a real find in we could locate the missing episodes from mid 1970 through 1974. 👍

[@bobcarmody4714]

So much happiness. The music was everywhere, all kinds. Muscle cars, cheap gas. Social lifes, friends. Energy, parents, madras shirts, shirts with s round spots, button downs, short skirts, long haired girls. Let's go back! 😊☮🎶🎸

[@ronaldhansen2378]

Yeah my guitar teacher Salvador J Granada and I played CCR's Proud Mary on are guitars back in the day in June of 1980. And that was Fourty-One years ago.And I miss him a lot. Because that song was the first song that I learn how to play.

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

My dream always was if these AB shows not got discarded or recorded over by the AbC network would've been to own complete boxsets of each decades worth of 50's-80's AB on blu-rays. Never missed it in the late 70's through 80's. We used to also watch LOVE AMERICAN STYLE on ABC Friday nights.

[@charliedelacruz8395]

Right before the odd couple.

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

@@charliedelacruz8395 My siblings and I watched The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222 before those 2 classics. My brother loved The Odd Couple the most.

[@dovespaligrino8312]

CCR is still one of my favourite bands. I learned from my Biker brothers. Lots if action at my place?? I was just 10 yrs old. Lol

[@1amazingj]

Love CCR. My ex husband still gets mad that I Love music from the 60's especially rock 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@sherrymaxine6373]

I was 7 years old soon to be 8. I knew enough to love ccr then, and I still love them now!

[@molinalong3468]

Tv shows in 1969 My 3 sons Mission impossible Bonanza The mod squad Mayberry R.F. D. Gunsmoke

[@basilmarasco1975]

The FBI, Mannix ...

[@mabell2285]

I can still dance to Green River by CCR right on! Good exercise music

[@jerrygil1965]

New set for 1969-74 era

[@waynenetzley1045]

So many good memories. Thanks

[@dadetim]

Happiest of birthdays don....my birthday today (Feb 27)

[@oldiesgeek454]

🎂😃

[@jenniferdjaslowskj993]

My b.d. today also (2/27). Can't believe I wore my skirts that short!!!! (but I did..yikes).. As a huge fan of CCR, Green River was THE song to dance to. I and my husband of 40 yrs. loved it; sort of became "our song" and played it anytime it was available on a jukebox (remember those?)

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@jenniferdjaslowskj993 Well happy birthday and 40 years of marriage too...Could you point out which one is you? 😊

[@jenniferdjaslowskj993]

@@oldiesgeek454 I'm not actually IN the video, sorry. Though I could have been the one in the short printed dress (Had one like it)..thax for reply

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@jenniferdjaslowskj993 Oh I see, I misunderstood. No worries, take care. 😊

[@gregmoore7709]

Great music that day. Young Bloods one hit wonder Get Together.Great music for dancing.Wonderful episode to put out Aaron. Thank you..

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

Great show and I can remember all these songs from the summer of 69 and only 9 years old at the time. Sugar Sugar was awesome and remember having a friend by the name of Arturo. He was 7-8 years old and from Mexico and and was always singing, chugar chugar. Growing up in Maywood CA at the time.

[@csmelen]

Thank you Aaron for the full AB episode. Great way to start the weekend, stay well everyone.

[@carmar597]

Love this time period. I was in nursery school (before they called it daycare).

[@lorenamijango2459]

Bello . Únicos tiempos . 🎵🎶🎉🎊🎵🎶🎉🎊🎵🎶🎉🎊 💜💙💛💚 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Always liked CCR. I had just started school about a week or so before this!

[@carolynreed451]

Put a little love'teamo in our hearts'amen

[@kevingoins9858]

I remember when VH-1 aired this (and your assessment is spot on...butchered, indeed!). This was not only a transitional period for AB but for much of music as well. That said, as Dancer Don correctly assessed, Dick Clark wisely made sure the show kept up with the times with the various set changes (this then-new set would be changed four years later and many more times before the show left ABC in 1987). CCR's appearance (their only one for AB) was part of a month-long series of featured acts - the Association and Stevie Wonder were each given their own special features and Dick continued this over the years (my favorite is when DC did one for Michael Jackson in the summer of 1972).

[@dancerdon9175]

@Kevin Goins your summation is spot on 👍.

[@dougbadgley6031]

I was almost eight months old when this aired.

[@shortsleave]

Oh yeah, between all the experimentation on the show and the VH1 editors this is a pretty weird one, but a great welcome surprise to wake up to today!

[@adriancozad8308]

Asked my highschool Sweetheart to Dance... She is my Daughter's mom!

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

Hurricane 🌀 Camille hit us hard , in 1969, jever Knowing a Katrina would wipe us out The music lives on & so do we!!

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

KATRINA AND THE WAVES.

[@bradsense7431]

Yes I remember Camille hitting the Mississippi coast. We were waiting out the night north of there in Rankin County and waiting daylight to learn how bad the damage was. Family drove supplies down afterwards in pickup truck. The music that summer was incredible.

[@LordKenebutch]

Commotion, what a great rocker. CCR one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

[@carolynreed451]

8.50 p.m.saturday night 2021

[@monagustin6515]

Proud Mary, ye! Hello!,2021,,

[@donnawoodford6641]

Aired a day before my 15th birthday✌️

[@thruthealcove]

Aaron, thx so much for putting this episode up! It puts things more into perspective, as I remember telling you I missed seeing this when VH1 had their AB marathon. Not much I can add to the comments I made from the separate clips you uploaded from this episode, except that this is the first time I saw Dick open the show with a performance from the guest! I guess he was feeling the changes with the new set, new theme song, new logo. This was a really cool episode & makes me wonder what VH1 edited out in order to make this a half hour episode. Besides CCR, the music is so eclectic here. That Top 10 is quite interesting, considering it covered almost all the hit genres of the time. I did notice the room wasn't as packed as it usually was, but I know that soon changed when 1970 came in & the changes started to settle & make more sense. Great upload Aaron. Now I'm gonna go & look at the partial color Top 10 clip you put up from this episode. Lol

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

I will provide it to Aaron in full color

[@thruthealcove]

@@AmericanBandstandAgain Andrew, you are a godsend! Be sure to use the color snippets Aaron used in his Top 10 clip from this episode as a color guide!

[@basilmarasco1975]

Yes, the Top 40 Pop chart *was* eclectic and for that reason listening to the radio in those days was great. Without turning the dial, you got pop, rock (hard rock, acid rock), Motown, vocal music (such as Tom Jones, in the Top Ten that week), instrumental ("Theme from Romeo and Juliet"), bubble-gum (the Archies, the Cuff-Links), a little Gospel (Edwin Hawkins Singers), even a little reggae (Desmond Dekker), Beatles and Stones, and other consistent hit-makers like CCR, the Guess Who, and 3 Dog Night. Good music was everywhere.

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

@@thruthealcove I wish I could say I could pick the colors but I can't. Its done with AI technology and totally independant of my input. Its not bad overall, but also depends on the quality of the clip itself. It just wont turn out as good as one would like, but it turns out decent most of the time. Since we all see in color, its always more pleasing to the eye. I can also make limited improvements to the quality of the detail.

[@thruthealcove]

@@AmericanBandstandAgain Yes, you're right about it being pleasing to the eye, even if the colors aren't accurate. I still appreciate it no matter what!

[@soulseeker1483]

Well I just went back to junior high. And thought of my classmates, Jean

[@nuwavedave]

Creedence was hot on both AM Top-40 and FM. Both sides of most of their 45s hit the U.S. charts. Then there were their great album cuts, like Ray Charles' "Night Time Is The Right Time", off the Green River album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4iUfH6PltalpM0

[@williamhiles7404]

Nothin' like smokin Michoacan spears while listening to CCR! Absolutely great times. Can we please have the sixties again, only this time without Vietnam? LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@kpoleary1]

Great intro by the incomparable Jackie DeShannon!

[@adriancozad8308]

(Class of 71)- FSIS -Lawton, Oklahoma

[@louistenore2185]

Green River my Favorite

[@rkmklz7562]

Jean by Rod Mckeun..sung by Oliver 😮.. amazing

[@diamonddave45]

Three days after I was born! :)

[@bosquedehayas1889]

Desde 🇪🇸 recordando mi adolescencia, yo bailaba igual toda la tarde del domingo en la discoteca. Gracias por tantos recuerdos.🌼🌻🌸

[@wbchloe7168]

A color version of this survives I think. There's a clip of Dick interviewing CCR in color and you showed old clips of this episode from the 40tj Anniversary special. I don't know if the tape of this episode is degraded or damaged. But it isn't easy to find VTRs that can play a 2" quad tape if it does.

[@manofmanyinterests]

On the VH1 intro, Clark mentioned that they almost lost their recorded perfirmance TWICE. Once due to technical difficulties.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I had just started reading Billboard about this time (heard about it on the "Music Scene" program with David Stenberg) and that became my Bible. Great upload Aaron! Thanks!

[@kensims4086]

Atleast it contained facts!

[@kirkdavis7360]

Green river was great record back in the day

[@rickytickykatz9599]

Great Post! Sorry I know I ask this a lot but could you post the November 9th 1963 episode soon? I can’t wait to see that one!

[@rkmklz7562]

Burt Bacharach Nikki... movie of the week theme!!!...😮...I was there when I was a boy 😮

[@merce10554]

What a great bunch of songs. 🎶🎵🎶 A b/w upload... I was getting used to the colorized versions. 🎨 Anyway, this is great. HB, dancer Don. 🧁🥂

[@dancerdon9175]

Thanks @merce10554. It’s still a great ride 👍

[@merce10554]

@@dancerdon9175 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@molinalong3468]

In 1969 Woodstock Easy rider debuts The Brady bunch debuts Sharon Tate was dead The wild Wild West was ended

[@basilmarasco1975]

the 🌕 landing ...

[@jerrygil1965]

And 100% LSD

[@matbasterson520]

And I was 4...; )

[@geneobrien8907]

@@jerrygil1965 The people who danced on the AB show and those who watched it represented the beginning of the end of the counterculture, they were not freaks, even if some of them did take acid!

[@anthonyreppert3670]

Real cool

[@helenjackson873]

Love American Bandstand.

[@adriancozad8308]

Used to have all of CCRs records.

[@lynnsaintignan9699]

CCR and John Fogerty still going strong today. BWhat a songwriter and musician!

[@teresavillalona8094]

Desde santo domingo República Dominicana me gusta esto. Pero más me gustaría saber cuáles están vivos que lo publiquen porque habrá muchos fallecidos ya gracias

[@charliedelacruz8395]

If I remember that was the flip side of their single molina I think.

[@MrWahooknows]

Who's the tallish brunette with all the hair and head moves? Good dancer.

[@redclayagain]

wow...where did all the regulars go???????

[@MrJoeybabe25]

How long had the Mike Curb Theme been the open to the show by this time?

[@YCDTI]

Hi Joe, the new set, logo, and Mike Curb theme stated just 2 weeks prior to this episode on Sept. 6. Take Care

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@YCDTI Thanks, Aaron! Great stuff. I really appreciate it!

[@oldiesgeek454]

Aaron, isn't this the same show where you spliced in "bits" of the original color Video Tape broadcast?

[@YCDTI]

Yep, I added a few seconds of color to the top 10 broadcast when I posted it last time. It would’ve been too cumbersome to add this time. Also, to answer your other question, the software I use to color these doesn’t allow any input from the user. The software (DeOldify) makes its best guess based on the shade of the black and white. I wish I could input some info to make it more authentic but alas. For now, we get what we get.

[@cot5thorchid551]

Stu Cook, the bassist gives the band, a rather, mature credibility.

[@redclayagain]

ONLY TWOCOUPLES IN THE SPOTLIGHT DANCE???

[@kirkdavis7360]

Green river is a heavy record

[@peggymartin6778]

I have the green river album

[@keithidota]

Ironic that after DIY colorized clips we get a b&w color-era episode from vh1 which had provided episodes in pristine color. I love "Love American Style", my 8th-grade classmates and I thought that was a cool show. Bummer they didn't get to dance to "Lay Lady Lay" lol. Happy birthday Don, is that shot of him in the spotlight dance the one that Andrew Haberman used to colorize? Unusual we had 2 couples in the spotlight instead of 3.

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

I'm not sure what Aarons plans are but most have already been colorized. You'll have to ask Aaron. Colorization is still an imperfect process and the quality of the colrization or how it renders depends on the quality of the clip.

[@dancerdon9175]

Thanks @Keith Idota for the birthday wishes. You’re right, there is some irony thrown into the color, b&w and colorized mix. But after the sale of DCP the ownership moved forward with other ventures and left American Bandstand behind. What remains is an incomplete archive of video tape to film preservation in a pre-digital era. I wish I could recall the sourced interview with Dick Clark where he recanted personally rescuing AB episodes destined for the trash. Not sure what the status of the Vh1 episodes is. I can tell you that less than a dozen of the 1960’s episodes ever made it to the half hour Vh1 rebroadcasts. Lucky to have saved what was transferred to non-degrading kinescopes.

[@dancerdon9175]

Yes Keith the “Jean” Spotlight with only two couples is the only one of its kind from that era.

[@yossarian6799]

I enjoyed watching Robin partnered with Don. I guess Art was elsewhere being awesome that day. That other couple were fantastic. But I'm a sucker for watching couples slow dance

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

NO SHOTS OF THE SEATS EITHER, I GET THE IMPRESSION A LOT OF REGS DIDNT GET LETTERS OF ADMISSIONBUT HOW DID THEY PICK THE NEW PEOPLE? WAS THERE A FLOATING WAITING IN LINE LIST OR SOMETHING? @@dancerdon9175

[@donaldpisarz2355]

Listen and enyoy

[@kirkdavis7360]

Just think Woodstock was a month before August 1969 and ccr was there lol

[@monaural2.988]

These are of course great…but I’m wondering…do any Bandstands exist from both 1961-62 and 1971-72?

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

VH1 cut out all the roll calls spotlight dances and rate a records///all the things that made kids watch the show.

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Somebody please invent a Time Machine.

[@molinalong3468]

Not in 1969 The modern family Glee the tv show The online The masked singer Online school Miley Cyrus All Disney channel tv shows

[@jerrygil1965]

Absolutely NO SPONGEBOB

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

Thr boys either had kong hair or crewe cuts beging most in the Military.

[@MrDetroitnews]

Somehow the music today rhyming rapping vulgarity scary lyrics, tattoos covering entire body people wearing suits with sneakers, what happened to the class of our country? It’s lost in the 60s my friends, God help us all!!!!

[@billbagwell1105]

Yeah. But sixties were the best