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Frankie " Hollywood " Crocker ( December 18, 1937, Buffalo, New York, USA-October 21, 2000, North Miami Beach, Florida ) was a famous New York radio DJ.

( Coined " Hollywood " for his keen sense of showmanship and self-marketing tactics.

) According to popeducation. org, Crocker began his career in Buffalo at the AM Soul powerhouse WUFO ( also the home to future greats Eddie O ' Jay, Herb Hamlett, Gary Byrd and Chucky T ) before moving to Manhattan, where he first worked for Soul station WWRL and later top-40 WMCA in 1969.

He then worked for WBLS-FM as program director, taking that station to the top of the ratings during the late 1970s.

He sometimes called himself the " Chief Rocker ", and he was as well known for his boastful on-air patter as for his off-air flamboyance.