The Big Beat (TV program)

The Big Beat is an American music and dance television program broadcast on the ABC Network in 1957.[1] It was hosted by Alan Freed, and subsequently by Richard Hayes. The program debuted on May 4, 1957, four months before American Bandstand, making it the United States' "first nationally-televised rock 'n roll dance show".[2] The show was cancelled in 1957 when it showed Frankie Lymon, a black teen star, dancing with a white woman.[1] A local version continued on WNEW-TV New York.

References
  1. Altman, Billy (2001). Brooklyn: A State of Mind. Workman Publishing Company. p. 160. ISBN 978-0761116356.
  2. "May 4, 1957…America's First Prime Time Rock n Roll Show Debuts". eyesofageneration.com. May 4, 2016.

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