News Apr 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm

Dick Clark: November 30, 1929 - April 18, 2012

Bobby Roberts
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was he the inventor of payolla?
Demondog on April 18, 2012 at 1:08 PM Report this
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Massive, in the British sense, I hope.

I think he was trying to outlast Don Cornelius because Soul Train > American Bandstand.
cat & beard on April 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM Report this
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He didn't invent it, but he did partake, although he avoided getting in any trouble for it. Alan Freed (the guy widely believed to have invented the term Rock & Roll) was nailed for Payola, and it pretty much killed his career.
Bobby Roberts on April 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM Mercury Staff
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YEAH RIGHT, DICK CLARK IS A CYBORG. HENCE HE CANNOT DIE. THIS IS ALL JUST A MEDIA RUSE.
Graham on April 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM Report this
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Proof that there will never be another new year?
wetduck on April 18, 2012 at 1:36 PM Report this
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@5 COTW! never bet against the Mayans
ΔŒαΊ–ΓΌΓ±Δ‘Ζ΄ on April 18, 2012 at 2:33 PM Report this

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