Lament for a DJ
In memory of Philadelphia DJ Hy Lit, who died on Saturday at 73:
"Chuck Berry didn't need prompting to insert, in his 'Sweet Little Sixteen,' the lines 'Well, they'll be rockin' on Bandstand, Philadelphia, P.A.' I remember 'Bandstand' before it was 'American…' It started in 1952, when Walter Annenberg, whose Triangle Publications owned the WFIL radio and television stations, suggested an afternoon TV dance party…."
— Richard Corliss, TIME magazine, July 14, 2001
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