Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem (born Kemal Amin Kasem on April 27, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan of Palestinian/Lebanese heritage) is an American radio host and voice actor. He was the host of the weekly American Top 40 radio show from 1970 to 1988, and again from March 1998 until January 10, 2004. Ryan Seacrest is now the host. Kasem is the host of two weekly radio shows, American Top 20 with Casey Kasem and American Top 10 with Casey Kasem.

Kasem also provides the voice of many advertisements, has done many voices for Sesame Street, and is the voice of 'Shaggy' for the animated television show Scooby-Doo.

Other websites

• Kasem entry at the National Broadcaster's Hall of Fame
• Casey Kasem at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by none	American Top 40 host 1970–1988	Succeeded by Shadoe Stevens
Preceded by Shadoe Stevens	American Top 40 host 1998–2004	Succeeded by Ryan Seacrest