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UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: AMERICAN BANDSTAND - Dick Clark - 9/12/59, Dick Clark (pictured with studio audience) hosted "American Bandstand," the most popular dance show of all-time and the cornerstone of Walt Disney Television via Getty Images's afternoon line-up (1956-87). The program provided audiences with performances by top and undiscovered music personalities, dancing contests, "Rate-A-Record," "The Spotlight Dance" and "Top Ten." , (Photo by Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: AMERICAN BANDSTAND - Dick Clark - 9/12/59, Dick Clark (pictured with studio audience) hosted "American Bandstand," the most popular dance show of all-time and the cornerstone of Walt Disney Television via Getty Images's afternoon line-up (1956-87). The program provided audiences with performances by top and undiscovered music personalities, dancing contests, "Rate-A-Record," "The Spotlight Dance" and "Top Ten." , (Photo by Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
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1954: Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley poses for a portrait in 1954. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

1954: Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley poses for a portrait in 1954. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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circa 1955: American rock 'n' roll singer Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959). (Photo by General Artists Corporation/Getty Images)

circa 1955: American rock 'n' roll singer Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959). (Photo by General Artists Corporation/Getty Images)
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CIRCA 1956: Rock and roll musician Chuck Berry poses for a portrait holding his Gibson hollowbody electric guitar in circa 1956. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

CIRCA 1956: Rock and roll musician Chuck Berry poses for a portrait holding his Gibson hollowbody electric guitar in circa 1956. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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