FILE - In this undated file photo released by ABC, Dick Clark hosts the New Year's eve special from New York's Times Square. Clark, the television host who helped ...

Last month the pioneering TV broadcaster Don Cornelius died at the age of 75. As the host of “Soul Train,” many obituaries described Cornelius as the “African-American Dick Clark,” the legendary host ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fans went wild for Jerry Lee Lewis' performance of "Great Balls of Fire". The song was released in 1957 and it was a massive ...

That is, everyone except one-time Madonna opening act the Beastie Boys. When the newly minted superstars were told by American Bandstand producers that they would be lip-syncing to the recorded ...

The legendary TV host died Wednesday at the age of 82. From hosting American Bandstand to Pyramid and his eponymous New Year’s Eve show, WATCH Dick Clark’s memorable moments. The King of Pop Meets the ...

The other act on the debut episode of American Bandstand 60 years ago was Billy Williams, lip-synching his hit, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, which continued, “and make believe ...

When Dick Clark first pitched "American Bandstand" to ABC as a national series in the 1950s, network executives yawned. "I still have the letter, still have it framed in my office, which in effect ...

American singer and songwriter Patty Smyth with her band Scandal, rock band Night Ranger, American singer and pianist Ronnie Milsap, American actor Adrian Zmed, and American actress Priscilla Barnes ...

Dick Clark, a television host and entrepreneur who sold rock-and-roll to Middle America on the dance show “American Bandstand” and counted down the new year with millions of TV viewers as emcee of an ...

Dick Clark, who kept teens rocking with 'American Bandstand,' New Year's Eve shows, has died FILE - In this undated file photo released by ABC, Dick Clark hosts the ...