Customer Review: This is an excellent biography of a truly legendary vocalist and old-school crooner. The best part is that it was done while he was still alive and had many personal insights of his own as well. Well worth ... Read More
Customer Review: At least Dick Clark cooperated with this, so you get his point of view. The author is unsparing about Clark's money making ways, but the book is a bit too padded with historical perspective about what was happening ... Read More
Customer Review: "Dick Clark's American Bandstand" is not just a look back at the popular music show of the pre-MTV generation but at the history of American music and popular culture during the span from 1952-1989 when "American Bandstand" aired. That ... Read More
Customer Review: For a book that covers so many disparate types of daytime programs (game shows, soap operas, sports, cartoons and kids' shows, and so on), the volume is remarkably accurate, well-written and heavily researched. You'd think the author was an expert ... Read More