# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-rivers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:01.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-rivers"
name: "Dick Rivers"
slug: "dick-rivers"
description: "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)."
tagline: "French actor and singer (1945–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DICK_RIVERS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-04-24"
deathDate: "2019-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.96070933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729523/"
    handle:    "nm0729523"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EErtRkIXKEnllrCa1a7xR"
    handle:    "7EErtRkIXKEnllrCa1a7xR"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dick-rivers.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ديك ريفرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ديك ريفرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "دیک ریورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rivers"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a539873a-bacd-4eea-a131-59a49679469c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2750246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/579524"
    title: "Dick Rivers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump