October 11, 1958 Lakewood Park, Atlanta, GA

The Dick Clark Saturday Night Show

Saturday, October 11, 1958

As opposed to the usual setting at the Little Theater in New York City, this show was filmed on site at the main grandstand (capacity 6,000) at the Southeastern Fair in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia. Sam performed “Win Your Love For Me.” And shared the bill with Danny and the Juniors (“At The Hop”), country singer Conway Twitty (“It’s Only Make Believe”) and singer Paul Peek. Dick Clark recounts in his book, Rock, Roll & Remember, that threats were received from the KKK prior to the taping of the show. Clark spoke to Sam at a motel before the show, apparently giving Sam every opportunity to back out, but Sam was resolute and told Clark, “I’m going on.”