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and so much more. dick clark literally did it all. tonight, the stars who knew him best pay tribute. plus, only in america, the legacy of dick clark for the generation of superstars that he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. you re looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind american bandstand. listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute on tonight s american idol. we are sad to announce the passing of my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s get on with the show, okay? you ve got it, boss. now for our big story, i want t ....
the world. he integrated a corner of the media watched by the entire nation while a third of that nation was still segregated. he turned a beat that kids could dance to into the motivating force of a business empire and made singers into stars. the legendary aretha franklin and richard and little richard will join us in a few minutes. but here a look back at his career by koreen wynter. reporter: he was known as the world s oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as american bandstand in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. come on baby, let s do the twist reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on american bandstand could launch their c ....
multimillion dollar media mogul. dick clark, literally. tonight the stars pay tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan, paul anka, boys to men, debbie gibson and more. only in america, the legacy of dick clark, through the generations of superstars he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, you re looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind american bandstand. listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute on tonight s american idol . we are sar to announce the passing of my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s get on with the show, o ....
he made singers into stars. the legendary aretha frank lili will join us. reporter: he was known as the world s oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as american bandstand in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. come on baby, let s do the twist reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on american bandstand could launch their careers. and from jerry lee lewis to janet jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. and from jerry lee louis to if you look at the history of american bandstand it covers everything. when we started in 1952, it was very como and eddie fisher and the four aces and so forth, through the rock ....
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