The Beatles never appeared live on American Bandstand. I always found that to be a little strange since it was a really popular dance program in the 1960's and it featured many popular groups of the day live in the set. American Bandstand would have been a great way for fans to meet the Beatles in person and for them to get even more exposure (although Sullivan was good enough) in the U.S.A. However, the American Bandstand host, Dick Clark was not much of a Beatles fan. When Dick Clark first debuted The Beatles' "She Loves You" for Rate-A-Record on
American Bandstand back in 1963, it was given a 73. The kids on the show took one look at them from a photo, they laughed. By the time the Beatles had been on the Sullivan show in 1964, Dick Clark was "singing another tune" as the say and was holding "Beatles day" on his show and here it looks like he is having some sort of a Beatles auction? I once read an interview with Dick Clark in the 1990's where he stated that not putting the Beatles on early in their career was something he regrets, that and saying that Disco would be around forever!
