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Rockin’ Facts About Dick Clark, America’s Oldest Teenager

Fresh-faced and charming, Dick Clark was a fixture of American TV from the late 1950s until his 2012 passing. As host of American Bandstand, he introduced rock’n’roll to a whole generation of impressionable teenagers and...

March 17, 2023 Stef Waring


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