Dick Clark RIP

Just read on the internet that DC passes away last night. He eveidently had a medical procedure done at a hospital in LA and suffered a heart attack afterward. Resuss efforts were not successfull. I know the MTV gen and later can't understand, but shows like his were all we had in our day. No youtube or on demand, you just wated for AB. Thanks for all those years Mr. Clark!

Good Luck!
Ric at Joes

DonDiego grew up watching Dick Clark's American Bandstand on WFIL-TV Channel 6 out of Philadelphia, even before the shoe went nationwide, when it was on every afternoon right before supper, . . . a long, long time ago.



RIP, indeed.

I was shocked to hear he was only 82. I thought he was much older.

I never really understood his appeal but he sure had a huge fan base.
RIP

I grew up in the waning years of watching AB,sat. mornings and at midnight.We caught a little bit of DCs rockin new years eve And man did he look old and seemed he was kinda struggling with his speech.Watched American Bandstand and the other two guys,soul train and don??? Something or other(he put out a lot of records with various bands). Well RIP Dick, thanks for the memories.

JOHN

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RIP..... I always remember him on the New Years Eve count downs.

I thought he was older too. New Years Eve will never be the same.

He had a stroke a few years ago and it affected his speech. I grew up watching AB, and thought it was the greatest show ever made...that's where I learned to dance. k

I'm 63 and I watched American Bandstand. All of the musical guests would lip sync their songs. The show later became more slick and contrived with proffesional dancers appearing on the weekly saturday show. Dick Clark was a shrewed, hugely successful show business entrapenurial giant. I remember he was involved in the Payola scandal in the 50's. He knew about the business end, promotion and money. I'm not sure if he understood or felt the music that so many of us used to escape into.

Music historians tell us how the manufactored music and performers in the limelight of the early 60's was leaving a hunger for real music and gave The British rockers a shot to provide true Rythum and Blues. It was the British that saved American Rock and Roll.

Slick promoters were pushing performers like Fabian and Frankie Avalon to the top with music that left a lot to be desired. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals and the multitudes of British perfomers was covering songs of the likes of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry and so on.

I'm paraphrasing a radio program I'd listened to years ago about the evolution of Rock and Roll.

I figured the guy would live on forever as he had been around in what seemed like 100 years.

I was never a big News Years Eve viewer, however every Saturday. AB was a must see.

He had a catchy beat and you could really get down to the music. I'll give him a 85.....

RiP Dick, you will be missed.

I watched AB every afternoon after school in the 50's, on Channel 7 in Chicago. B&W TV. Learned to dance watching it, lol. There were several "regulars" on the show -- high school couples from Philadelphia. I knew all their names -- Bob & Justine, Arlene & Kenny, etc. The Mickey Mouse Club came on immediately after Bandstand every day, and Dick Clark always closed AB by saying something like "The mouse is next ..."

When the show moved to California and was on Saturdays, it was never the same. Too slick and professional.

I also watched all the various incarnations of the Pyramid. Still see it on GSN.