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As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock and roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Ike & Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Iggy Pop, Prince, Talking Heads, and Madonna.
American Bandstand: With Dick Clark, Charlie O'Donnell, Peaches Johnson, Stan Rodarte. Dick Clark hosts a daily to weekly dance show that features the latest hit music for the attending teens to dance to. In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience members rate songs.
American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.
Sep 8, 2022 · American Bandstand is an iconic audio-visual time capsule encompassing four decades worth of dances, performances, fashions and fads in popular music. The show, hosted by Dick Clark from 1956 to 1989, introduced new musical acts to generations of Americans.
Apr 14, 2024 · Dick Clark (born November 30, 1929, Bronxville, New York, U.S.—died April 18, 2012, Santa Monica, California) American television personality and businessman, best known for hosting American Bandstand. Clark was a disc jockey at the student-run radio station at Syracuse University (1951), and he worked at radio and television stations in ...
Apr 2, 2014 · (1929-2012) Who Was Dick Clark? Sometimes known as "America's oldest teenager," Dick Clark was one of the most influential figures in popular music. American Bandstand began in 1957...
Author. John L. Puckett. “Squeaky clean” commercial pitchman and deejay Dick Clark inherited Bob Horn’s locally broadcast Bandstand in July 1956 and revamped it for a national audience of teenage consumers as ABC’s American Bandstand, which first aired in August 1957. Dick Clark Comes to Bandstand.
