Chris Cornell

. The couple have a son, Kevin. While in Soundgarden, he recorded an album with members of Pearl Jam as Temple Of The Dog, in tribute to his friend Andrew Wood. Dees is married to Julie Dees, a voice actress. Audioslave's first self-titled album spawned hits such as "Like a Stone" and "Cochise". Dees served as host of two television shows, Solid Gold and Into The Night With Rick Dees. After Soundgarden split up, and before joining Audioslave, he collaborated with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of the band Eleven to release a solo album, Euphoria Morning. Dees has appeared in several movies and has made many guest appearances on television shows such as Married With Children, The Love Boat, and Diagnosis Murder.

He is currently the vocalist in Audioslave, backed up by three of the four former members of Rage Against The Machine. Though he currently does not have host a morning show, Dees is under contract with Clear Channel until January 1, 2005. Christopher Cornell (born July 20, 1964, Seattle Washington) is a singer/songwriter most well-known as the lead singer of Soundgarden, in which he was a member from the mid 1980s until 1996. Seacrest also serves as host of American Idol and replaced Casey Kasem on American Top 40. Fan page at fluttergirl.com (first such hit on Google) (http://www.fluttergirl.com/chriscornell/). Rick Dees in the Morning was replaced by Clear Channel Communications in 2004 with Ryan Seacrest's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. VH1 artist page for Cornell (http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/cornell_chris/artist.jhtml). Dees was inducted into the Radio Hall Of Fame in 1999 and has also received the People's Choice Award and has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

All Music Guide artist page for Cornell (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:28320roac48n). Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 125 other countries. IMDB page for Cornell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180225/). Dees began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. Thorough biography at a comprehensive Soundgarden fan site (http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/misc/chris.shtml). In 1982, Rick Dees moved to KIIS, a radio station in Los Angeles, where he served as host of Rick Dees in the Morning until 2004. Official site with biography, discography, images, tour dates, etc. (http://www.chriscornell.com/main.html). The single sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976.

Dees recorded "'Disco Duck'" in 1976 while working at WMPS, a station in Memphis, Tennesse. Dees worked in various radio stations through out the southeastern US. Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. Dees began his radio career in 1966 at the age of 17 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station.

Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the song "Disco Duck". Rick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA.