Chuck Miller

The journalist I chose was Chuck Miller. Chuck Miller is a writer as well  as a photographer and was born in Massachussetts. He grew up in New York though and says that "technically,
Albany’s (his) home town." He started writing in 1990, and has written in magazines and newspapers, and has also written books. His photographs have won some awards too. He attended the Street Academy of Albany, which was "formed in 1969 by Sister Maryellen Harmon, RSCJ, as part of an attempt to provide a high school education for troubled youth in Albany’s inner-city neighborhoods." He also plays competitive trivia and has written books on record collecting and photography.

In the article, it talks about how a singer named Freddy Cannon "made over 100 appearances on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, more than any other performer in the show’s history." Dick Clark helped Freddy Cannon by suggesting to him that "if the record had a fast bass drum in the song bridges, the record would sail up the charts." Freddy Cannon had the bass drum sound recorded and added into the record. When the song “Tallahassee Lassie” got released, it became a hit, and Dick Clark also used it on American Bandstand.

Links: http://blog.timesunion.com/chuckmiller/the-chuck-miller-faq/1060/

http://blog.timesunion.com/chuckmiller/dick-clark-as-remembered-by-freddy-boom-boom-cannon/13184/