American Bandstand 1950s Dance Partners Bob Clayton & Justine Carrelli 

I remember getting home from school to watch American Bandstand when the camera would show Justine I was like there's Justine!!!! Those were great days.

OMG . . . Bob OMG . . . Justine. I watched every day, and I've never forgotten them. Some simple things made us so happy then.

I wasn't a regular regular but I was there as often as I could make it from 1961 thru January 1964. It was a big part of my life even though I had to travel on the bus and el from New Jersey until I got my drivers license. I also had the honor of meeting and talking to Charlie O' Donnald while at the Wheel Of Fortune in California just a few months before he died. We had a great time talking about the show and Dick Clark and what actually gave them the idea to move the show to the West Coast. It started with something Jan and Dean mentioned to Dick, and the rest was history. But the show was never the same after the move. It was always the Phila Sound that made it great. Boy, if we could only go back in time.

I loved this old show,,never missed it

Wow! We may be older guys but we have the memories to hold onto the & The music that will never die

Bob and Justine were the Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue of American Bandstand in my opinion. They were such a stunning couple. RIP Bob Clayton. Iris of Manassas VA.

I lived in Wilmington, DE when I was in high school and shopped with my mother at the Pappagallo store when Bob Clayton worked there. One night he was at a restaurant where my mother was and kissed her on the cheek. She thought that was great! I'm 74 now and married to a man who is a Bandstand quality dancer. That was one of the qualities that attracted me to him!

Geeeez! This takes me right back to grade school: Kenny & Arlene, Bob & Justine, Pat Molitarri (sp?). Looking back it's just amazing "How Time Slips Away." Wink*

WISH I CAN GO BACK TO THE DAYS OF INNOCENT'S. . .

I watched it in the 50's and 60's!

I'd watch Bandstand with my mother waiting for my father to come home from work in the late-'50s and very early-'60s. There was also Maverick, Lawman, Cheyenne and James A. Michener's Adventures in Paradise with Gardner McKay to help while-away the day until dinnertime. This era lasted until June of '62 when we moved to our new home and the afternoon schedule changed a bit. Arguably the best years of my life being doted-on by my parents and so many loving relatives who loved spoiling my younger brothers and me. Ah, the grand, good old days.

I love this story ... you you both are well ... I am 68 years old now and you all are part of my happy memories !

My friends and I were just talking about Bob and Justine yesterday . I could never forget them.

My favorite dance partners were Kenny & Arlene & Bob & Justine... those were magical years for me. I Actually, taught myself how to swing dance & do the Slow dance around the floor ... in my kitchen. One of my jr high school friends, Used to come to my house and we would practice... I would lead, she would follow In those days at our Jr High School, the boys wouldn't dance, so girls danced with girls... the swing dance... not the slow dance. But when I met my first partner, she had also been watching bandstand & learned how to follow... so when got together, swing dancing was our favorite past time... and when we got into a gay bar out in the country, we became the best dance partners out there... funny, How young love ends. Best years of my life, swing dancing! ❤🎶🤩

Wooo, I love Justine and Bob! I watched every day after school, beginning age 12, 1959...running to get to my girlfriend's house with her older teen sister and friends watching and drinking cokes. Massive memory.

I loved this! Used to watch them dance every day after school.

Came home from school and turned on bandstand..i was in Berwyn...loved the show.

I ran to my house from the bus stop; because of the time difference it was already on. I think from the 6th grade until I was in the 10th and had too much after school activities did I have the cut back on Am Bandstand! I still watched at least twice a week to keep up with Justine and Bob. My other favorite girl was Francine maybe with nickname Fannie. They were my faves!!! It’s two bad the next generation did get to experience such a clean teen show. Later things were on but they dressed down instead of up!!😢

I liked so many things about American Bandstand and watched it faithfully. But my main reason for watching was to sigh over Kenny Rossi!

I’m sad to announce that dancer Justine Carrelli-Miller has passed away. According to Sue Cassidy Wilson she was undergoing surgery on May 24, 2023 and did not survive. The ABdancers channel sends it condolences to her family and friends.

I remember Justine & Bob well in AB!!! They were a lovely couple!! RIP Justine🙏❤️

Bob Clayton served in my Delaware National Guard unit in the late 1960s.

Loved them as a kid but Pat Molieterri was the BEST DANCER and I always looked for her!!

Justine was my favorite; I wanted to look just like her, I thought she was beautiful. My sister was the right age to watch, and I was lucky cause I could watch with her. She was about 13 and I would have been about 7 yrs old. So much fun. We'd dance, and with our neighbors, in our living room. :-)

I also remember Kenny and Arlene but must admit I forgot their names. I still love Dick Clark.

What about Joanie and Jimmy. It seems they won the dance contest one year. I still have my 1964 American Bandstand yearbook and I’m now an old lady. 77 years old. Lost my sweet husband a year and a half ago. He was a great dancer back in the day!

I wish that they would do rerun of the show like they do the other oldie shows that they run it was the best of times best of music

When I was 12, I thought Justine was so beautiful....i took her name as my Confirmation name!

I was totally obsessed with Justine and Bob!

RIP to one of our TEENAGE ICONS FROM "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" WE LOVED YOU GUYS !💙🙏👍

My best friend's oldest brother was a cameraman at Bandstand in 1950's, and he always promised that he would get us on the show, but it never happened, though I never gave up hoping. Oh well, watched it every day after school anyway.

Nice story.

I remember they were a cute couple.

I was fascinated with Bob and Justine

Justine is cute, bless. 😊

OMG Justine used to be my idol

Wow, great memories

Me encanta sta musica

I remember, over sixty years ago having a crush on a girl named Carmen.

She is prettier now than ever!

Loved this show and this couple but know most if the mothers of me and my girlfriends wouldn't have encouraged us to use a fake birth certificate to get on this Show! She should've made her wait for a year at least. Most parents were much stricter than but they did make a cute couple. Watched this every day and learned to dance that way.

rushed home, watched Bandstand as I did my Algebra homework...:)

Wish these shows would showstopper least on his anniversary

Cool dancers and looked good. Redford and Scarlett Johanson

Sorry about Justines passing. She had a fun time on BS. PRAYERS. ❤

Call it Rock an Roll remembers Dick Clark

Can anyone tell me how I can get a copy of the Season 5, Episode 219 (full episode with Little Eva)? I’ve chkd RU-vid & all I can find is the list of shows but not the actual video for it. It was July 5, 1962. My Mom & Uncle were on the show 2 days in Philadelphia while visiting their Aunt who had purchased them tickets as a surprise. I would LOVE to see them at 14 dancing!!

My parents named me after Justine!

I had a big crush on Justine.

Can anyone remember the yr AB was in Arlington Kansas to celebrate our centennial?

Por favor publiquem o vídeo de Ritchie Valens no programa American Bandstand december 27 de 1958 por favor 🙏🙏🙏⭐

I went on the show 3 times and loved it - until Dick Clark yelled at me for having gum in my mouth - yikes

My mom.named me because of her

Justine always looked depressed. She rarely smiled. Bob wasn't that crazy about her. He just enjoyed the publicity.

Por favor publique o vídeo onde Ritchie Valens participou do programa

ABb lasted in the 70s and 80s

So they ended up together in the end?

What ever happened to Frankie Lobis

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When I saw Bob Clayton, I thought it was future $20,000 Pyramid announcer, but it's not, right?.

Why was she calling it a soap opera?

In Reality The "Regulars" were the "Original" Reality Stars who deluded themselves that they could have a successful Showbusiness Career. They recorded a Song called Drive In Movie, it flopped and they broke up afterwards. Alot of the Kids from the 1950's, worked Blue Collar Jobs. Deptartment Store Clerks, Blackjack Dealers, Real Estate, and Building Contractors. The Kids from the 1970's until it's cancellation were more Artistic in their Careers. Makeup & Fashion Consultants, Advertising, Moonlighting as a DJ, teaching Acting. Damita Jo Freeman is the only Dancer from American Bandstand who would later Dance on Soul Train, she was in The Movie & TV Version of Private Benjamin as well as She's In The Army Now with Melanie Griffith and Jamie Lee Curtis. She also was in Flashdance as Alex's Friend whom she worked out with. One even owns his own TV Station in Connecticut, while another one became a Music Executive no less.