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Dick Biondi's amazing radio career spans over 6 decades, including the birth of American Rock and Roll and the evolution | dG1fTnBMWl9FNXF4VnM

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00:00 (static)

00:02 - This is the guy where all this rock and roll was born

00:05 in the CFL days, in the WLS AM days.

00:08 A Chicago legend, put your hands together

00:13 for the one and only Dick Biondi!

00:16 (audience cheering)

00:19 - This is the wildlife trial of Dick Biondi.

00:21 - Dick Biondi is a unique force of nature.

00:24 - Roses are red, violets are blue,

00:26 if I don't read a commercial, the boss says I'm through.

00:30 - Who is that?

00:31 Is he on something?

00:33 - And then you go back, what was that?

00:35 - That's me, that's right, it's you.

00:37 Yes, it's me.

00:38 - He was the original great ear rock star,

00:42 who could be airlifted in by helicopter,

00:44 who would amass so many people who would,

00:46 they'd tear his clothes off as if he were the rock star.

00:50 - He had great ears.

00:54 He was responsible for a lot of big hits.

00:57 - He introduced listeners to Elvis Presley,

01:01 Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis.

01:03 - Biondi was the first guy to play a Beatle record in America.

01:06 - He was in the recording studio

01:08 when the Stones did Satisfaction.

01:10 - He's helped so many people's careers.

01:12 Whatever Dick could do for you, he was always there.

01:16 - Recorded "Surfer Girl", and then Mike said,

01:18 "Why don't we take it to Dick Biondi?"

01:20 They played it, and people called in on the floor,

01:22 said, "We love that record."

01:23 - He played music by black artists

01:26 that not a lot of people were playing.

01:29 - He was one of the first guys to play

01:30 a Lil' Richard's record.

01:31 And then he says, "Richard, remember Dick Biondi?"

01:34 He said, "Of course I do."

01:35 If it wasn't for Dick Biondi,

01:37 there would be no Lil' Richard.

01:38 - Dick Biondi, the American rock and roll disc jockey.

01:43 - Let's have three hours of rockin' and rollin'.

01:47 - The kids trusted him, and they knew

01:49 if he liked something, if he was pushing a band,

01:52 you knew it was worth your attention.

01:54 And he was always right.

01:56 - There's nobody like Biondi.

01:59 We listen every single night.

02:01 We never miss his show.

02:02 Dick Biondi was the voice in our cars,

02:06 the voice under our pillows,

02:08 and the voice that rocked America.

02:10 (upbeat music)

02:13 - If you wanna stick around, we'll have some fun.

02:15 (audience cheering)

02:18 (upbeat music)

02:21 (upbeat music)

02:23 (upbeat music)

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