Rick Dees

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Rick Dees
Dees in 1986
Born	Rigdon Osmond Dees III (1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 (age 74) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Grimsley High School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation(s)	Radio personality, entertainer, comedic performer
Known for	Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Disco Duck La Bamba
Spouses	Carolyn R Craft ​ ​ (m. 1973⁠–⁠1977)​ Julie McWhirter ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	Kevin Dees
Website	https://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.