Dick Clark Productions

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Dick Clark Productions is an entertainment production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark. Since its inception in 1957, the company has produced a number of television shows, television specials and televised movies. Such programs include American Bandstand, Where The Action Is, TV Bloopers & Practical Jokes, Camp Midnite, and the NBC series American Dreams (which includes classic footage from American Bandstand).

Its work also includes such specials as the Academy of Country Music Awards its first awards show, American Music Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve.

The company licenses its name to a group of restaurants, including Dick Clark's American Bandstand restaurant in the Kansas City, Missouri suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, and four similarly named restaurants in airport terminals in Indianapolis, Indiana, Newark, New Jersey, Phoenix, Arizona, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The company's headquarters is located in Burbank, California.

1 Barry Manilow
2 Dick Clark themed slot machines
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Barry Manilow

Beginning with Manilow's March 22, 1975 appearance on American Bandstand to promote Barry Manilow II where he sang "Mandy", his first of three number one songs, and "It's A Miracle", a productive friendship started.^[1] Numerous appearances by Manilow on Clark's productions of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve singing his original seasonal favorite "It's Just Another New Year's Eve", American Bandstand anniversary shows, American Music Awards performances and his 1985 television movie Copacabana are among their projects together.

On February 4, 1977 ABC aired the two-hour special American Bandstand's 25th Anniversary which Manilow performed "Bandstand Boogie", his famous version where he and Bruce Sussman added lyrics to the tune by Charles Albertine and arrangement by Les and Larry Elgart. Clark, soon after this appearance made Manilow's recording, which appears on his 1975 Tryin' To Get The Feeling album, the opener and closer theme song of American Bandstand. Manilow performed this version live at an Emmy Awards tribute to Clark on August 28, 2006, 18 months after his stroke.

Manilow performed on The 5th Annual American Music Awards on January 16, 1978, at Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, where he also won the "Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist" award.^[2] On December 31, 1978, he appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '79. At the The 6th Annual American Music Awards on January 12, 1979, held at Civic Auditorium, he was awarded with his second consecutive "Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist" award. On December 31, 1979, Manilow appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '80. At the The 7th Annual American Music Awards on January 18, 1980 held at ABC-TV Studios in Hollywood, California Manilow was awarded with his third consecutive "Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist" award. Manilow is tied with most wins in the category of "Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist" with Michael Bolton and Eric Clapton.

On October 30, 1981, Manilow appeared on ABC's three hour American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special where he sang an extended or looped concert version of "Bandstand Boogie" during the long opening credits and also "The Old Songs" live in concert to promote his then latest album If I Should Love Again. ^[3]

On December 31, 1982, Manilow appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '83. Less than three weeks later, on January 17, 1983, Manilow performed at The 10th Annual American Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California to promote his then latest album Here Comes The Night.

On January 16, 1984, Manilow performed at The 11th Annual American Music Awards held at Shrine Auditorium where he sung "Read 'Em And Weep" to promote his then latest album Greatest Hits Vol. II and a medley of ballads by The Jackson 5 including "I'll Be There" and "Ben" to honor Michael Jackson who received the Award of Merit that night. ^[4] ^[5] On December 31, 1984 he appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '85.

On December 3, 1985, Manilow's CBS television movie Copacabana premiered. Dick Clark Productions, Inc produced the movie starring Manilow. The screenplay by James Lipton was based loosely on his life. "The fact that he was out on a 'Copacabana' tour didn't happen by accident," noted Clark. "Barry is, if not the most organized professional, then one of the most organized professionals in terms of knowing what this business is about. Everything he does is with a plan in mind."^[6] He wrote original songs for the movie which are also used and expanded upon in his musical theater versions that were in Atlantic City, the West End in England, and touring the United States in the early 2000s. A few weeks later, on December 31, 1985, he appeared on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '86.

To date, Manilow has done three more appearances on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve including Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '87, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '88, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '92. Flashback segments of his December 31, 1979 appearance, which is often mislabeled as 1982, and his December 31, 1991 appearances have been alternately rebroadcast.

On May 13, 1992, Manilow appeared by videotape on American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special on ABC's two hour show to explain how the show's familiar instrumental theme finally got some lyrics to "every single little note" of it. A clip of Manilow's 1975 appearance on the show was also shown. ^[7]

On November 21, 2006, Manilow performed during The 34th Annual American Music Awards held at Shrine Auditorium where he sung "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" to promote his latest album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.

[edit] Dick Clark themed slot machines

IGT created a series of slot machines based on the company's popular long running primetime shows American Bandstand, New Year's Rockin Eve and Bloopers.