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: 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: The Finger of Suspicion (Remastered) [with The Stargazers] - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine, The Stargazers
Genre: Pop
Title: Mr Sandman (Remastered) [with The Stargazers] - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine, The Stargazers
Genre: Pop
Title: Finger of Suspicion (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Dickie Valentine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Collections
Title: Walking Down Memory Lane
Genre:
Title: The First 40 British Number Ones
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 17
Genre: Pop
Title: The Complete Christmas Anthology CD 3
Genre:
Title: The Memories CD 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Pop
Title: 100 Songs - The Memories CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Hits: Christmas Legends CD 3
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Hit'S CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: It'S Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Original Classics Christmas Hit'S (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Simply The Best Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Classic Christmas Songs (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Christmas Legends - 100 Hits (CD3)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Christmas Hits (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Christmas Hits (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 200 No. 1 Hits (CD9)
Title: My Kind Of Music: A Fine Romance
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Greatest Love - Everybody Loves Somebody
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Fabulous 50s (CD1)
Title: Stay Calm And Enjoy Christmas
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits: 50s
Title: Latest & Greatest Crooners (CD3)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: True Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 40 Christmas Classics
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: 100 Greatest Christmas Hits 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Rock & Roll, Byzantine/Relegious, Country, Pop, Kids, Classical
Title: Classic Christmas Song 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: British Hit Parade: The B Sides 2019 (CD4)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection (Volume 12) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection (Volume 12) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection (Volume 12) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: That's For Me (The Greatest Hits Of 1950s)
Genre: Jazz
Title: U. K. Number 1 Hits - The First Ten Years 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, 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