Rick Dees
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (May 2014) Rick Dees Dees on March 7, 2009 Born Rigdon Osmond Dees III (1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 (age 64) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Nationality American Other names Rigdon Osmond Dees III Rick Dees III Education Grimsley High School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Occupation Radio personality, comedic performer Years active ?-present Spouse(s) Nancy Carmody (m. 1970–76) Julie McWhirter (m. 1977) Children Kevin Dees Website http://www.rick.com/ Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III (born March 14, 1950) is an American radio personality, stand-up 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." Dees is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated performing artist, and Broadcast Hall of Fame inductee. He wrote two songs that appear in the film Saturday Night Fever, plus performed the title song for the film Meatballs. Dees is also co-founder of the E. W. Scripps television network, Fine Living Network, and has been the host of the Rick Dees in the Morning show at Hot 92.3 in Los Angeles, California as well as his own syndicated daily radio show The Daily Dees.