FILE - In this undated file photo released by ABC, Dick Clark hosts the New Year's eve special from New York's Times Square. Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," has died. He was 82. Spokesman Paul Shefrin says Clark died but did not provide further details. Clark had continued performing even after he suffered a stroke in 2004 that affected his ability to speak and walk. (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik, File)
The year was 1959 and a singing trio from Olympia had a national hit that landed them on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
The song was Come Softly To Me...
Clark died Wednesday at age 82, suffering a massive heart attack after a medical procedure. He had had a debilitating stroke in 2004 and had to learn to walk and talk again.
Attached in the interview Manda Factor and Tom Hutlyer did with Gary Troxel founding member of the Fleetwoods.
