American Bandstand 1968 -Top 10 - Young Girl, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Описание: Airdate: April 27, 1968

Gary Puckett (and The Wrecking Crew) has his 2nd hit in a row as “Young Girl” is at #3 today after spending the last 3 weeks at its peak of #2. For those who think this song might be difficult to dance to, the #1 song on Bandstand last week and for the next 2 weeks will be Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey”. How do you dance to that?!

Dancing today: Deedee Del Campos (2:51), Roni Menacker (3:05), Famous Hooks (3:21), Jim Lyle (3:26), and Steve Trevit on the far-left riser. Based on all of the “shenanigans” going on here, I think this might be the end of a long day of taping, lol.

When Dick Clark says “Do not pick up a chair and hit your little sister with it”, he is referring to the previous segment where Hollywood stuntmen smashed chairs and bottles over each other. You can see the segment and this entire episode on the American Bandstand Fan Club YT channel.

…..And 3 weeks after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated (April 4) in Memphis, James Earl Ray is still on the run. During this week’s episode of “The FBI”, a brief appeal was made to the American public for assistance in capturing him. Unknown to the actual FBI, Ray is in Toronto, Canada today using a fake name and passport and is about to flee to London. He would not be captured until June 8th when he was spotted by an immigration officer at Heathrow airport attempting to fly to Brussels with two fake passports and a gun.