Here's something out of the ordinary for the listeners of TOMORROW'S VELVET DREAMZ. This is one of last radio broadcasts from the legendary Dick Hugg. This appearance was with Steve Propes on WPMD.org's "45 Show" which aired "live" on 2-23-03. Hugg, known to his listeners as "Huggy Boy", was instrumental in the promotion of rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also instrumental in the promotion of bands like the Jaguars, the Village Callers, Thee Midniters and The Champs - later known as the Chicano rock movement.His radio and television shows he promoted almost every young Chicano group coming out of East Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley, the Pomona Valley, and the San Fernando Valley. With his long time Partner Eddie Torres they promoted dances and shows that local bands that called the barrio their home – promoting the Eastside Sound.
With his business partner Eddie Torres, he also brought to East Los Angeles groups like Them, Sonny and Cher, the Righteous Brothers and Dusty Springfield, acts that may otherwise have not been accessible to Mexican-American audiences.
He was on KRKD, 1951-55; KWKW, 1954; KALI; KGFJ, 1955; KBLA, 1965; KRKD, 1965-66; KRTH, 1975; XPRS, 1981-82; KRLA, 1983-98; KRTH, 1998-2002.He hosted and oldies show on KRLA and for a time, a dance program, "The Huggie Boy Show", which aired weekly on KWHY channel 22. His popularity continued to increase long after the show went off. Dick "Huggy Boy" Hugg passed away at the age of 78.
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