Bárbara y Dick aka Barbara & Dick were a male and female vocal duo who had a number of hits in Argentina during the 1960s and 1970s. Background A Vocal duo from Buenos Aires, they were active during the 1960s and then the 1970s to the 1990s. They were Bárbara Bourse and Fernando "Dick" Sustaita.Second Hand Songs - ARTIST, Bárbara y Dick An example of them having consecutive charts hits was on the week ending May 20, 1967 where they had three songs in the Argentina Top Ten. They had "Sacale Las Balas A Tu Fusil" at no. 4, "Sunny" at no. 7, and "Little Man" at no. 10.Billboard, May 10, 1967 - Page 57, Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, ARGENTINA Career
In 1966, they covered the Beatles' song "Michelle". Backed with "Guantanamera", it was released on RCA Victor 31Z-0843.Los discos de Miguel, sábado, 12 de enero de 2019 - RCA VICTOR - Anotacion, RCA - SIMPLES, 966 - 31Z-0843 Michelle (Cover Beatles)- Guantanamera (Bárbara y Dick con Los Iracundos) On the week ending October 22, 1966, their version of "Guantanamera" was at no. 1 in Argentina.Billboard, April 2, 1966 - Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, ARGENTINA, This Week 1, Last Week 3 And "Michelle" had just made its debut at no. 9 in the same chart.Billboard, April 2, 1966 - Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, ARGENTINA, This Week 9, Last Week _
On the week ending March 23, 1968, their record "Judy Disfrazada" made its debut at no. 8 in the Buenos Aires Top Ten.Billboard, March 23, 1968 - Page 50 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, BUENOS AIRES, This Week 8, Last Week _ The Following week they were at no. 7 while Anthony Swete had made his debut at no. 4 with his version in the same chart.Billboard, April 6, 1968 - Page 45 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, BUENOS AIRES, This Week 7, Last Week 8Billboard, April 6, 1968 - Page 45 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, BUENOS AIRES, This Week 4, Last Week _ From April 13 to May 4, there was no Buenos Aires Top Ten category in Billboard Hits of the World section so further progress isn't shown.Billboard, April 13, 1968 - Page 55 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLDBillboard, April 20, 1968 - Page 51 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLDBillboard, April 27, 1968 - Page 53 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLDBillboard, May 4, 1968 - Page 53 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD The Argentina section was now included in the May 11 issue. There was no charting of their single in the top ten range.Billboard, May 11, 1968 - Page 51 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, Argentina
In 1972, they were in the Argentine Top Ten with "Bottoms Up".Billboard, December 9, 1972 - Page 41 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, ARGENTINA, 4
Later years As a solo artist, Bárbara recorded the album Como una ola which was released on Microfon PRK 1209 in 1985.Second Hand Songs - ALBUM, Como una ola by Bárbara (AR)
Fernando "Dick" Sustaita died in 2016.Municipalidad de Casilda, 15-07-2017 - Bárbara y Dick, la historia - Teatro Dante
References
External links Discogs - Barbara & Dick