To receive these updates automatically each day, subscribe by email using the box on the right and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Arts Councilįor more about North Carolina’s history, arts and culture, visit Cultural Resources online. He is also well known for his 1 hit single 'Disco Duck,' a Satire of the Disco trend, credited to Rick. Dees also contributed to the USA Today syndicated radio program, as an entertainment reporter. His Weekly Top 40 competed with Casey Kasem 's American Top 40. Resources for exploring performing arts from the N.C. Rick Dees (born Rigdon Osmond Dees III, March 14, 1950) is an American radio host.His many accolades include membership in both the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Radio Halls of Fame and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also has acted in television shows and movies, and has done voiceovers for movies, including Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I went to a party the other night All the ladies were treatin me right Movin my feet to the disco beat how in the world could. It was perfect timing for the song, which ended up being his only hit recording.ĭees went on to become one of the most famous DJs in the country, hosting long-running shows such as The Weekly Top 40. A bit of trivia: the hit song was inspired by a 1960s dance hit called 'The Duck' by Jackie Lee. 1' went to number one on the charts, sold more than four million copies, and earned Dees a People's Choice Award. He wrote and recorded “Disco Duck” as a parody of the glut of disco songs popular in the late 1970s. RSO released The Original Disco Duck in 1977, and the Donald Duck-voiced track 'Disco Duck, Pt. Dees went on to work at several radio stations around the South. He attended Grimsley High School and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in radio, television and motion pictures. Rigdon Dees III was born in Florida, but was raised in Greensboro. At the time of the novelty hit, Dees was working as a disk jockey at a radio station in Memphis, Tenn. Like an major point in my life has been marked, haha.On October 16, 1976, Rick Dees’ song “Disco Duck” hit number one on the Billboard charts. 4:47 Worst Records Ever Made - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots. 4:56 Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots Disco Duck (Part 2 Instrumental) 3:03 Rick Dees and The Cast of Idiots - Barely White (Thatll Get It Baby) 3:52 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots - doctor disco 1977. His show, Weekly Top 40 Countdown, is heard weekly by more than 50 million people. Hosting a morning show for KIIS-FM in Los Angeles since 1982, Dees is heard daily over 300 affiliated stations in 23 countries. it is Rick Dees) became syndicated across the country polluting the airwaves with his brand of fromage. RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS - FLICK THE BICK - 1977. Best-known for his 1977 novelty hit 'Disco Duck,' Rick Dees (born Riedon Osmond Dees III) reigns as one of Americas top DJs. His radio show (if anyone is the icon of the corny morning D.J. In fact, Rick was fired by station management when he mentioned on the air that Disco Duck was headed to being number one in the nation but he was not allowed to play it That was just a minor bump in the road for Dees, who landed a job on WHBQ in Memphis, then went on to host a popular morning radio show on 93KHJ AM in Los Angeles. That generation’s Ryan Seacrest actually had his career vaulted by the success of that craptacular tune.
Just feels kinda weird to know he’s no longer there on that channel every morning and instead now on some second tier old-school pop station most people kinda know about but don’t listen to. Sadly, Rick Dees didn’t go extinct like the Disco music he cashed in on. Were the ratings REALLY dropping that bad if the station was still the number one english speaking station in the city? I haven’t been a big fan of top 40 in a long while, but the guy was sort of an L.A. Seacrest had nothing to do with it, other than he was the designated heir to the KIIS-FM throne and management pushed him into it early. It was as much a shock to Rick as to his listeners that he was forced out.Īnd you can’t fault Seacrest - if I was offered the number one spot in Los Angeles I’d take it too. So Cheap Channel was paying Dees salary for a year for doing nothing.
Ryan Seacrest was eventually goiong to take over, but Dees was forced out early and made to sit for a year because of a non-compete clause in his contract.
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Sorry WonJon, I didn’t catch the part where you knew he was on 93.9.Īccording to (a subscription site, although you can catch free weekends now and then), Rick was forced out.
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