dance to into the motivating force of a business empire and made singers into fares. the legendary aretha franklin 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. do the twist reporter: in spite of racial altitudes 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 career. if you look at the history of dance, from the popular music to the through the rock n roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music, it is everything. reporter: but music wasn t his only beat, clark
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 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 launched many a musical career, and from jerry lee lewis to janet jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. if you look
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 careers
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 n ro
of the 11 personnel under investigation for soliciting prostitutes and other misconduct while in colombia. my sources say one supervisor, this man with 26 years experience, abruptly filed for retirement after being told the agency was preparing to fire him. a relative newcomer to the secret service resigned after being told he too would be fired otherwise. and the agency is initiating procedures to fire a second supervisor. this an agent with 20 years experience. reviews of the eight others are still pending, but the sources describe the pace of the investigation as aggressive and expect more developments very soon. also tonight i m told the secret service will within days announce it is creating a new external panel of experts to review the agency s standards and ethics to determine whether the scandal in colombia is a one-time humiliation or a symptom of a much deeper cultural and discipline breakdown. much more on that breaking news in a moment. but first, let s move on no