Rick Dees

Rick Dees
Dees in 1986
Born
Rigdon Osmond Dees III

(1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
EducationGrimsley High School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation(s)Radio personality, entertainer, comedic performer
Known for
Spouses
Carolyn R Craft
(m. 1973⁠–⁠1977)
(m. 1977)
ChildrenKevin Dees
Websitehttps://rick.com

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".

Dees is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated performing artist, and Broadcast Hall of Fame inductee. He performed the title song for the film Meatballs.[1] He co-founded the E. W. Scripps television network Fine Living, now the Cooking Channel, and has hosted Rick Dees in the Morning at KIIS-FM and KHHT in Los Angeles. Today he continues his own syndicated daily radio show, Daily Dees and the syndicated Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown.

  1. ^ Soundtracks for Meatballs (1979), IMDb.com; accessed June 20, 2015.