 According to friends and family, Ferrari did not use sheet music; after hearing a song he could play it from memory.His career in broadcasting got its start shortly after he joined the United States Army in 1952.It was there, while idly passing the time during leave by playing the organ, that he came to the notice of his commanding officer as a likely person to put on the "Soldier Parade" with Arlene Francis (later of "What's My Line?"