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Kelly Clarkson getting by with a little help from her friends.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
FORT WORTH, Texas _ The road to "American Idol" began on a country lane early one May morning.
Four months before she would hit No. 1 singing "A Moment Like This," Kelly Clarkson feared she might miss her big moment. She stood outside a friend's house, shouting her friend's name and tossing rocks at the second-story window.
Time: 4 a.m.
Date: May 6 _ the day of Clarkson's "American Idol" audition.
"I don't want to oversleep!" Clarkson shouted to friend Jessica Brake. "You have to keep me awake."
Folks get up early in the farm country west of Mansfield. Just not that early.
The Brake family turned on the lights for Jessica's nervous friend, the one she had ...
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