I know this post isn't about 415 Media, but a good part of my formulative years was watching Dick Clark on Bandstand.
I really thought Dick Clark was bullet-proof.
He has passed away.
I was 14 in 1976 when "American Bandstand" was at its peak. Dick Clark hosted the show, a staple of Saturday Morning, along with "Soul Train" and cartoons.
Seriously, still can't believe he's gone.
Here's a toast to the great one.
Dick Clark,Don Cornelius and Davey Jones in a very short period. THAT'S A lot of loss for 1970's teenagers. A hard reminder of we are our parents and even grandparents now.
ReplyDeleteEven Mike Wallace..how many school reports done to a 60 Minutes story did we steal? lol...
RIP to all.
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One of those Bee Gees probably gone before the weekend. He won't be "Stayin' Alive"
DeleteThanks for that post, 2:06, I'm one of y'all.
DeleteRIP, Dick Clark.
It certainly the end of an era. The man had a great life and did what he wanted to very well. he brought a lot of good times to a lot of young people and leaves this life a very blessed man.
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I watched AB every day after school when it was still in Philly and broadcasting in black and white. It was one of the very few places you could see popular black performers on television. It's so sad to see him leave us, along with Don Cornelius. Truly the passing of an era. RIP.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this posting, Rich!
ReplyDeleteI cut my musical teeth on American Bandstand in its earliest days, when you saw blue suede shoes on the feet of the male dance partners.
For decades, Dick Clark seemed to have an inside line on the location of the Fountain of Youth, despite the facts saying that we was definitely moving along in years. He was a sort of Dorian Gray, who played to a rock and roll accompaniment. I always wondered where he stored that oil portrait that was taking the knocks for him, out of the public eye.
Dick Clark was always a class act. No pontifications. No grandiosity. No suffocating bombast or ego issues. From all accounts, a genuinely nice man who truly made his mark, by doing what he loved and by doing it well.
Today our world is a little poorer than it was, just a short time ago.
RIP Dick Clark!
God bless him! We all would rush home from school in the late '50's to watch Bandstand. As middle school kids, we all thought the show was the greatest, the "kids" on the show were so cool, and Dick Clark was the best. He went through some bumpy times professionally trying to survive the Payola scandal that ended the careers of many of his contemporaries, and then he just kept on for so many years, looking ageless and still cool. I was personally moved by his determination and absolute grit in coming back from a major stroke, clearly having to fight to regain his speech. And now the end has come. RIP Dick Clark.
ReplyDeleteMy dear late mother, who was born in 1919, and pretty much eschewed rock n' roll--she LOVED Dick Clark! I hope she's up there boppin' with "The Kid!" RIP, Dick--you done good!
ReplyDeleteLovely post.
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It was always hard viewing Dick Clark after his stroke in 2004, struggle on his Dick Clark's New Years Eve Party. I wanted to remember him as he was, every Saturday on American Bandstand. "It has a good beat, & you can dance to it."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories Mr. Clark, you will be missed, and Godspeed
I also grew up watching American Bandstand along with Soul Train on Saturdays. I'm my early radio career I used to babysit Dick Clark's Rock Roll and Remember. I still have those disks somewhere (They were on 33& 1/3) Great talent and Icon reminds me of home back East.... RIP Dick Clark
ReplyDeleteWhen Rich was 14 in 1976, and American Bandstand was at its peak on ABC, here's who Dick Clark introduced: Wild Cherry, Heart, George Benson, and Boston.
ReplyDeleteSongs that Clark introduced: "Play That Funky Music", "Magic Man", "This Masquerade", "More Than A Feeling", the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing", Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes' Teddy Pendergrass-led "Wake Up Everybody", Earth Wind & Fire's "Sing-A-Song", and Marvin Gaye's "I Want You".
There were many more that year. Should Rich want to share a song film clip from that year, it will be interesting to see which one he'll show.
My Mom met Dick Clark on a cruise in 1983 and she said he was just as nice in person as he was on television.
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