Georgie Woods

Georgie Woods, a pioneering radio and record hop deejay/civil rights activist at WDAV in Philadelphia, and Mitch Thomas, a black television producer at Wilmington’s WPFH, hosted teen-oriented record and dance programs that introduced black youngsters to rock and roll. In no small way, American Bandstandwas influenced by Woods’s and Thomas’s programs, their music, their dances, and the excitement they generated for rock ‘n’ roll.