Dick Farney
Dick Farney (birthname Farnésio Dutra e Silva: born November 14, 1921; died August 4, 1987) was a Brazilian pianist, pop-composer, and "crooner" popular in the 1950s.
Dick Farney, stage name of Farnesio Dutra e Silva (Rio de Janeiro, November 14, 1921 - August 4, 1987) was a Brazilian pianist, pop-composer, and "crooner" very popular in Brazil in the late 1940s until 1970s. He began playing piano as a child when he learned classical music with his father while his mother taught him singing. In 1937 he debuted as a singer in "Hora Juvenil radio program at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul in Rio de Janeiro, when he performed the song Deep Purple composed by David Rose, was taken by César Ladeira to Radio Mayrink Veiga, going to present the program "Dick Farney, the Voice and Piano". He formed the group "Os Swing Maniacos", alongside with his brother Cyll Farney, on drums, and accompanied Edu da Gaita Song on recording of "Indian Song" by the Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908). From 1941 to 1944, was the crooner with the orchestra of Carlos Machado, at the Casino da Urca, at the time when gamblinge was still allowed in Brazil. In 1946 he was invited to go to the United States after meeting arranger Bill Hitchcock and pianist Eddie Duchin at the Copacabana Palace Hotel. Between 1947 and 1948 appeared on many radio programs on NBC, especially as regular singer at the "Milton Berle Show". In 1948 he appeared with success in the nightclub Vogue, in Rio de Janeiro. In 1959 he had his own TV program "Dick Farney Show", aired by TV Record - Channel 7 in São Paulo. In 1960 formed the group "Dick Farney and His Orchestra" and played in many balls. In 1965 he had the "Dick and Betty Show" at the newly opened TV Globo - Channel 4, Rio de Janeiro, presented by himself and Betty Faria. He was owner of the nightclubs "Farney's" and "Farney's Inn", both in São Paulo. Formed a trio with Sabá oin 1971. From 1973 to 1978 he played piano and sang at the nightclub "Chez Régine" in Rio
Discography
- 1944 - The music stopped(fox)/Mairzy doats(fox-trot) - with the Ferreira Filho Orchestra- gravadora Continental
- 1944 - What's new ? (fox-trot) - crooner do conjunto Milionários.
- 1944 - San Fernando Valley/I love you
- 1944 - I don't want to walk without you
- 1945 - This love of mine/The man I love
- 1946 - Copacabana/Barqueiro do rio São Francisco - with Eduardo Patané
- 1946 - Era ela/Ela foi embora
- 1947 - Worth Duckin' (parody of the Duckworth Chant, on A side of V-Disc 799, with Leroy "Slam" Stewart on bass and scat-singing)
- 1947 - Just an Old Love of Mine (Peggy Lee/Dave Barbour) /For Once in My Life (Fisher/Segal) with Paul Baron and his Orchestra
- 1947 - Marina/Foi e não voltou
- 1947 - Gail in Galico/For sentimental reasons
- 1948 - Ser ou não ser/Um cantinho e você
- 1948 - Meu Rio de Janeiro/A saudade mata a gente
- 1948 - Esquece/Somos dois…
- 1949 - Ponto final/Olhos tentadores
- 1949 - Junto de mim/Sempre teu
- 1950 - Não tem solução/Lembrança do passado - gravadora Sinter
- 1951 - Uma loira/Meu erro
- 1951 - Canção do vaqueiro/Nick Bar
- 1952 - Mundo distante/Não sei a razão
- 1952 - Luar sobre a Guanabara/Fim de romance
- 1952 - Sem esse céu/Alguém como tu
- 1953 - Perdido de amor/Meu sonho
- 1953 - Nova ilusão/João Sebastião Bach
- 1953 - April in Paris/All the things you are
- 1953 - Speak low/You keepcoming back like a song
- 1954 - Copacabana/My melancholy baby
- 1954 - Tenderly/How soon - Majestic Records
- 1954 - Somebody loves me/There's no sweeter word than sweetheart
- 1954 - Marina/For once in your life
- 1954 - Grande verdade/Você se lembra?
- 1954 - Outra vez/Canção do mar
- 1954 - Tereza da praia/Casinha pequenina - with Lúcio Alves
- 1954 - Música romântica com Dick Farney-
- 1954 - Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro
- 1955 - A saudade mata a gente
- 1955 - Foi você/Tudo isto é amor
- 1955 - Dick Farney e seu Quinteto
- 1955 - Bem querer/Sem amor nada se tem
- 1955 - Dick Farney on Broadway
- 1956 - Jingle bells/White Christmas/Feliz Natal
- 1956 - Jazz Festival
- 1956 - Jazz after midnight
- 1956 - Meia-noite em Copacabana com Dick Farney
- 1956 - Dick Farney Trio
- 1957 - Un argentino en Brasil/Nem fala meu nome
- 1957 - O ranchinho e você/Só eu sei
- 1957 - Toada de amor/O luar e eu…
- 1959 - Este seu olhar/Se é por falta de adeus
- 1959 - Esquecendo você/Amor sem adeus
- 1959 - Atendendo a pedidos
- 1960 - Dick Farney em canções para a noite de meu bem
- 1960 - Dick Farney e seu jazz moderno no auditório de O Globo
- 1960 - Dick Farney no Waldorf
- 1961 - Somos dois/Uma loura
- 1961 - Dick Farney Jazz
- 1961 - Dick Farney Show
- 1961 - Jam Session
- 1962 - Dick Farney apresenta sua orquestra no auditório deO Globo - featuring Leny Andrade
- 1965 - Meia-noite em Copacabana
- 1967 - Dick Farney, piano e Orquestra Gaya
- 1972 - Penumbra e romance
- 1973 - Dick Farney
- 1973 - Concerto de Jazz ao vivo
- 1974 - Dick Farney e você
- 1974 - Um piano ao cair da tarde
- 1975 - Um piano ao cair da tarde II
- 1976 - Dick Farney
- 1976 - Tudo isso é amor - with Claudette Soares
- 1977 - Cinco anos de jazz
- 1978 - Dick Farney
- 1978 - Tudo isso é amor II
- 1979 - Dick Farney: o cantor, o pianista, o diretor de orquestra - série Retrospecto - gravadora RGE
- 1981 - Noite
- 1983 - Feliz de amor
- 1985 - Momentos
- 1986 - Dick Farney "ao vivo" (Arte do espetáculo)
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