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Clay Cole holds a poster of the cover of his new book, 'Sh-Boom The Explosion of Rock N' Roll 1953-1968'. In the '50s and '60s, Clay Cole emceed a teen record show on two New York TV stations and knew dozens of rockers.

The wildest, most innovative children's television host of the baby-boom era, comedian Soupy Sales -- who rose to fame hosting several shows in the 1950s and '60s at WXYZ-TV -- passed away Thursday night at a hospice in The Bronx, New York.

On Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., interested people will have a chance to preview items going up for auction from the '57 Heaven Museum, a news release said.

He just celebrated his 68th birthday this past Saturday, but rock 'n' roll legend Chubby Checker remains active and outspoken.

Edna Turnblad and her daughter, Tracy , get spruced up at Mr. Pinky's Hefty Hideaway in the musical "Hairspray" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire.

Fox hunts, cakewalks and pie suppers -- in which the highest bidder got to eat the pie with the girl who baked it -- were Ozark traditions a half-century ago.

As ailing showbiz mogul Dick Clark prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday in November, a new documentary threatens to tarnish his image by recounting his controversial beginnings.

Roanoke native Billy Joe Burnette had a national hit with "Teddy Bear" in 1976. The song received a BMI award for songwriting.

For over half a century, 6ABC has been broadcasting programs to viewers in the Delaware Valley, an area covering Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey, currently representing over 8 million people.

Discover the birth of Rock 'n Roll and what the coined phrase really means! If you're my age or older, odds are you know where the term "Rock 'n Roll" came from.

Frankie Avalon, shown here performing at the 2004 Sorrento Cheese Summer in Little Italy festival in New York, has sold his golf course retreat near Palm Springs for just shy of $1 million.

It is hard for weird to be weird now. If there be perversity somewhere, it's probably the kernel of a reality show or the focus of a dutiful blog.

Arrivals: July 30 : blues guitarist Buddy Guy , singer-songwriter Paul "Havin' My Baby" Anka , saxophonist David Sanborn , Jethro Tull bassist Jeffrey Hammond , Marc Bolan of T. Rex , The Sweet's Andy Scott , Hugh Nicholson of Marmalade , Stewart Copeland of The Police , Rat Scabies born Chris Miller of The Damned , singer-songwriter-producer Kate ...

The Bomhard Theater is sizzling with the brassy Music Theatre Louisville production of "Hairspray." Set in Baltimore in 1962, "Hairspray" is adapted from John Waters' 1988 campy movie.

Hairspray , the uplifting musical about a group of forward-thinking teenagers who integrate a Baltimore dance show in 1962, continues to be one of my all-time favorites.

IN STEP: For exec Mike Darnell, Dick Clark Prods. exec veep Barry Adelman, 'Dance' exec producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller, and DCP prexy Orly Adelson.

Newsblaze presents American Bandstand with then-new host David Hirsch. The Detroit-born comedian was 26 when "America's Oldest Living Teenager" named him as his predecessor when Bandstand moved to USA Network in the spring of 1989.

It is once again American Bandstand , with a very special guest: Michael Jackson.

As the world watched the memorial to Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, mourners in Indianapolis found their own way to celebrate his life and grieve over his death.

Celebrity deaths can seem like a personal loss for avid fans - and last week, fans lost a few familiar faces.