Dick Farney
Farnésio Dutra e Silva, known professionally as Dick Farney, was born on
November 14, 1921, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a jazz pianist, composer,
and singer. He began playing piano at a young age and made his debut performance
in 1937 on Radio Cruzeiro do Sul's Hora Juvenil, singing "Deep Purple". Farney's
career gained momentum when he hosted Dick Farney, the Voice and Piano on Radio
Mayrink Veiga. In 1946, after meeting Bill Hitchcock and Eddy Duchin, he was
invited to the United States, where he had a Billboard chart hit in November
1947 with "I Wish I Didn't Love You So...
