with diabetes. but the impact his life had on music. reading the obituaries what strikes me is that this guy was important not just in the music business, but in the culture. he desegmeregated that show. he was the first show to have black teenagers appear on it. he said the only time he got swe sweaty palms in an interview was when he interviewed a black american youth. he talks about that integration, you don t get the sense that this was a big planned out, plotted out strategy. no. it was just one of those thing that is no. joe levy is with us this morning. it s nice to have you. we ve had lots of conversations and opportunities to talk. of course, the editor of billboard magazine. let s start with the desegregation, when dick clark tells the story of sweating through his first interview because he had invited black teenagers to dance on american bandstand, the show was obviously about young people dancing. how big of an impact was that? it was a big deal
gw toye, feet first that s how we re going to start? little confusion? i have a really hard time reading today. i thought you didn t know who they were. one of the guys on the crew is actually in the band. political comedian, brejohn fugelsang and brett o donnell, presidential campaign adviser and will cain is a columnist with blaze.com. nice to have all of you with us. no surprise, i think, about the charges yesterday. there was sort of a flurry that, in fact, george zimmerman would be charged and then there was a sense that maybe it wasn t coming immediately and then there was a 6:00 pm press conference held by the special prosecutor. i would say i m a little surprised. his former attorneys suggested they had some kind of exculpatory evidence that they had sitting out there. i thought they would it that would preclude charges. i guess i meant there s a sense that there were rumors that charges were about to happen. second degree is a little bit of a surprise