NEW YORK -- Fifty years after his first appearance on the show that became known as American Bandstand, Dick Clark is ready to let go of the microphone...

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By Robert Hilburn, Special to The Times There's something so immediately appealing about rockabilly music that it's easy to assume the invigorating style has been a bestselling fixture on the pop scene ever since its start in the '50s in Memphis, Tenn...

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