let me bring in donny osmond. donny, you knew dick clark for over 40 years. what i'd first like to ask you is, what was the importance of "american bandstand" to any young musical act in america? >> well, it was the show everybody wanted to be on because it presented their talent, they could become stars, become legends, thanks to dick clark. you know, he had such a great personality, he'd be on television, great businessman, as connie was saying. but when you talk to him -- and i've known him ever since i was 12, 13 years old. when i had my first number one record i was on bandstand. he had this ability to treat you as a friend. you know, we can come up with words, and larry even said it, ryan seacrest said it, used the word "pioneer." yes, he is. we've come up with a lot of wonderful words. but i'd like to look at it a little different way, piers. who is the next dick clark? when you think about it, there's a lot of influential people in this world, you being one. you have a voice to the world. you have a lot of influential television shows that present tal

let me bring in donny osmond, dw donny you knew dick clark for 40 years. what was the importance of "american bandstand". >> it was the show that everybody wanted fob on because they could be stars, they could become legends thanks to dick clark. he was such a great personality, a great businessman. but when you talk to him and i have known ever since i was about 12, 15 years old, i had my first number one record, i was on bandstand, he always had the ability to treat you as a friend. we can come up with words and larry even said it, ryan seacrest said it, he was a wonderful pioneer. he was that, but i like to look at it a little differently. who is the next dick clark? i mean when you think about it, there's a lot of influential people in the world, you being one, there's a lot of influential television shows that represent talent out there. but i think you would be hard pressed to find someone to fill dick clark's shoes, what he was able to accomplish and how he did and the legacy that he lived. when you look at it from that peck speckive, when you say t

and donnie and marie osmond, the show they had. he's a great businessman.- he knows exactly what he's doing. he knows the bottom of show business, how to promote it, how to build it, how to make it. he's really -- he's a very, very astute businessman. >> little richard. little richard, thank you for joining me today to remember dick clark, your friend, someone who respected your career greatly and obviously by joining us today you're showing how much you respected him and his career. little richard, thank you again. >> thank you, thomas. >> absolutely. a stirring image and undoubtedly personal moment for president obama. take a look. this photo newly released by the white house shows the president at the ford museum in detroit on wednesday sitting and reflecting inside a shrine of the civil rights movement. the old montgomery, alabama, bus on which rosa parks made history. parks' refusal to move to the back of that bus in 1955 led to her arrest which led to the famous bus boycott. does aspirin even work on my headache? aspirin is just old school. people wil