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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dick_ClarkDick Clark - Wikipedia

    As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock and roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Ike & Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Iggy Pop, Prince, Talking Heads, and Madonna.

  2. Who Was Dick Clark? Sometimes known as "America's oldest teenager," Dick Clark was one of the most influential figures in popular music. American Bandstand began in 1957 and continued until...

  3. Dick Clark was an American television personality and businessman, best known for hosting American Bandstand. Clark was a disc jockey at the student-run radio station at Syracuse University (1951), and he worked at radio and television stations in Syracuse and Utica, New York, before moving in 1952

  4. American Bandstand ( AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, [1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark.

  5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0163863Dick Clark - IMDb

    Dick Clark. Actor: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Dick Clark was born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York on November 30, 1929, to Julia Fuller (Barnard) and Richard Augustus Clark. He had one older brother, Bradley, who was killed in World War II.

  6. Dick Clark, the perpetually youthful-looking television host whose long-running daytime song-and-dance fest, “American Bandstand,” did as much as anyone or anything to advance the influence of...

  7. He married Kari Wigton in 1977. TV icon, host of "American Bandstand," had a heart attack on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure.