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Why I Can't Forget The Night My Brother Turned 16

Doug Bradley | Posted 03.29.2013 | Fifty
Read More: American Bandstand, Philadelphia, Dick Clark, The Crests, 1959, Rock and Roll, Sixteen Candles, Fifty News
Doug Bradley

Being 16 years old in Philadelphia in the late 1950s had to be one of the coolest things ever, one of those generational defining moments that separate some of us from the rest of us. At least it was for my older brother.

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"Rockabilly Filly" Rosie Flores Makes Janis Martin's Sweet Dreams Come True

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.03.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Friendship, Blanco Sessions, Janis Martin, R&b, Rosie Flores, Rockabilly, Soul, Tonight Show, Grand Ole Opry, American Bandstand, Austin, Music, Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll, Peabody Awards, Video, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

As soon as I popped the preview copy of Janis Martin: The Blanco Sessions into my computer, I knew Rosie Flores had produced a masterpiece.

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The Band and the Bandstand (Part 2)

Doug Bradley | Posted 07.01.2012 | Home
Read More: American Bandstand, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band, Levon Helm, Levon Helm Dead, Dick Clark Dead, Levon Helm the Band, Home News
Doug Bradley

My obsession with Dylan and the Band was rewarded when they launched a concert tour in the winter of 1974, Dylan's first tour in eight years! Ticket prices were steep -- we paid $9.50 apiece.

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Dick Clark's Business Lesson

Nelson Davis | Posted 07.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Broadcasting, Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark, Donald Trump, Radio, Merv Griffin, '70s Music, Walter Annenberg, Tv Programming, Media, Entrepreneur, American Bandstand, NBC Network, James Brown, Business News
Nelson Davis

Unbridled enthusiasm is a success magnet. While many people of his age were eyeing a rocking chair, Dick was fishing for opportunities.

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The Band and the Bandstand (Part 1)

Doug Bradley | Posted 04.28.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Levon Helm, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Levon Helm Death, Remembering Dick Clark, Remembering Levon Helm, Dick Clark Death, Entertainment News
Doug Bradley

Two of my life's guideposts, American Bandstand and The Band, drew their last breaths a week ago with the deaths of Dick Clark and Levon Helm. Now the bandstand is less full, the songs less soothing, the beat a little harder to dance to...

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Certain Deaths Hit Harder

Michele Willens | Posted 06.20.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Baby Boomer, The Mickey Mouse Club, Frankie Avalon, Sany Koufax, Dick Clark, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Childhood Nostalgia, Don Drysdale, Boomers, American Bandstand, Big Sticks, Fifty News
Michele Willens

I am surprised at how sad I have felt since learning of Dick Clark's death.

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When Do You Know That Your Moment Has Passed?

Brett Greene | Posted 06.20.2012 | Denver
Read More: Ryan Seacrest, Jimmy Kimmel, Dick Clark, Geffen Records, Dr. Seuss, American Bandstand, Kunv, Strong Moments, Moments in Time, American Idol, College Radio, Las Vegas, Denver News
Brett Greene

We all have these moments in life where we see we're not the person we used to be, or the scene is too big and not as full of passionate brothers-and-sisters-in-arms as it used to be. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

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The Revolution Was Televised (Only We Didn't Know It)

Jerry Waxman | Posted 06.20.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Music History, Dick Clark Died, Dick Clark Dead, Rock and Roll History, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Music, Entertainment News
Jerry Waxman

If Benny Goodman made big band swing jazz acceptable, then Dick Clark is the man who civilized rock and roll. He was the face of the new generation and we were all part of it.

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Bandstand and the Headband

Lea Lane | Posted 06.20.2012 | TV
Read More: Miami Beach, Dick Clark, Entertainment, Connie Francis, American Bandstand, Bobby Darin, 1950s, Celebrities, Teenagers, TV News
Lea Lane

I remember dressing the morning of the show, putting on my snappiest outfit, aware that the TV cameras would probably do head shots of the audience, as they often did in the smaller Philadelphia studio.

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Naughty But Nice Rob

Barry Manilow Remembers Dick Clark

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 04.19.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Video, Rob Shuter, Dick Clark Remembered, Dick Clark, Bruce Sussman, American Bandstand, Dick Clark Dead, Dick Clark Dies, Barry Manilow, Celebrity News

Broadcast legend Dick Clark, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 82, got his big break in 1956, hosting "Bob Horn's Bandstand" -- a show that woul...

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Journalist Remembers Teenage Appearance On 'American Bandstand'

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 06.18.2012 | Media
Read More: Dick Clark Dies, Dick Clark Dead, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Ap, Linda Deutsch American Bandstand, American Bandstand, Media News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The photo is over a half century old but the colors miraculously have not faded. The smiles of young Dick Clark and me are as bri...

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Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' Greatest Moments

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.18.2012 | TV
Read More: Michael Jackson, TV Canada, Video, Dick Clark, Dick Clark American Bandstand, Abba, Madonna, American Bandstand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Iron Butterfly, Prince, American Bandstand Videos, Blondie, TV News

"American Bandstand," which the late Dick Clark hosted from 1956 to 1989, introduced new musical acts to generations of Americans during its decades-l...

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Women React To Dick Clark's Death

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Dick Clark New Years, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, Dick Clark Died, America's Oldest Teenager, American Bandstand, Dick Clark Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark Dead, Dick Clark Death, Dick Clark Twitter, Dick Clark 82, Dick Clark New Year's Eve, Dick Clark, America's Oldest Teenager Dead, Dick Clark Heart Attack, Slidepollajax, Death of Dick Clark, Dick Clark Twitter Reaction, Dick Clark and His Impact on Media, Women News

Dick Clark has died at age 82 of a heart attack, TMZ reports. The legendary TV and radio personality, best known for hosting programs "American Bandst...

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Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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From Heart to "Heartbreaker" and a Side of Canucks: Chatting With Loverboy's Mike Reno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.28.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Ann Wilson, Less Than Jake, Mike Reno, Jerry Bruckheimer, Clarence Clemmons, Canucks, Live Nation, Bob Rock, Cyndi Lauper, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Heart, Steve Forbert, Mtv, John Dexter, Loverboy, Top Gun, JUNO Awards, Don Simpson, Van Halen, The Cure, The Everly Brothers, American Bandstand, Metallica, Grammy Awards, Iron Eagle 2, Paul Dean, Dick Clark, Footloose, American Music Awards, Tom Cruise, Bryan Adams, Kelly McGillis, Moxy, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

2011-06-29-Screenshot20110629at8.50.09AM.pngIt used to be everybody was "Working For The Weekend." Now, everybody is working on the weekend.

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Woe-Is-A-Me-Bop: RIP Captain Beefheart

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Mary Fleener, American Bandstand, John McCormick, Twitter, Ice Cream for Crow, The Ten Commandments of Guitar Playing, Billy Miller, Clear Spot, Village Voice, Daniel Pearl, Rob Harvilla, Trout Mask Replica, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Captain Beefheart, Golden Birdies, Rolling Stone's Alt-Rock-a-Rama, Miriam Linna, Museum of Modern Art, Norton Records, Don Van Vliet, Moris Tepper, Lester Bangs, Arts News
Holly Cara Price

Yesterday late afternoon it was announced that Don Van Vliet, AKA Captain Beefheart, had shuffled off this mortal coil at the age of 69. He would in f...

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Healthy Living News
Francesca Biller

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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