Fans of American Bandstand have long lamented the dearth of vintage footage from the premiere music program of the 1950s and 1960s. As this clip shows, Clark at one time posssessed a truck load of Bandstand films:
As many insiders knew, the best way to get to Dick Clark was to go through his wife. This clip reveals a bit about their special relationship:
Glen Campbell was one of thousands of musicians to cross paths with Dick Clark. Now that Campbell is in the end stage of his battle with Alzheimer's disease, I want to share this clip of Campbell and Clark sharing a few TV moments with Roger Miller in 1971. Clark seems unusually relaxed in this clip:
Author Larry Lehmer's book about Dick Clark and American Bandstand -- Bandstandland: How Dancing Teenagers Took Over America and Dick Clark Took Over Rock & Roll --is available from Sunbury Press. Go here to learn the story behind the writing of Bandstandland or here to listen to the Pennsylvania Cable Network's interview with author Larry Lehmer.
Larry Lehmer's book about the last tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens -- The Day the Music Died -- is available at Amazon.
