Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

On April 18, 2012, Dick Clark, the TV personality and producer
best known for hosting “American Bandstand,” an influential
music-and-dance show that aired nationally from 1957 to 1989
and helped bring rock `n’ roll into the mainstream in the late
1950s, died of a heart attack at age 82 in Santa Monica, California.

The clean-cut, youthful-looking Clark, dubbed “America’s Oldest Teenager,” also was the longtime host of the annual telecast
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and headed an entertainment empire
that developed game shows, awards shows, talk shows, made-
for-TV movies and other programs.

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.’

"Rock Around the Clock" was a Last-Minute Addition to
the recording session. 

On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded
“(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock” at a Decca
recording session in New York City.

If rock and roll was a social and cultural revolution,
then “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock” was
its Declaration of Independence. And if Bill Haley
was not exactly the revolution’s Thomas Jefferson,
it may be fair to call him its John Hancock.

The song was chosen to play over the opening
credits of the film Blackboard Jungle, which is
how it became a pop sensation, selling a million
copies in a single month in the spring of 1955.

William (Bill) John Clifton Haley
(July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981)

Clem Burke (Bozewski)  (November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025)

Clem Burke, famed drummer for Blondie, died on Sunday, April 6.
following a private battle with cancer. He was 70 years old.

The band’s official social media shared on
Monday…“Clem was not just a drummer; he
was the heartbeat of Blondie.”

(Hollywood reporter)

(FOX NEWS) – Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in many high-
profile films, including "Top Gun," "Batman Forever" and
"Tombstone," died Tuesday (April 1).

The New York Times reported that Kilmer died of pneumonia.

Kilmer, who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the original
"Top Gun" in 1986, died in Los Angeles, according to his
daughter, Mercedes Kilmer. 

In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer. He
subsequently underwent a tracheal procedure that
damaged his vocal cords, leaving him with severe
difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy
and two tracheotomies.

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in Top Gun (1986)

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (1993)

 
   
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Reba McEntire hits include "Whoever’s in New England”
and her cover of Bobbie Gentry’s "Fancy."

An actress in films and television. McEntire starred in the
television series Reba, which aired for six seasons. She
also owns several businesses, including a restaurant and
a clothing line.