Dick Clark

Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark ( born November 30, 1929 in Mount Vernon, New York, † April 18, 2012 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American moderator who was best known for the television show American Bandstand. He was also an influential person in rock ' n' roll scene of the late 1950s.

Career

Clark grew up in his native Mount Vernon. As a teenager he worked as a news anchor at a radio station. He later attended a university, then took back jobs at various radio stations and was finally at a TV station in Utica newscaster and presenter of a country music program. In 1952 he took a job at WFIL in Philadelphia that operated both radio and television, to.

At first he was active as a DJ for the radio station, then dissolved in 1956 but Bob host as moderator for an afternoon dance program called Bandstand. 1957 ABC changed the name to show American Bandstand and let the program run from now on throughout the United States. In 1959, Clark in court because he was accused of bribing DJs. However, he was acquitted.

By 1963, American Bandstand was on every weekday, and then only on Saturdays. In 1964 the show from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. From 1972 he hosted the annual New Year's Eve show Dick Clark 's New Year's Rockin 'Eve 1973 came The added $ 100,000 Pyramid. The following year, Clark created the American Music Awards as an alternative to the old-fashioned in his opinion Grammy. 1987 ABC American Bandstand shortened from 60 to 30 minutes, after which Clark and a half years later ceased to host the show. In 1989, she was finally taken completely out of the program.

Today appear in his theater in Branson a number of formerly him of presented artists, including Bobby Rydell, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Vee, The Chiffons, Brian Hyland and Chris Montez.