American Bandstand 1964 – Let the Little Girl Dance, Billy Bland

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Airdate: January 18, 1964

Here’s another clip from one of the final episodes taped in Philadelphia.

Billy (not Bobby, Dick Clark, lol) Bland’s “all-time hit” peaked at #7 back in 1960.

As you can see in other clips from this episode, such as when they danced to “Louie, Louie” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, there were plenty of boys present. I’m not sure why so many of them sat this song out, leaving so many girls to dance with each other. Perhaps it wasn’t masculine or cool enough for them. If you watched the show back then and/or you’ve seen the clips I’ve posted from the early 60’s, you can see that girls dancing with other girls was pretty common. As Billy said – “let the little girl dance”, he didn’t exactly say with whom.

The Bandstand regulars dancing here are: Bruce Richard & Barbara Warchol (Bruce is dancing with 2 girls at 0:51), Bobbie Baritz, Michelle Liebowitz, & Sandi Bartholomew (1:37) and Steve Lewis and Ailyene Silverman (2:02)


I’ve got some great new “stuff” coming soon that I think you’re going to like. Stay tuned!

Don’t be a little wallflower, standing by yourself – get the nerve, take a chance and get out there and dance!