http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/04/dick-clark-an-american-icon-passes/ Thu, 23 May 2013 00:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/04/dick-clark-an-american-icon-passes/#comment-28562 pbrower2a Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:23:51 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=23997#comment-28562 He connected talent to first-quality entertainment. He practically created the pop scene as it now works. So it was more fun than 'elevated'? Tough, prudes and snobs; you have your refined entertainment which you can enjoy at will. American needed the fun and got it from him. He connected talent to first-quality entertainment. He practically created the pop scene as it now works. So it was more fun than ‘elevated’? Tough, prudes and snobs; you have your refined entertainment which you can enjoy at will. American needed the fun and got it from him.

]]> http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/04/dick-clark-an-american-icon-passes/#comment-28276 Phyllis M. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:10:15 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=23997#comment-28276 As a teen in the 60's the only way we could see our idol Black Musicians was to watch American BandStand. Dick Clark was an innovator,Civil Rights Activist, and genius. He made a lot of Black kids realize their dreams at a time when our country was in denial about the worth of "All" of its citizens. As a teen in the 60’s the only way we could see our idol Black Musicians was to watch American BandStand. Dick Clark was an innovator,Civil Rights Activist, and genius. He made a lot of Black kids realize their dreams at a time when our country was in denial about the worth of “All” of its citizens.

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