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Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III (March 14, 1950) is a radio disc jockey who is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees And The Weekly Top 40 and for the novelty song "Disco Duck. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience " Disco Duck " was a satirical Disco Novelty song performed by Memphis disc jockey Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. " Dees currently hosts the morning show at Movin' 93-9 FM in Los Angeles, along with Patti "Long Legs" Lopez, and Mark Wong. KMVN-FM, Movin' 939, is a Rhythmic oldies station serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area Mark Wong (born Mark Robert Mohelnitzky on July 13, 1971) is an American host and Radio personality

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Bio

Rick was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Rick graduated from Greensboro Grimsley High School in 1968 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. Grimsley High School is one of the oldest institutions of public secondary education in Greensboro North Carolina. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research He was a member of the Tau chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha while attending college. History Pi Kappa Alpha is an international brotherhood composed of 210 student chapters 9 colonies and 120 alumni associations

Dees is married to the former Julie McWhirter, a voice actress. Julie McWhirter (also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees) is an Indiana -born voice actress best known for her work in Hanna-Barbera Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and They have a son, Kevin Dees, who is following directly in his father's steps as a DJ.

Career

Radio and parody music

Dees began his radio career in 1966 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station while still in high school. The year 1966 in radio involved some significant events Events Debuts May 3 - Swinging Radio England This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. While a student at nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dees had a morning radio show on the North Carolina State University student station along with John Tesh. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, Coeducational extensive Research University located in Raleigh North Carolina John Frank Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American Pianist and Composer of new age and Contemporary Christian music [1]

He worked in various radio stations throughout the southeastern United States, including WSGN in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Along with his 'Cast Of Idiots', Dees recorded "Disco Duck" in 1976 while working at WMPS-AM in Memphis, Tennessee, but he was expressly forbidden from playing the song on the air by station management (rival stations refused to play it for fear of promoting their competition). The year 1976 in radio involved some significant events Events September - Fairchild Industries sells WYOO-FM and AM Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. He was later fired on-the-spot simply for talking about the song on the air one morning - the station manager claimed conflict of interest. After a short hiatus, he went on to WHBQ-AM, also in Memphis. WHBQ is an AM Radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States of America.

The single "Disco Duck" sold over two million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The song can be heard in the movie Saturday Night Fever, in a brief scene in which a group of older people were learning to "move their feet to the disco beat", but the song was not included in that movie's enormously popular soundtrack album, thus depriving him of a Grammy award that the artists on the record received (for 1978's Album of the Year). Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated Saturday Night Fever The Original Movie Sound Track is the soundtrack album from the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

In 1979, Dees moved to Los Angeles and did mornings on KHJ (which was at the time WHBQ's sister station) during its final years as a Top 40 station. The year 1979 in radio involved some significant events Events September - KDWB-FM in Minneapolis Minnesota Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California broadcasts Spanish-language entertainment programming as La Ranchera. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. When KHJ flipped to a country format, Dees left the station. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Then in 1981, Rick moved to crosstown Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM, where he served as host of Rick Dees in the Morning and was named Billboard's "Number One Radio Personality in America" for eleven consecutive years. The year 1981 in radio involved some significant events Events Debuts September 22 - WCAU-FM in Philadelphia KIIS-FM (1027 FM "1027 KIIS-FM" is a Los Angeles California, USA-based Radio station with a rhythmic-leaning Top 40 musical format The memorable "Did you hear what Rick Dees said this morning" advertising campaign helped propel him to number-one in the market. He was replaced on KIIS in 2004 by Ryan Seacrest. The year 2004 in radio involved some significant events Events October 30 - A 163-metre-high radio mast in Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American television / radio host and Television In late fall of 2006 he began hosting the morning show program on Movin 93.9 in Los Angeles along with model Patti "Long Legs" Lopez, Mark Wong and Tina the Psychic. Mark Wong (born Mark Robert Mohelnitzky on July 13, 1971) is an American host and Radio personality In the fall 2007 Arbitron book, the new Rick Dees in the Morning show rose in ranking from 24th to 5th place. Arbitron ( is a Radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media

He began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through The year 1983 in radio involved some significant events Events August 2 - WHTZ (Z100 in New York City Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 37 other countries. The chart show is available in three different versions, Hit Radio (for contemporary hit radio stations), Hot Adult (adult contemporary radio stations) and Rhythmic (Rhythmic Contemporary/Rhythmic Adult Contemporary radio), all of which are accessible for online streaming and podcasting on his official website. Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, Contemporary Hits, or Top 40) is a Radio format that is common in the United States and Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music Radio format that Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada, similar to Rhythmic top 40 radio A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Previously, there was a version for Latin music radio, Con Sabor (Spanish for "with flavor"), which was canceled after a few months streamed online. Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties

In 1984, Dees (and his record company) made a request of Marvin Fisher, the owner of the copyright in the music of the song "When Sonny Gets Blue," for permission to use the song in a non-offensive parody of the performance by Johnny Mathis. The year 1984 in radio involved some significant events Events June 18 - Controversial KOA / Denver radio A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Fisher refused to grant permission for the use. Dees decided to go ahead and do a parody even without the permission of the copyright holder, using about 29 seconds of the song in a parody album titled Put It Where the Moon Don't Shine.

Fisher sued Dees for copyright infringement. 'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by Copyright law in a manner that violates The trial court found that the parody, titled "When Sonny Sniffs Glue," was clearly intended to "poke fun" at the style of singing for which Johnny Mathis was well known, and thus was not infringing. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject The decision was upheld on appeal. [2]

Movies and television

Dees has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, as a voice in the Jetsons: The Movie, and has made many guest appearances on television shows such as The Love Boat, Hot Seat with Wally George, and Diagnosis: Murder. La Bamba ( 1987) is an American Biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez. Jetsons The Movie is a 1990 animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and released to theaters by Universal Pictures on the 6th of July Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season is an American Television series set on a Cruise ship, which George Walter Pearch, known as Wally George ( 4 December 1931 &ndash 7 October 2003) was an American conservative Diagnosis Murder is a mystery / medical / Crime drama Television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr Dees served as host of two television shows, including a stint on the syndicated weekly Solid Gold and the short-lived Into the Night with Rick Dees. Solid Gold is an American syndicated Television series which aired from 1980 to 1988 usually on Saturday in the early evening time slot The latter show aired on ABC weeknights after Nightline as competition for NBC's The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the ''Tonight Show'' franchise from 1962 He has appeared on infomercials promoting 50s hit songs. Infomercials (or informercials are Television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical Television program The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Dees also appeared as the voice of himself in an episode of Married... with Children, as well as contributed a recipe to that series' tie-in cookbook, Pig Out With Peg, by Linda Merinoff.

Most recently, Dees co-founded the Fine Living television network. Fine Living is an American speciality Television channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. [3][4]

Awards

Rick was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1999 [5], the North Carolina Broadsters Hall of Fame in 2002 [6] and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007. History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) National Association of Broadcasters (NAB is a trade association representing the interests of for-profit over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States He has also received the People's Choice Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Note This article does not pertain to the People's Choice Awards presented at the British Comedy Awards show in the United Kingdom, or to an awards show The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that He has won the Billboard's "Radio Personality of the Year" 10 times. [7] Rick is regarded one of the most listened to and influential Radio Disc Jockeys of his era.

Discography

References

  1. ^ Taylor, Chuck. "'The John Tesh Radio Show': In The Know, Raunch-Free And On The Rise", Airplay Monitors, March 19 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João  
  2. ^ Fisher v. Dees 794 F.2d 432 (9th Cir. Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past Court cases either in special series of books called reporters 1986) A reference to the text of the decision in Fisher v. Dees appears here
  3. ^ About Rick Dees. www. rick. com. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
  4. ^ Trusso, Danielle. "Rick Dees is in Kentucky, not L. A. , in the morning", LexGo. com. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.  
  5. ^ Radio Hall of Fame -Rick Dees, Network Personality. www. radiohof. org. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
  6. ^ Curtis Media Group. www. curtismedia. com. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
  7. ^ National Association of Broadcasters. www. nab. org. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.

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