悼念娱乐先驱——迪克·克拉克(2/3)

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概述：由迪克•克拉克成功开创的《美国音乐台》不仅成就了许多流行音乐人，而且还使得他将事业扩大到唱片出版录制上，虽然之后这项事业因为某些原因没能继续发展下去，但他的电视节目却一直保留至今。
hint:
Bandstand
Jerry Lee Lewis
the Jackson Five
Prince
Talking Heads
Paul Anka
Diana
Dick Clark
ABC
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组长：elfteaRenamed American Bandstand, the show became one of television's longest running series and was part of the network's lineup from 1957 to 1987.
Everyone who was anyone in the pop music business performed on Bandstand, from Jerry Lee Lewis and the Jackson Five to Prince and the Talking Heads. Paul Anka launched his career on American Bandstand in 1957 with the song "Diana."
"I think Dick has been very massive, in that he was the first and one-of-a-kind who allowed all of us that conduit to the public, who not only was a very viable force then but stayed very contemporary through all of these years and uniquely kept everything that he was about very special."
His initial television success led Dick Clark to diversify. He soon moved into the music publishing and record business, which the U.S. government later saw as a possible conflict of interest. At the time, payola, or bribery, was widespread in the music industry, with record companies paying DJ's to play their records. Clark was a prime target of a Congressional investigation into this illegal activity. He was cleared of any suspicion, but was required by ABC to sell his publishing and record companies in order to keep his television show.更名为美国音乐台之后，这个节目成为了寿命最长的电视系列之一，并且是1957年到1987年间电视节目的一部分。
从杰瑞•李•刘易斯和杰克逊五人组到普林斯和传声头像，凡是流行音乐领域的人们都曾在音乐台表演。保罗•安卡就是在美国音乐台凭借一首名为《戴安娜》的歌曲开始了他的职业生涯。
安卡说：“我认为迪克非常厉害，他是第一个也是唯一一个允许我们与公众沟通的人。他不仅有着巨大的生命力，这些年他还一直保持着现代感并且对他自己所做的事有着独特的处事风格和想法。”
最初的电视节目的成功使得迪克•克拉克趋于多项发展，不久他便将事业转移到唱片出版录制业务上，但这两项后来被政府视为是利益冲突的潜在因素。那时行贿受贿行为在音乐业很是普遍，唱片公司会贿赂音乐节目主持人去播放他们所属的音乐。克拉克是当时国会针对这一非法事件调查的主要目标。虽然后来他被洗清所有嫌疑，但是美国广播公司仍要求他卖掉他的出版公司和唱片公司以留住他的电视节目。