tazzboy Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just heard it today 82 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/****-clark-entertainment-icon-nicknamed-americas-oldest-teenager/story?id=16076252#.T48ciKsdlV4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wow. I'm getting old. Rest in Peace Mr. Clark. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 . Yes, I caught it on CNN. Bandstand was so big back in the day (1952 to 1989). Both Clark and Cornelius passed away this year. RIP D!ck and Don. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Prolly didn't look a day over 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thanks for bringing us all that great music ****... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 . Yes, I caught it on CNN. Bandstand was so big back in the day (1952 to 1989). Both Clark and Cornelius passed away this year. RIP D!ck and Don. . Two giants who will be missed but their legacy will live on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Prolly didn't look a day over 60. Only moved and talked like he was a hundred and ten. Later, ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Lol! Love the way "Richard's Common Name" is immediately changed by the Forum! Rock on, Richard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flem snopes Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Lol! Love the way "Richard's Common Name" is immediately changed by the Forum! Rock on, Richard... American Bandstand was must see TV when I was a teenager... RIP **** Clark, one of the icons of my youth. Guess I can't say d*ck here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I missed this thread, and started another one....Sorry! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 God speed **** Clark. Long Live Rock and Roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 One word - Payola. That man, even for the legend that he was, is tied to nineteen fifties payola. He was one of the only ones that did not get blacklisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 One word - Payola. .... You left out the part where he was not prosecuted by the investigation. D!ck Clark was brought for examination by the Congressional committee investigating the Payola Scandal. He had an ownership stake in something like 30 different record labels and a slew songwriting credits. In the months before the hearings, Clark had divested his ownership interests in all music production businesses and songs from which he earned royalties as a credited songwriter. He cooperated with the committee and they decided not to prosecute. Other people like, the Alan Freed, were prosecuted. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHW Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 How can we have a New Year's Eve Party without Dick Clark? Maybe the Mayan end-of-the-world scenario has just been confirmed...??? He'll definitely be missed. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 My condolences to the family of **** Clark. Only in America would **** Clark ever be censored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 **** Clark was a composer? What did **** write? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 **** Clark was a composer? What did **** write? Back in the 50s, you didn't actually have to do much too get a writing credit - nudge, nudge, wink, wink. By using his position with Bandstand, D!ck was cut in on the songwriting credits for records he otherwise had nothing to do with - kind of a creative sideline to payola. He did divest himself of those interests and cooperated with the Congressional Payola investigation and thereby escaped prosecution. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 You left out the part where he was not prosecuted by the investigation. D!ck Clark was brought for examination by the Congressional committee investigating the Payola Scandal. He had an ownership stake in something like 30 different record labels and a slew songwriting credits. In the months before the hearings, Clark had divested his ownership interests in all music production businesses and songs from which he earned royalties as a credited songwriter. He cooperated with the committee and they decided not to prosecute. Other people like, the Alan Freed, were prosecuted. . All true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 RIP, Mr. Clark. And thanks for all the great memories: Paul Simon, Johnny Cash, Del Shannon, The Shangri Las, and on and on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Maybe **** Clark's mom or **** Clark's Dad or **** Clark's grandparents should have lobbied for a better name than ****. Maybe ****, Jr. Maybe we should all refer to **** Clark as Click Dark and we won't get censored. TommyK, **** Clark Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 How can we have a New Year's Eve Party without **** Clark? Maybe the Mayan end-of-the-world scenario has just been confirmed...??? He'll definitely be missed. :( So.... D!ck Clark dies in the year we aren't supposed to have a New Years Eve....... Well played, Mayans. Well played.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Well how did people celebrate before D!ck Clark did his rockin' New Year's show in 1971. They same way they did when he miss the one in 2004. The show will go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Well how did people celebrate before D!ck Clark did his rockin' New Year's show in 1971. They same way they did when he miss the one in 2004. The show will go on. No, it won't The world ends on 12/21. The Mayans said so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 No, it won't The world ends on 12/21. The Mayans said so.... Nuh unh! Ted said we'll be here next year. Ted might not. He said,"I'll be either in jail or dead by this time next year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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