(né Maxwell; 4 November 1929 – 6 May 1971), known professionally as Dickie Valentine, was a British pop singer who enjoyed great popularity in Britain during...
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two years in the group. The new line-up with Pearson appeared on The Dickie Valentine Show in September and October 1967, replacing the Beat Girls from the...
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chart. The most successful recording of the song in the UK was by Dickie Valentine, which peaked at No. 5 on the New Musical Express chart in February...
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businessman Elmer Valentine, nightclub owner Ann Valentine (1762–1842), English organist and composer Dickie Valentine, pop singer Hilton Valentine, guitarist...
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Suspicion" by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers. Overall, fifteen different singles peaked at number-one in 1955, with Dickie Valentine and Jimmy Young...
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Musician: Ronnie Scott Small Band: Johnny Dankworth Seven Male Vocalist: Dickie Valentine Band You Would Most Like to See at the NME Pollwinners' Concert: Johnny...
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2018 "Endless", by Dave Gahan from Hourglass, 2007 "Endless", by Dickie Valentine, 1954 "Endless", by the McGuire Sisters, 1956 "Endless", by Toto from...
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Parade charity record in 1956 along with other major Decca artists Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan, Winifred Atwell, Lita Roza and David Whitfield. That record...
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No. 4 song for 1959. The song was covered in the United Kingdom by Dickie Valentine, and it spent a week at No. 20 in the Singles Chart in May 1959, the...
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Disc 1 Jerry Lee Lewis – "Wild One" Dickie Valentine – "Mr. Sandman" Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats – "Rocket 88" Elvis Presley – "Shake, Rattle &...
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appeared in the top ten Melody Maker vocal charts alongside the likes of Dickie Valentine and Frank Holder. He was the singer of the theme songs of The Adventures...
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Larry Cross, Alma Cogan with Jimmy Watson (trumpet), Monty Norman, Dickie Valentine with Ted Heath and his Music, Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra...
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musical star Diane Todd. It featured performances from Lonnie Donegan, Dickie Valentine, Jim Dale, Petula Clark, Russ Hamilton and Joan Regan, among others...
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It's Maynard! (1955) Evans Abode (1956) Frankie Howerd (1956) The Dickie Valentine Show (1956) Two's Company (1956) Early to Braden (1957) That's Life...
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You" by Billy Eckstine, "The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)" by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers and "Heartbeat" by Ruby Murray were all released...
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co-wrote "I Wonder", which became a UK chart hit for both Jane Froman and Dickie Valentine. Wendling's last notable work was "Rich in Love" in 1956. Married to...
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artists who recorded for Pye during their careers include Jimmy Young, Dickie Valentine, Russ Conway, Emile Ford, Val Doonican, Jackie Trent, Tony Hatch and...
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They would visit the Blackpool Tower Circus and see artists such as Dickie Valentine, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves and Joe Loss, with Parkes recalling that...
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"Answer Me" 8 1954 Winifred Atwell "Let's Have Another Party" 5 1955 Dickie Valentine "Christmas Alphabet" 3 1956 Johnnie Ray "Just Walkin' in the Rain"...
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in 1954. It was recorded by Dickie Valentine in the United Kingdom and by Jane Froman in the United States. Valentine's version reached number one in...
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Atwell "Let's Have Another Party" Philips 3 December 1954 5 1955 27 Dickie Valentine with the Stargazers "The Finger of Suspicion" Decca 7 January 1955...
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only artist to reach the UK Top 20 with his version of the song was Dickie Valentine who spent 7 weeks therein from October to December 1959, peaking at...
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with 3 cover versions to reach the UK charts: The first one was by Dickie Valentine who entered the UK listings on 18 February 1955 and climbed up to the...
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successful in Europe. Early in 1967, Humperdinck was asked to stand in for Dickie Valentine, who was ill, on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, a TV variety...
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artists), and "I See the Moon", along with a third number one hit with Dickie Valentine on "The Finger of Suspicion", and were much in demand for back-up work...
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6 (the Stargazers' version reached No. 1, while another version by Dickie Valentine reached No. 12). In 1958, the couple were the resident act at the Chapman...
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Wales "Tell Laura I Love Her" 1960 3 Dickie Valentine England "The Finger of Suspicion" 1955 3 Dickie Valentine and The Stargazers "Christmas Alphabet"...
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single in 1956. The 1955 Christmas number-one, "Christmas Alphabet" by Dickie Valentine, remained at number-one for the first week of 1956. The first new number-one...
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"Taking a Chance on Love" – Ella Fitzgerald "The Finger of Suspicion" – Dickie Valentine "My Yiddishe Momme" – popularised by Anne Shelton "Brown Skin Girl"...
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