Daddy-O Daylie, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daddy-O Daylie

Date of Birth: 15-May-1920

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2003

Profession: announcer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Daddy-O Daylie

  • Holmes Daylie (05/15/1920-2/06/2003) was a personality Jock on radio stations in the 1940s and 1950s that rhymed and rapped playing Be-Bop and was one of the early pioneers of Black-Appeal Radio.
  • His upbeat patter and rhyming delivery from the 1940s to 1970s on stations WMAQ-AM, WAIT-AM, WGN-AM and other broadcast outlets and Television stations brought Daddy-O-Daylie as he was known fame and following amongst both black and white audiences.
  • He was inducted in the Black Radio Hall of Fame in Atlanta in 1990.

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