Dickie Valentine
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Biography
[Edit]Never a major star, Dickie Valentine nevertheless had two number singles in 1955 and was voted Top UK male vocalist of 1952 while singing with the Ted Heath Band before embarking on a solo career. Born Richard Bryce in Marylebone, London on the 4th of November 1929, he first tried his hand at singing while he was working as child actor and developed an act, impersonating other singers of the time. He appeared in several movies as a child and got his break when he signed to the Ted Heath Band. He married Elizabeth Flynn in 1954 just as his solo career was getting underway in earnest. He signed to Decca records and his first chart entry was as the chart was only three months old in February 1953 with a competing version of "Broken Wings,", a song which the Stargazers took to the top and resoundly won that particularly battle, although on later releases he would team up with the vocal group. Early in 1955 his version of the romantic ballad "Finger of Suspicion" hit number one. and that year was his peak year with three other top 10 singles, Mr Sandman, A Blossom Fell and I Wonder, all covers of successful American songs, and at the end of the year he enjoyed his second (and final) chart topper with Christmas Alphabet, a sickly sweet run through the spelling of the word Christmas and the first no.1 created specifically for the Christmas market. Rock n Roll was coming however, and Dickie Valentine's style of crooning was considered old fashioned and although during 1956 he had his own TV series, The Dickie Valentine Show, on which he partnered Peter Sellers, the hits had virtually dried up and he had only one further top 10 single the following Christmas with another attempt to capture the holiday market, Christmas Island. Changing record companies in 1959 to Pye Nixa did not change his fortunes and he had two further minor hits before falling off the charts for the final time just two weeks shy of the new decade. He remained popular on the cabaret and live circuit throughout the 1960s but travelling from a gig in Wales on the 6th of May 1971, he was killed in a car crash aged just 41.
Title: Finger of Suspicion (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: The Very Best of Dickie Valentine (Nostalgic Memories Volume 95)
Artist: Dickie Valentine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold) (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine
Genre: Pop
Title: Mr Sandman (Remastered) [with The Stargazers] - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine, The Stargazers
Genre: Pop
Title: The Finger of Suspicion (Remastered) [with The Stargazers] - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine, The Stargazers
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Hits of the Fifties 1
Genre: Alternative
Title: Christmas Favorites, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Christmas for Lovers
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Country Christmas Greats
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 5)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Mistletoe Sessions
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1950's Number 1 Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Favorites, Vol. 1
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1954
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1955
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1953
Genre: Pop
Title: Las 111 Canciones de Navidad
Genre: Latin
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 15
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Christmas Classics, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: No. 1 Hits from the UK (1953-1962)
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Moment In Time
Genre:
Title: The Coolest Christmas Party Ever
Genre:
Title: Christmas Classics for Kids
Genre:
Title: Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
Genre:
Title: Memories Are Made Of This: Fifties Hits
Genre: World Music
Title: Decca Showcase
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1956, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Xmas Songs
Genre:
Title: Rock Rules Ok. English Rock and Roller's
Genre: Rock
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 16
Genre: Pop
Title: Smash Xmas Hits, Vol. 6
Genre:
Title: Classic Christmas, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: St Etienne Presents Lyons Cornerhouse
Genre: Pop
Title: The Outstanding Fifties 1955 Vol.1
Genre: Pop
Title: Decca Showcase, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Heartfelt Memories
Genre:
Title: Winter Wonderland And Other Xmas Faves
Genre:
Title: Fortune 50S
Title: Christmas Hits and Highlights, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Outside of Heaven & Other Greats
Genre: Pop
Title: Street Party Sing-a-Longs
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Christmas, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1955 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Sleighin' Around: Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Classic Christmas, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Christmas Hits, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 21
Genre: Pop
Title: British Hits of the 1950'S
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Christmas Hits Archive '31-'61
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Fabulous Fifties, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: All American Christmas
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Hits Of 1953
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Is Love (The Worlds Most Beautiful Love Songs)
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Hernandos Hideaway - The Best of the Johnston Brothers
Artist: The Johnston Brothers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Xmas Classics - Essential Christmas Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Best Of British (CD2)
Artist: Len Goodmans Legends
Genre: Jazz, New Wave, Country, Pop, Ska, Theatre/Soundtrack, Musical
Title: Alchemy In Sound: Vol. 1 The Wizard Of The Studio
Artist: Joe Meek