dick clark's new year's eve started on june 28, 1968.
dick clark's new year's eve started on june 28, 1968.
when did dick clark's new year's eve start?
june 28, 1968
in the 1970s, clark felt that guy lombardo's new year's specials were outdated and did not appeal well to younger viewers; he believed that only older viewers would be interested in big band music accompanied by "people dancing cheek-to-jowl in their tuxedos and funny hats." in response, he decided to produce a more youthful new year's eve special of his own to compete. clark's new program would be known as "new year's rockin' eve", a name chosen to signify the major contrast between his special and the more formal atmosphere of guy lombardo's special. the first edition, three dog night's new year's rockin' eve 1973, was aired by nbc on december 31, 1972 and was hosted by the members of the rock band three dog night. the special featured pre-recorded musical performances from the ballroom of the queen mary in long beach, california by blood, sweat & tears, helen reddy, al green, and three dog night. clark served as a reporter from times square for live coverage of the ball drop and arrival of 1973. the second special, new year's rockin' eve 1974, also on nbc, was hosted by comedian george carlin and featured pre-recorded musical performances by the pointer sisters, billy preston, linda ronstadt and tower of power once again from the queen mary ballroom. beginning with the 1975 edition, the program moved to abc and clark assumed hosting duties; billed as chicago's new year's rockin' eve 1975 and seen as part of "abc's wide world of entertainment" late-night block, the first abc edition was headlined by the rock group chicago, with guests the beach boys, the doobie brothers, herbie hancock and olivia newton-john, in segments pre-recorded at mgm studios in hollywood.
dick clark's new year's rockin' eve
when dick clark died, seacrest publicly remembered his mentor's impact on his life in a special tribute in "the hollywood reporter". after clark's death, seacrest hosted the 2013 edition of "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve" with co-hosts jenny mccarthy and fergie paying tribute to dick clark in the pre-show. in october 2013, seacrest signed a multi-year contract extension with dick clark productions to continue as host and executive producer of "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve". in 2017, seacrest hosted "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve" for the 13th consecutive year alongside jenny mccarthy, who had co-hosted for eight years.
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