Rick Dees WHBQ Memphis 1977

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9 жыл бұрын

Rick Dees in the morning of July 11, 1977 on WHBQ radio in Memphis Tennessee. Also on the air with Dees is Jerry Lawler, and newsman Terrence McKeever. Aircheck is courtesy of Greg Barman.

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@joycewilliams9943 Жыл бұрын

This is for anyone that lived in Memphis in the 70's and listen to Rick Dees in the morning, these were fun times!

@poppistarr9924 8 ай бұрын

Brings back the best of memories ❤

@rodneyturner8077 Ай бұрын

Rick made my mornings a little easier to get through...One of the best DJs Memphis ever had.😆

@bmcbg 6 жыл бұрын

riding around in my Datsun B210 listening to Rick Dees...brings back memories

@joeyholley9209 3 жыл бұрын

I was riding around in my B210 also, what a flashback.

@karenpittman8940 6 жыл бұрын

I was always proud of all his success I felt he made Memphis proud

@thumbdrive2104 Жыл бұрын

And Birmingham and Greensboro and Jacksonville...

@cgeorge6786 8 жыл бұрын

Ah yes I remember listening to him here in memphis when I was a kid. I guess we were blessed to have him here a short time.

@hobsonbeeman7529 11 ай бұрын

That was when WHBQ was a powerhouse!!, George Klien also ended up there, I used to see him a local radio station in Millington

@joycewilliams9943 Жыл бұрын

He was the DJ at the restaurant-Bar 'Chesterfield' I worked in the early 70's. We all knew 'Rick Dees' in the morning, he looked like this!

@harpsgalore6584 2 жыл бұрын

Wow cool to hear Rick Dees airchecks before he peaked in the 1980's and 1990's on KIIS-FM Los Angeles.

@thumbdrive2104 Жыл бұрын

I was doing a morning drive radio show in "smallville" Alabama in 1973. Rick Dees was killing it for WSGN in Birmingham with "Rick Dees in the morning". I drove into Birmingham on a sick day off with air-check in hand to apply for a position open at the station that had Dees and his cast of characters, the hottest station in town, at the time. Waiting in the hallway for the program director who would "be with me in a moment", I watched Rick doing his magic in the studio. In fact, he was up and down the hall grabbing papers, yelling out to engineers and producers like a circus director. It was amazing. I was floored with the amount of talent that I watched this man use in a 5 minute period that blew me away. He was going from talking to someone standing behind him to on the air calling up characters and jokes like a mad man. Damn he was so smooth. So smooth in fact, that what radio talent I thought I had was gone, just like that. He made me feel like the amateur that I was compared to the talent and mind of THE Rick Dees. He made me feel like the news announcer in Good Morning Vietnam When the program director came around to greet me, I was feeling about an inch tall with my talent, so when he said hello how can I help you, I said oh nothing today, I just dropped by to see the studio and Rick Dees on the air. I never bothered to hand over my aircheck. Thank God Rick found his calling, on to the big time and thank God I got out of radio and found a job that I had real talent for...

@Fiddlesticks62 Жыл бұрын

Air checked his transition from KHJ to KIIS. He is a favorite of mine. I only have 1 aircheck of him at WHBQ from 1970. This is great stuff. Thanks!

@johnoman6617 7 жыл бұрын

wow 40 years ago today.

@geico1975 4 жыл бұрын

Rick Dees, "here to please"

@poppistarr9924 8 ай бұрын

My lil brother passed away Aug of 2021. I used to make him call in to the yard ape of the day😂 hope By chance i hear him. His name was David

@KF6LIL 7 жыл бұрын

This is classic shit I was really there living in my hometown and rick was my favorite ass dj there and his guest's

@58fins 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in West Memphis from 1969 to 1980, and loved listening to Rick on my AM radio hanging from my bed post, every morning. I could swear I remember him announcing Elvis' death on the 16th of August 1977, but I can't find it on KZbin.

@10uhcplz1 Жыл бұрын

Yep, I remember that. It was the following morning….Dee’s didn’t break the news but I remember him talking about it. It was the show as usual. What a crazy time in history.

@58fins Жыл бұрын

@@10uhcplz1 Thanks for the clarification. It's been a while (!) I remember the show being billed as "Rick Dees and his cast of idiots "!

@58fins Жыл бұрын

And who can forget "Sivad"!?

@10uhcplz1 Жыл бұрын

@@58fins That’s it. It was the start of my sophomore year n high school. May have even been the first day of school that year. It was announced in mid afternoon that he’d passed. Me and my brother was outside riding bikes in the West Tennessee heat ….my mother came out and told us, she was crying. “Elvis is dead!!!” I remember being on the bus the next morning and hearing The Dee’s Show. It was different.

@kayandaeddings4803 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe it. My favorite wrestling commentator Jerry the King Lawler is on this video. This is awesome. I’m not from Memphis Tennessee but he is one of my favorites.

@itsjemmabond 6 жыл бұрын

His voice hasn't changed that much...

@stevensmith8666 6 жыл бұрын

"It's 22 minutes until 7 ... and remember, if your doctor asks any questions ... just tell him 'never mind how it got there ... just get it out ... ' "