Anyone who owned an AM radio in the 50's and 60's knows the name Dick Clark. His long-running television show, "American Bandstand" was the predecessor of dozens of other shows that featured dancing teenagers and the musical hits of the day. Later, he also was famous for his New Year's Eve gig at Time Square in New York City.
Here is the obituary from the Los Angeles Times:
R.I.P Mr. Clark. You're an ICON. Thank you.
Posted by: DD Centrist | April 18, 2012 at 04:51 PM
'it has a nice beat and easy to dance to...'
thank you dick clark.
Posted by: Puget Sound Blathers | April 18, 2012 at 06:43 PM
American Bandstand was where we all learned to dance in jr. high. I remember there were movie magazines that regaled the "romances" of some of the most popular dancers. Looking back, Im sure that was all fake.
What was the name of that awful show he did with Danny Bonaduce?
Posted by: sparky | April 18, 2012 at 06:54 PM
it was called the other side or the other half
but is was awful.
i always enjoyed dick clark
Posted by: Puget Sound Blathers | April 18, 2012 at 07:09 PM
Growing up across the Delaware from Philly, I got to see American Bandstand before it went national. Not that it was different from what everyone else saw. The dancers were more likely to be local kids stopping off on their way home after school, and were probably a bit more "ethnic" (IOW South Philly Italians) than the national version showed.
Clark's American Bandstand was just one of several area rock n' roll dance shows. For a while, his main competition was Ed Hurst, broadcasting from Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Amazingly, Hurst is still around, and even more amazingly, he's back on the radio.
Posted by: N in Seattle | April 18, 2012 at 07:45 PM
Thanks for the memories, Dick Clark - R.I.P. and you will always have a place in history.
Posted by: KS | April 18, 2012 at 10:50 PM
My respect for Clark diminished when I saw the scene in Bowling for Comumbine where Clark flees Moore by diving into his limo when Moore tried to question him about tax breaks for hiring people off the welfare rolls. Yes, I guess it sounds like a good idea but in this case, the poor woman had two jobs and was commuting many,many miles between them leaving her son in the custody of a family member with guns. The boy took a gun to school.
The rest is history.
Everything is about money in the end. I have the first American Bandstand annual somewhere. Even so, I could never view Dick Clark the same way after that.
Posted by: Mary | April 19, 2012 at 01:35 PM
Todo lo que se trata de dinero al final. Tengo a otro lugar anual de la American Bandstand. Aun así, yo nunca podría ver Dick Clark de la misma manera después de eso.
Posted by: abercrombie madrid tienda | April 25, 2012 at 01:54 AM