A comedic performer, entertainer, and renowned radio personality, he is best known for his 1 internationally syndicated radio show and for the novelty song 'Disco Duck. In 1982, Rick Dees moved to crosstown Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM, where he served as host of Rick Dees in the Morning until 2004, when he was replaced by Ryan Seacrest.Competed against John London. Rick Dees has made an indelible mark in the entertainment world with his captivating enthusiasm and quick-witted style. When KHJ fliped to a country format, Dees left the station. Rick Dees 'Disco Duck (Part 1) and (Part 2) RSO 45 VINYL RECORD 10.86 9.24 Buy It Now or Best Offer, 33. 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. Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the 1976 novelty song 'Disco Duck'.In 2007, he sang the theme song for the TV show Rick and Steve.
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The song had a cameo appearance 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 popular soundtrack album, thus depriving him of a Grammy award that the artists on the record received. The single Disco Duck sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976. Following a 45 day mandatory hiatus after his time at rival WMPS, he went on to WHBQ-AM in Memphis and took the station to #1. Dees recorded "Disco Duck" in 1976 while working at WMPS-AM in Memphis, Tennessee which fired him over his airplay of it.
Dees worked in various radio stations throughout the southeastern United States, including WSGN in Birmingham, Alabama.
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