Rick DeesRick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the song "Disco Duck". Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dees began his radio career in 1966 at the age of 17 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station. Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. Dees worked in various radio stations through out the southeastern US. Dees recorded "'Disco Duck'" in 1976 while working at WMPS, a station in Memphis, Tennesse. The single sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976. 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. Dees began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 125 other countries. 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. Rick Dees in the Morning was replaced by Clear Channel Communications in 2004 with Ryan Seacrest's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest also serves as host of American Idol and replaced Casey Kasem on American Top 40. Though he currently does not have host a morning show, Dees is under contract with Clear Channel until January 1, 2005. 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. Dees served as host of two television shows, Solid Gold and Into The Night With Rick Dees. Dees is married to Julie Dees, a voice actress. The couple have a son, Kevin. This page about Rick Dees includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Rick Dees News stories about Rick Dees External links for Rick Dees Videos for Rick Dees Wikis about Rick Dees Discussion Groups about Rick Dees Blogs about Rick Dees Images of Rick Dees |
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The couple have a son, Kevin. In January 2005 Sheena appeared in the television series Young Blades.. Dees is married to Julie Dees, a voice actress. The passengers paused in awe, then went on singing. Dees served as host of two television shows, Solid Gold and Into The Night With Rick Dees. Sheena boarded the train at Burnley Station, and screamed. 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. A number of unrealistically happy passengers in an unrealistically underpatronised morning train were singing Morning Train. Though he currently does not have host a morning show, Dees is under contract with Clear Channel until January 1, 2005. In April and May 2004, Sheena visited Australia and featured in a kooky TV commercial for Connex in Melbourne. Seacrest also serves as host of American Idol and replaced Casey Kasem on American Top 40. She lives there with her two adopted children. Rick Dees in the Morning was replaced by Clear Channel Communications in 2004 with Ryan Seacrest's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Since 2000 Sheena has appeared in a Broadway-style show in Las Vegas. 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. Sheena continued acting in America, starring in Broadway revivals of Man Of La Mancha (1992) and Grease (1996). Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 125 other countries. She recently enjoyed some success with a song entitled "Fabulous" and has also become something of a gay icon. Dees began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. Four more albums would be released, but were only available in Europe and the Far East. 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. In 1991, What Comes Naturally became the last of Sheena’s albums to chart in the U.S. The single sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976. The song also appeared on her next album The Lover In Me, a moderate success which was released the following autumn. Dees recorded "'Disco Duck'" in 1976 while working at WMPS, a station in Memphis, Tennesse. By the spring of 1988 the latest installment of the Miami Vice Soundtrack was released, and featured the song “Follow My Rainbow”, which Sheena sang on her tragic last appearance, just moments before her character was fatally shot. Dees worked in various radio stations through out the southeastern US. Sonny and Caitlin were married by the episode’s end, and the fourth-season’s sagging ratings were boosted so much that the producers signed Sheena to five more episodes. Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. In November of 1987 Sheena made her first dramatic acting appearance on the television programme Miami Vice playing a singer named Caitlin Davies, whom Sonny Crockett was assigned to protect until she made a court appearance. Dees began his radio career in 1966 at the age of 17 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station. Around this same time she also recorded a Grammy-winning Spanish-language album, Todo me recuerda a ti and scored a country music hit with "We've Got Tonight", a duet with Kenny Rogers. Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her move towards a more sexy image with "Strut" was met with mixed reactions from diehard fans, and she was also one of the first artists to have a music video banned based upon lyrics rather than imagery when some broadcasters refused to play her Prince-penned, sexually risque "Sugar Walls." Despite of (or perhaps because of) the controversy, the album A Private Heaven which featured "Strut" and "Sugar Walls" became her biggest seller. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the song "Disco Duck". Later, she also found success with the songs “Strut” (1984) and her 1987 duet with Prince “U Got The Look”. Rick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Her best known early musical work is probably the James Bond movie theme “For Your Eyes Only”, and “Morning Train” (which was originally titled "9 to 5" in its British release but was renamed for American issue to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song "Nine to Five"). This culminated in a deal with EMI Records. Sheena first shot to fame on the United Kingdom television programme The Big Time which followed her attempts to gain a record contract. Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr) is a pop singer born in Belshill, Scotland in April 1959. |