In 1976, Dees was working as a disc jockey on Memphis, Tennessee radio station, WMPS AM 680, when he wrote the song “Disco Duck.” The disco novelty hit was inspired by Jackie Lee’s 1965 hit “The Duck” and was released on RSO Records. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dees eventually worked at North Carolina’s WXYC and several radio stations across the southeastern of the United States. Born Rigdon Osmond Dees on Main Jacksonville, Florida, Rick Dees attended Greensboro’s Grimsley High School while working at the local radio station WGBG. The comedy/novelty group Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots gained popularity during the 70s music era with the smash single “Disco Duck.” It was led by the American radio personality, stand-up comedian, actor and voice artist Rick Dees. Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots’ career in a summary
Dees continued to promote with a tour (that included Disney World in its itinerary) that was billed as “Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots.” Dees would compose record and release a few more novelty singles but none of them were as successful as “Disco Duck.” It was during his employment at a local radio station in Memphis, Tennessee where Dees wrote “Disco Duck.” It eventually became an international seller, having lifted six million copies. Rigdon Osmond “Rick” Dees III is an American radio and comic personality best known for his 1976 novelty track “Disco Duck.” He had begun his radio career while still in high school, and after he graduated from university, Dees continued to work in the radio industry. Posting to: United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, UruguayĮxcludes: PO Box, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Laos, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Yemen, Argentina, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Virgin Islands (U.S.Introduction to Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots
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