Disc Jockey, Concert Promoter and Producer. Hugg was instrumental on the west coast in the promotion of rock and roll in the 1950s. He was the first disc jockey to broadcast from the front window of a popular all-night record store, Dolphin's of Hollywood, and is credited with exposing white teenagers to Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Though originally an R&B disc jockey, he gradually aimed his radio show at Los Angeles' Latino population and featured almost every Chicano group coming out of the city like The Jaguars, the Village Callers, Thee Midniters and The Champs. In the 1960s, he promoted dances and shows in East Los Angeles, bringing groups like Them, Sonny and Cher, the Righteous Brothers and Dusty Springfield, acts that may otherwise have not been accessible to Mexican-American audiences. Hugg also co-produced several R&B artists, such as vocalist Jesse Belvin and saxophonist Joe Houston and through his own record label, recorded local favorites Jim Balcom, Jeanette Baker, Chuck Higgins and Johnny Flamingo. From the 1950's through 2002 Hugg appeared on nearly a dozen different radio stations in the greater L.A. area and in the late 1970s hosted a televised dance program, 'The Huggy Boy Show', which aired weekly on local stations. Hugg died of cardiac arrest weeks after suffering from a fall which was brought on by a stroke.
Disc Jockey, Concert Promoter and Producer. Hugg was instrumental on the west coast in the promotion of rock and roll in the 1950s. He was the first disc jockey to broadcast from the front window of a popular all-night record store, Dolphin's of Hollywood, and is credited with exposing white teenagers to Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Though originally an R&B disc jockey, he gradually aimed his radio show at Los Angeles' Latino population and featured almost every Chicano group coming out of the city like The Jaguars, the Village Callers, Thee Midniters and The Champs. In the 1960s, he promoted dances and shows in East Los Angeles, bringing groups like Them, Sonny and Cher, the Righteous Brothers and Dusty Springfield, acts that may otherwise have not been accessible to Mexican-American audiences. Hugg also co-produced several R&B artists, such as vocalist Jesse Belvin and saxophonist Joe Houston and through his own record label, recorded local favorites Jim Balcom, Jeanette Baker, Chuck Higgins and Johnny Flamingo. From the 1950's through 2002 Hugg appeared on nearly a dozen different radio stations in the greater L.A. area and in the late 1970s hosted a televised dance program, 'The Huggy Boy Show', which aired weekly on local stations. Hugg died of cardiac arrest weeks after suffering from a fall which was brought on by a stroke.
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