Casey Kasem

While never releasing any proper recordings during his lifetime, Casey Kasem nonetheless became something of a music legend himself. As the co-creator and host of American Top 40, one of radio's most enduring institutions, he delivered the biggest hits in the U.S. for ages; at one time, he was heard on more than 1,000 radio stations worldwide. Born to Lebanese Druze parents, he began his broadcasting career in the mid-'50s at Detroit station WJBK. He started developing his laconic rock trivia style in the early '60s when he moved to California, working for KYA and KEWB before ...