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. He wrote and recorded “Disco Duck” as a parody of the glut of disco songs popular in the late 1970s. 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. After a 45-day non-compete clause in his contract was satisfied, Dees was hired by RKO Radio to do the morning show at WHBQ AM 560 in Memphis.On October 16, 1976, Rick Dees’ song “Disco Duck” hit number one on the Billboard charts. The tour went from Disney World to New York, NY, billed as Rick Dees and The Cast of Idiots. Chesney had done some comedic voices for Dees prior to Disco Duck. Dees did not perform the actual duck vocals on the song since he could not "talk like a duck." The duck vocals were recorded at Shoestring Productions in Memphis, Tennessee by Ken Pruitt, who moved away before the song became popular, and the vocals for the duck were done by Michael Chesney of Memphis for the concert tour. The station manager said it was a conflict of interest. Dees was fired from WMPS when he mentioned that his song, "Disco Duck", was almost #1, and his own radio station would not let him play it. While this platinum recording earned him a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Song, and the BMI Award for record sales in one year, Dees 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 song can be heard in Saturday Night Fever, in a brief scene in which a group of older people were learning to "move their feet to the disco beat". His introduction to the international entertainment arena began while working at WMPS AM 680 ("The Great 68") in Memphis, Tennessee, during the disco craze of the mid- to late-1970s, when he wrote and recorded "Disco Duck" in 1976, that sold more than 6 million copies. In April 20, 2011, Dees returned for the second time, this time at KIIS's sister station KHHT (but that radio station is also now urban contemporary driven hip hop rival KRRL "Real 92.3"), following the station's formatting shift to a Gold-based Rhythmic AC. Dees was one of the last voices on the station before the flip, redirecting listeners of his show to RICK.COM. On April 15, 2009, Movin 93.9 changed format, dismissing its radio personalities and changing the format to Spanish contemporary music after a leasing of the station to Mexico City business Grupo Radio Centro. Dees returned to Los Angeles radio in August 2006 on KMVN, Movin 93.9, (but that radio station as of July 18th, 2019 is now Rhythmic contemporary / Spanish CHR driven Latin pop rival KLLI "Cali 93.9"), hosting the morning show along with Patti "Long Legs" Lopez and Mark Wong. Net Worth in 2021Īfter 23 years on radio station KIIS-FM, Dees left in 2004 because of a contract dispute, and he was replaced by Ryan Seacrest. We have estimated Rick Dees's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Rick Dees (Rigdon Osmond Dees III) was born on 14 March, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, is a Radio personality, entertainer, comedic performer.
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