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Also during sweeps, the drama "American Dreams" will feature three contemporary music stars playing singers from the show's 1960s period.

Vanessa Carlton will play Dusty Springfield and sing the song "Wishin' and Hopin'." India.Arie will play singer/activist Nina Simone, who makes an appearance in the show's Vinyl Crocodile record store, and LeAnn Rimes will portray Connie Francis singing "Where the Boys Are."

The episode featuring India.Arie will also mark the debut of Art Garfunkel, of Simon & Garfunkel fame, on "American Dreams." He'll have a recurring part as the owner of the Vinyl Crocodile.

This is great- it's amazing to me how they pick the stars of today to match the stars of that era. So far everyone for the most part has been a great match.
Art Garfunkel- WOW- that is big. He did a lot of acting at one point and then kind of dropped out of site. This should be interesting.
Dick Clark really knows how to use his years of being known in the business- he asks and the stars just come.
Looking forward to all the new upcoming episodes. Things just keep getting better and better with this show. I need to write an letter to NBC to let them know how much I love this show for so many reasons.

That's a great idea. There's also an e-mail address at nbc.com.

I'm going through withdrawal. I missed last week's show because the last five minutes didn't tape. I decided not to watch it because I wanted to watch the whole thing. I'll catch the rerun. And then it didn't air this week.

I love all the guest singers too!