“Huggy Boy” (Dick Hugg), 1st Show, KRTH Los Angeles | December 4, 1998
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The late Dick Hugg, better known to his listeners as “Huggy Boy”, is captured here at the start of his first show on the legendary K-Earth 101! Hugg was known not only as an early and heavy influence in promoting Do-Wop music, but he heavily influenced 60s & 70s Latino (Chicano) artists. He had his own music label, Caddy Records. He even had his own Television show!
Hugg was best known, however, as a disc jockey. Starting in 1951 on KRKD, he blew through most of the major radio stations in the L.A. area finishing with this gig here on K-Earth 101.
At first listen, you wouldn’t think this was a man who had spent most of the previous 47 years on the air. He gets off to a rough start, blowing the Top Hour Kickoff… but after a while, you get the sense that this man LOVES radio, music and his listeners. There’s a real warmth here that is very rare in format radio, even on the great K-Earth 101.
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I think this was Huggy Boy’s first night at KRTH. He’d been at KRLA, and they’d just dumped music.
Keep in mind when judging his performance, this man was 70 years old at the time this was recorded.
I used to listen to him on XERB at midnight after Wolfman jack. Would like to hear more airchecks of him. This is great.
Huggy Boy, one of my Favorties, also Hunter Hancock, another relic from the past.. I visited him at Dolphins Of Hollywood when he was broacasting in the window after midnight in the 50′s he was on from 12 pm to 4 pm…I always wanted to get his theme song. something like :It ant’ what it usta be” the music was my soul and I am a white chick now 75, from East L.A. and still listening on the internet to Blues and the Roots..The Memories are delicious!!! they are all gone now..but you cant still hear the music!!!