If you’ve ever walked into 429 Haight St. — or 419 Haight, or 448 Haight — to browse for records, you’ve undoubtedly encountered Dick Vivian.

Since 1987, the vinyl bon vivant has owned and operated Rooky Ricardo’s Records , which received official legacy status from the city in 2017. Both the shop – which champions music from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s with a special affinity for soul and girl group 45s – and Vivian himself have become San Francisco icons. Just ask GQ , which profiled Dick in 2013.

“He wants you to experience love the way he does — unflinchingly, fiercely, naively,” the profile opined. “He first fell in love [with music] at the age of ten, while lying alone on his bed, and he has dedicated half of his life to recreating the feeling again and again.”

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