Richard James "Dick" Hugg was a radio disc jockey in Los Angeles, California.
11 Facts About Dick Hugg
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Dick Hugg co-produced several artists, such as vocalist Jesse Belvin and saxophonist Joe Houston, on Dolphin's various record labels, including Cash and Money.
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Dick Hugg later promoted bands like The Jaguars, the Village Callers, Thee Midniters and The Champs; these groups were part of what was later known as the Chicano rock movement.
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Dick Hugg promoted dances and shows in the barrio and was important to the growth of the city's so-called Eastside Sound.
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Dick Hugg hosted an oldies show on KRLA and for a time, a dance program, "The Huggie Boy Show", which aired weekly on KWHY-TV channel 22.
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Dick Hugg's popularity continued to increase long after the show went off the air.
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Dick Hugg was one of the masters of ceremonies for the fourteenth Cavalcade of Jazz concerts being produced by Leon Hefflin Sr.
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Dick Hugg was later in a relationship for 17 years with Sandy Flores with whom he had a son, Richard Hugg Jr.
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Dick Hugg died of cardiac arrest on August 30,2006, at age 78.
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Dick Hugg is interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.
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Dick Hugg is featured in the introduction of the music video for On a Sunday Afternoon by the Chicano rap group Lighter Shade of Brown.