Birth name Herve Fornieri Name Dick Rivers Genres Rock and roll Role Singer | Occupation(s) Singer Spouse Micheline Davis | |
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Albums Authendick, Holly Days in Austin, Linda Lu Baker Children Natala Rivers, Pascal Rivers Similar People Eddy Mitchell, Richard Anthony, Johnny Hallyday, Hugues Aufray, Jacques Dutronc | ||
Associated acts Les Chats Sauvages | ||
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Dick Rivers (born Hervé Forneri, 24 April 1945) is a French singer and actor who has been performing since the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He is known for being an admirer of Elvis Presley, who highly 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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Rivers was born in Nice, France, and started his music career in 1961 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 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.
His latest album, Rivers, was released in 2014.
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