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The single went on to sell more than six million copies.Īlthough he veered toward television as the host of talk shows in 19 and a music show, Solid Gold, Dees mostly focuses on radio. Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots Disco Duck Parts 1 & 2 ) (1976) (HQ) Request Chords. Rick has hosted TVs Solid Gold ’ for a season, ABC’s late-night series Into the Night, for a moment, and thereafter appeared on an internationally syndicated Top 40 countdown radio program for the United Stations. He recorded "Disco Duck" with an array of top session musicians while hosting a show for WHBQ in Memphis. Dees is a People's Choice Award recipient, a. This platinum recording earned him a People's Choice Award (1977) and the BMI Award for highest record sales in one year. Dees wrote and recorded 'Disco Duck, the award-winning runaway hit that sold more than six million copies. Switching to Top 40, he hosted shows on Winston-Salem's WTOB and Raleigh's WKIX, while studying radio/TV/motion pictures and acting at the University of North Carolina. 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 satirical novelty song 'Disco Duck'. The boyish 40-year-old first entertained a national audience as a Memphis deejay in 1976 with his smash novelty hit, Disco Duck. Rick Dees' introduction to the international entertainment arena began during the disco craze of the late 70's. The recipient of ten consecutive Billboard Number One Radio Personality of America awards and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, he's appeared in such films as La Bamba and Jetsons: The Movie.Ī native of Greensboro, NC, Dees launched his radio career at the age of 17, as host of a country music show. 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. Best-known for his 1977 novelty hit "Disco Duck," Rick Dees (born Riedon Osmond Dees III) reigns as one of America's top DJs.