>>> DICK BIONDI WAS A SUPERSTAR.

HE CAME IN 1960 TO JOIN AN ICONIC LINEUP AT WLS.

HE LEFT CHICAGO AND CAME BACK NUMBER OF TIMES RETURNING FOR GOOD IN THE 1980S.

AND STAYING ON THE AIR IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE NEXT 30+ YEARS.

DICK BIONDI DIED LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 90.

HERE HE IS WITH BOB ON CHICAGO TONIGHT BACK IN 2003 TALKING ABOUT A CERTAIN BAND FROM LIVERPOOL.

>> YOU WERE THE FIRST DISC JOCKEY I THINK OF THE COUNTRY TO PLAY A BEATLES RECORD AND THEN YOU MET THEM.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT WAS GREAT.

YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, HE WAS ALSO STEVIE WONDER'S MANAGER.

WE PLAYED IT AND MEETING THE BEATLES WAS REALLY GREAT.

I SAW THEM THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME TO THE U.S., I DIDN'T DO THEM BUT I WAS IN NEW YORK AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STATED THE PARK PLAZA.

BUT THEN BOB EUBANKS BROUGHT THEM IN TO LOS ANGELES.

>> AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.

>> AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.

WE WERE BACKSTAGE.

WE HAD A GREAT LINEUP.

WE HAD BOB EUBANKS, CASEY KASEM, CHARLIE O'DONNELL, MYSELF -- >> AFTER YOU LEFT CHICAGO YOU ARE AT THAT STATION IN LOS ANGELES.

>> I WAS THEIR FIRST.

THE SECOND TIME -- >> DID YOU GET TO KNOW ANY OF THE BEATLES?

>> WE GOT TO MEET THEM AND EVERYTHING.

BACKSTAGE TALKING.

THEN WE ALL GET UP BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO GO ONE.

AND WE ARE STANDING, ALL OF US, WAITING TO WALK OUT BECAUSE BOB EUBANKS WAS VERY SMART.

HE SAID WE ALL GO OUT AND SAY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE ARE THE BEATLES.

WHICH WAS FINE.

I LOVE THAT.

'S WE ARE STANDING THERE WAITING, THE AFTERNOON MAN, HE WAS HAVING FUN OUT THERE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THIS VOICE BEHIND ME, I HAVE TO EDIT THIS, I HEAR THIS VOICE SAY, WOULD YOU GET OFF THE BLANKING STAGE SO WE CAN GET ON WITH OUR SHOW?

I TURN AROUND AND IT'S PAUL McCARTNEY.

>> SO YOU PLAYED PLEASE, FEBRUARY 63.

NOTHING HAPPENED.

>> REMEMBER, IN MAY I GOT FIRED.

I WENT OUT TO L.A.

I BROUGHT THE RECORD WITH ME.

AND THE SECOND OR THIRD NIGHT ON THEIR I PUT IT ON THE AIR AND I PLAYED IT.

I SAID HERE'S A GREAT RECORD BY A GROUP CALLED THE BEATLES.

>> THIS IS IN LOS ANGELES.

>> THE PHONE RINGS OFF THE WALL AND PEOPLE, KIDS, GET THAT KRAPP OF THE AIR AND PUT THE BEACH BOYS ON.

ONE YEAR LATER IT'S ALL THEY WANTED.

>> YES IT WAS.

>> MY HOW THINGS CHANGE.

THE LEGENDARY DICK BIONDI ON CHICAGO TONIGHT BACK IN 2003.

PERSONAL STORY.

MY FAMILY HIRED DICK BIONDI TO DJ MY MOM'S 70th BIRTHDAY.

THEY WERE ALL DRESSED UP IN SOCK HOP GEAR.

DICK BIONDI HAD THEM DANCING ALL NIGHT PLAYING THE YAWN AND THE BEACH BOYS AND THE SUPREMES .

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT HE COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS, DID I MAKE YOUR MOM