Name Chuck Niles | Role Film actor | |
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Spouse Nancy Neidel (m. 1964–2004) Movies Nightmare Circus, Face of the Screaming Werewolf Similar People Jerry Warren, Blake Edwards, Alan Rudolph, Gilberto Martinez Solares, Philip H Lathrop | ||
" SAM MOST , JAZZ FLUTIST " - A FILM BY EDMOND GOFF AND FERNANDO GELBARD
"Sweet jorgia Brown" with Radio Host Legend Chuck Niles- kjazzFM 88.1
Chuck Niles (born Charles Neidel; June 24, 1927 – March 15, 2004) was a well-known jazz disc jockey who became the only jazz DJ to be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Contents
- SAM MOST JAZZ FLUTIST A FILM BY EDMOND GOFF AND FERNANDO GELBARD
- Sweet jorgia Brown with Radio Host Legend Chuck Niles kjazzFM 881
- Biography
- References
Biography
Niles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and first gained notoriety on Los Angeles commercial jazz station KNOB-FM in 1957. In 1965 he moved to KBCA-FM (later KKGO). After that station switched formats, he took over the afternoon drive slot at the non-commercial, public-supported KLON-FM (now KKJZ) on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. Chuck Niles was a DJ for KKJZ from 1990 until his death in Santa Monica in 2004.
Horace Silver ("The Hippest Cat in Hollywood'), Louie Bellson ("Niles Blues"), and Bob Florence ("Bebop Charlie", "Nilestones"), and others have written tunes for "Carlitos Niles". He also appeared in small parts in several films.
Niles died of complications from a stroke, at the age of 76.