From 28 June 1965 to 31 March 1967 many American teenagers rushed home from school to watch Where the Action Is, a weekday ABC-TV program produced by Dick Clark Productions. The show aired at 3:30 p.m. central time and began with Freddy Cannon's song "Action": "Oh, baby, come on, let me take you where the action is/ . . . It's so neat to meet your baby where the action is."
I was 11 when it started and 13 when it ended. i saw sonny and cher often. paul revere + raiders were regulars. it was a great summer and run home after school show though for sure. it laid the ground work in garage band appreciation. psych was still just around the time corner but that would only come from the radio. that was the end of reality youth culture on tv for a while (not counting the monkeys.) next would come don kirshner's rock concert. but that was what seamed to be much later. i was loosing interest in american band stand as soul train took on more relevance late 60's early 70's.


- bill 12-02-2005 5:58 pm

doing the soul train line


via j zoller
- bill 12-05-2005 4:47 pm [add a comment]





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