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Dick Clark dead at 82
Fox 6 now ^

Posted on 04/18/2012 12:56:32 PM PDT by crosslink

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To: wolfman23601

I’ve never heard of American Bandstand

Probably never heard of Wolfman Jack either!


121 posted on 04/18/2012 5:55:07 PM PDT by eastforker (Don't be ornery for Romney, instead Root for Newt!)
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To: Poser

“Your Hit Parade” reminds me of that part in ‘Grease’ in which they are having a slumber party and Rizzo tells one of the girls to give Sandy a “hit parade”.

“Oh,I forgot to tell you. You shouldn’t inhale unless you’re used to it.”


122 posted on 04/18/2012 5:56:34 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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To: hoosiermama

Me too. I did get a chuckle at the problems that “Your Hit Parade” had when a number one hit just stayed and stayed on the charts and the producers/cast of “YHP” had to come up with a new setting and production EVERY WEEK for that song.

One song that comes to mind with this problem for them was “Let Me Go, Lover.” I thought that song would never go off the top ten.


123 posted on 04/18/2012 5:57:08 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: wolfman23601

OK. You’re three years younger than me.


124 posted on 04/18/2012 5:57:50 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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To: eastforker

Didn’t Wolfman Jack die from a massive heart attack,too?


125 posted on 04/18/2012 5:59:20 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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To: LibsRJerks

RS is kind of annoying.


126 posted on 04/18/2012 6:01:17 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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To: eastforker

I have at least of heard of Wolfman Jack, though I wouldn’t know his face if I ran over him.


127 posted on 04/18/2012 6:03:08 PM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: Nowhere Man

We have one other cat as well,a Manx named Leopold. He is a big boy.


128 posted on 04/18/2012 6:05:24 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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To: crosslink

Thanks for all the fun...rip


129 posted on 04/18/2012 6:07:42 PM PDT by CentralTexasAg
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To: wolfman23601

It’s back from the days when there was only 3 channels on TV ... probably a little before your time :)


130 posted on 04/18/2012 6:10:26 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: crosslink

Wasn’t that much of a fan of Clark or American Bandstand. I don’t think I ever watched a whole show. The only reason it was on in our house was because my sister liked it.


131 posted on 04/18/2012 6:14:23 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: a fool in paradise

Say ‘Goodbye’ to payola!


132 posted on 04/18/2012 6:17:26 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: estrogen
You must remember Justine and Bob and Pat Molitari etc...those were the days, so innocent and CLEAN and POLITE kids (even the hoods and racks)

Thank you, I loved American Bandstand always watched it after school.

I could not remember the boys name I did remember Justine. Loved watching that couple. Think that I had a crush on Bob.

:)

133 posted on 04/18/2012 6:22:25 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: OldPossum

Remember the times when the set fell apart of fell down around them and they just kept on singing....Don’t know that I’ve ever laughed harder in my life.


134 posted on 04/18/2012 6:22:36 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: crosslink

Ironic that he was never that much of a fan of rock n’ roll. He liked the music of the Big Band Era. Heckuva businessman, though.


135 posted on 04/18/2012 6:29:31 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: hoosiermama

I don’t remember that. I sure would recall it if I had seen it.

That was part of the thrill of watching live TV. Now, all the goof-ups are done away with with the recording of everything.


136 posted on 04/18/2012 6:36:06 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: crosslink

R.I.P., Mr. Clark, and thank you.


137 posted on 04/18/2012 6:39:37 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (We apologise for the fault in this tagline. Those responsible have been sacked.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Without Dick’s cash easing the way, Fabian can forget about earning his place on the Billboard HOT 100 chart.


138 posted on 04/18/2012 6:43:19 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

“DICK CLARK PAYOLA SHOCKER”

“The controversial film Wage$ of $pin portrays Clark as a corrupt and hated greed-monger who used his power to make and break music careers-”

“The award-winning documentary chronicles the early years of the Philadelphia music scene where American Bandstand was originally produced.”

“It features interviews with old-time singers and songwriters who blame the clean-cut Clark for shaking down recording artists for lucrative publishing rights before he would air their music on his hit show.”

“Artie Singer of Danny and the Juniors, who co-wrote the ‘50s hit “At the Hop,” revealed in the movie that he was told “the record does not go on the air until you give him [Dick Clark] 50 percent of the publishing.”

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/dick-clark-payola-shocker


139 posted on 04/18/2012 6:47:25 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: onyx
> With Dick Clark’s passing, so passes part of my teenage years, and pre-teen, as a matter of fact. Rushing home from school to watch American Bandstand was a must.

YES! I lived just outside of Philly and American Bandstand was a staple of my adolescence and teenage years (I was 5 when it started in 1957). Hard to imagine it now, but there was nothing else as important as watching the TV at those times! :)

Impossible to explain to teenagers today. Just impossible. It was a creation of a great mind and the right environment. And in a much more innocent time.

140 posted on 04/18/2012 6:52:10 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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