Rick Dees
- January 5, 2024
- Dj
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Rick Dees |
| Occupation | DJ |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 14, 1950(1950-03-14) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Jacksonville |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Florida |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Rick Dees Biography
| Name | Rick Dees |
| Birthday | Mar 14 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Jacksonville |
| Home Town | Florida |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Spouse | Julie McWhirter , Nancy Carmody |
| Children(s) | Kevin Dees |
Rick Dees is one of the most popular and richest DJ who was born on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. In the 1980s and ’90s, he was the host of the syndicated Weekly Top 40 Countdown radio program. His comedy album Hurt Me Baby-Make Me Write Bad Checks earned him a Grammy nomination in 1984.
Dees resigned from KIIS due to a contract dispute and was replaced by After Dees left KIIS in a contract dispute, the young Ryan Seacrest was recruited to replace him. , a young .
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.
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. 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”. 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). 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. The station manager said it was a conflict of interest. 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. Chesney had done some comedic voices for Dees prior to Disco Duck. The tour went from Disney World to New York, NY, billed as Rick Dees and The Cast of Idiots. 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.
He was married to He married Julie McWhirter, a popular comedienne in her own right, who helped him compose the unique sound effects to his countdown show. who is a well-known comedienne, and helped him create the unique sound effects for his countdown show.
Rick Dees Net Worth
| Net Worth | $50 Million |
| Source Of Income | DJ |
| House | Living in own house. |
Rick Dees is one of the richest DJ from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Dees 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
His countdown show was first broadcast by KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. Soon after, it was heard in 40 cities.
After a long and successful career, he was elected to the National Association of Broadcasters as well as the National Radio Hall of Fame.
Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees III in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 14,
- He was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dees graduated from Greensboro’s Grimsley High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in motion pictures, TV, and radio.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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Who is Rick Dees Dating?
According to our records, Rick Dees married to Julie McWhirter , Nancy Carmody. As of December 1, 2023, Rick Dees’s is not dating anyone.
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Fisher sued Dees for copyright infringement. The trial court found that the parody song, 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. The decision was upheld on appeal, in Fisher v. Dees 794 F.2d 432 (9th Cir. 1986)
Facts & Trivia
Rick Ranked on the list of most popular DJ. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Dees celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.
In an unrelated 1991 case, Dees was successfully sued for $10 million in damages. The court found Dees and his business manager acted with “malice and oppression” in diverting profits from Dees’s Top 40 countdown program, and gave the judgment to a former business partner.
What happen to Rick Dees?
Today he continues his own syndicated daily radio show, Daily Dees and the syndicated Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown.
Why did Rick Dees leave Kiss FM?
Changing times and changing attitudes caused Dees to leave the station after 23 years back in 2004. He continued to (and to this day still does) host the Rick Dees Weekly Top-40, and even came back to mornings on Movin’ 93.9 in 2006, but it wasn’t the same.
Who is Rick Dees wife?
Wife
Where can I hear Rick Dees?
Rick Dees – Daily Dees Now streaming on RICK.COM and on Apple Podcasts around the world with a hot new edition daily!
Is Rick Dees married?
Spouse