ALICE COOPER Pays Tribute To DICK CLARK
April 18, 2012Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has commented on the passing of Dick Clark, the television host who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on the "American Bandstand" show. The 82-year-old the youthful-looking television personality, who was dubbed "America’s Oldest Teenager," became a national icon in the late 1950s, having hosted "American Bandstand" for more than 30 years.
Said Cooper: "I used to come home from elementary school to watch 'American Bandstand'. It had all the new songs, all the new dances, and it had the happiest guy in the world presenting them to you. I had no idea that later in my career I would know Dick Clark on a professional level. I ran into him some years ago, and he said to me, 'Hey, Coop, if you had your own radio show, what would it be like?' I told him it would be more like the free form FM stations of the '60s, where the DJ’s actually played what they liked and demographics didn't play a role. He said, 'Alice, why don't you do it then?' Just like that, my radio show, 'Nights With Alice Cooper', was born. It's been nine years later and I'm still on the air! And let me just add that NOBODY loved rock 'n' roll more than Dick Clark!"
Image below courtesy of AliceCooper.com
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