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They don't make rock stars like they used to, and that's ok.

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  " Santo & Johnny were an Italian-American rock and roll duo from Brooklyn, New York, comprising brothers Santo and Johnny Farina. They are best known for their instrumental "Sleep Walk", which became a regional hit and eventually reached the top of the Billboard pop chart when it was released nationally in 1959." Italian-American? I always thought they were Hawaiian or Alaskan or something? Wasn't that the story for a long time?  B uy Sleepwalk - First Two Stereo Albums [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] by Santo & Johnny

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People like to knock Dick Clark , how he instituted the Teen cleancut idols over the earlier grittier Rock rebels, BUT ... Actually he really was part of the environment and sub-culture; he had some of the best artists of the day like the Coasters, Isley Brothers , Chuck Berry , Everly Brothers , Johnny Cash, Ronnie Hawkins ... and Eddie Cochran here sittin' in the Balcony when the hits were new and just out fresh, when these Rock'n'Roll artists were at the peak of their powers! Let's give DC some credit, his [...]

 

A little honesty is called for here. Whenever a familiar name from the musical world dies, if it's someone that I've written about before then I often repost the previous piece, with an introduction explaining why I'm doing so. But it's not quite that simple with Dick Clark, who died recently. He wasn't a musical performer himself, and the only previous post I have for him is a 2007 review of a boxed set titled 50th Anniversary Collection - Dick Clark's American Bandstand . But that provided me with a [...]

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Dick Clark passed away on April 18 at the age of 82. It signifies the end of an era in rock and roll. When I say end of an era, I mean he was one of the last-if not the last-link to rock's Golden Age (Jerry Lee Lewis also comes to mind, a man who wrote Clark off when Clark stopped playing his records after Lewis' personal life made headlines in 1958). For more than 30 years, Clark was the guy giving those artists their first breaks, and defending them against disapproving parents. He's also the [...]

Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one m... Continue reading "The American Bandstand (Extended) Hot 100" >

Anyone who has tuned in to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in the years since Dick Clark's return from a stroke he suffered in 2004 could probably see that Clark was gradually looking a bit worse, the past couple of years in particular. Yet even with that knowledge, I for one wouldn't have thought he was close to passing away quite yet (or that an immovable icon like him was even capable of passing away), as he sadly did yesterday at the age of 82 (strange he could have been so young, considering he had [...]

While some people get excited about St. Patrick's Day or Fat Tuesday, around these parts there is another "unofficial" holiday that, if you haven't already noticed, we like to geek out about and that's Record Store Day . The annual celebration of independent music stores , which is celebrating its fifth anniversary, features scores of exclusive releases specifically made to be put out this Saturday. While we detailed some of those yesterday , and we've got a list of our favorite RSD releases coming later today, the one that I've got my eyes on is [...]

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The world "legend" is so carelessly bandied about these days, overused, abused and applied to practically anyone who ever managed to secure more than 15 minutes of fame. But in the history of celebrity, few have deserved the modifier "legendary" more than Dick Clark, who died on April 18 at age 82 following a massive heart attack in Santa Monica, California. We'll be hearing it a lot from now until next year's Grammy Awards, as the tributes to Clark continue to pour in. In some ways, Clark shaped and influenced my youth as much as any musical [...]

Dick Clark, on "American Bandstand" in the late 1950s. Not the guy we thought we'd be writing a story like this about today, but: Dick Clark, the DJ who helped rock and roll go nationwide back in the 1950s, has died. He was 82 years old. A few generations now know Clark only as the weird guy who shows up alongside Ryan Seacrest on those New Year's Eve TV parties. But Clark, starting in 1957 and his TV show "American Bandstand," put rock and roll in front of a mass audience in a way [...]

R.I.P Dick Clark – the memories you’ve created throughout the generations will always remain.

Like the rest of the music world, we were saddened by news of Dick Clark 's sudden passing on Wednesday (Apr. 18). In taking time to look back on the media pioneer's unequivocal impact on music, television and entertainment, we found ourselves captivated by Dick's interviews with the great pop artists of the early days of his 33-year run on American Bandstand . Above, watch the late TV personality's 1972 interview with teenaged Michael Jackson, in which Clark ominously comments, "This poor man's life has been dissected completely." Below see nine more of his [...]

I hate it when people get old and I admit it's partially for selfish reasons. Every time we do an obit, I'm reminded that I'm no spring chicken myself. As [...]