Rick Dees, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rick Dees

radio personality, comedic performer

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1950

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Profession: actor, disc jockey, television presenter, voice actor, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 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.
He co-founded the E.
W.
Scripps television network Fine Living, now the Cooking Channel, and has hosted Rick Dees in the Morning at 102.7 KIIS FM and Hot 92.3 in Los Angeles.
Today he continues his own syndicated daily radio show, Daily Dees and the syndicated Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown.