Dick Clark made his debut as host of 'Bandstand'
In 1956, Dick Clark made his debut as host of ``Bandstand'' on a Philadelphia TV station.
Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on ``American Bandstand,'' and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the year-end countdown from Times Square on ``New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' has died.