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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 little richard join us in a few minutes to talk about dick clark, but here's 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 bab...

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 b...

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 g...

this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., the so-called west memphis three are enjoying their first full day of freedom after 18 years behind ba...

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