Hervé Forneri, known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was an admirer of Elvis Presley, who influenced both his singing and looks. His stage name came from the character, Deke Rivers, that Presley played in his second film, Loving You (1957).

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Hervé Forneri (French pronunciation: [ɛʁve fɔʁnɛʁi]; 24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019), known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was an admirer of Elvis Presley, who influenced both his singing and looks. His stage name came from the character, Deke Rivers, that Presley played in his second film, Loving You (1957).\n

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Biography

Rivers was born in Nice, France. He started his music career in 1960 as the lead singer of the band Les Chats Sauvages, cutting his first record on his fifteenth birthday. In 1961, the British music magazine NME reported that a Rivers concert with his group Les Chats Sauvages at the Palais des Sports de Paris, whilst headlining with Vince Taylor, had turned into a full-scale riot. Rivers left Les Chats Sauvages in 1962 to pursue a solo career.\n

His last album, Rivers, was released in 2014.\n

He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 2019, from cancer, on his 74th birthday.\n

Selected discography

1964 Rien que toi
1971 Bye Bye Lily
1971 Dick n'Roll
1972 The Rock Machine
1974 Rock & roll star
1976 Mississippi River's
1994 Very Dick (compilation album)
1995 Plein Soleil
1996 AuthenDick (live album)
1998 Vivre comme ça... entre la terre et l'amour
2001 Amoureux de vous

References

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External links

Media related to Dick Rivers at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in French)
Dick Rivers at IMDb
Dick Rivers discography at Discogs

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Dick Rivers

Broadcast History