Dick Clark in 1961
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (30 November 1929–18 April 2012) was an American radio and television personality, best known for hosting American television's longest-running variety show, American Bandstand, from 1957 to 1987. He also hosted the game show Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations worldwide.
Quotes
- You can't make a hit record out of nothing. … It's baseless to think you can make any recording a hit, just by playing it over and over and over again.
- Responding to payola charges, Pop Chronicles, Show 12 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. Part 2, interview recorded 3.11.1968.
- For now, Dick Clark. So long.
- His signoff from the various versions of Pyramid he hosted.
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