by phone is another friend of kick cla dick clark, little richard. little richard, great to have you here. before we get started, i want to bring up something dick clark once said about you. he said once you ve seen this man, you know instantly that you have seen the greatest rock n roll legends of our time. obviously he had a lot of love and respect for you as an artist, a rock n roll pioneer. explain to all of us how did dick clark help your career and the career of other artists just like you? well, what s happened here is when i came into philadelphia years starting the american music awards. i was almost famous. i had just closed in new york and i came down he had chubby check checker on the show. but when i met him and we became good friends. when he came to los angeles, he and his wife, we became very, very close friends. in fact my office was right across the street from his