Dickie Valentine for the Christmas market would hit number one. In April 1955, Valentine again topped the bill at the London Palladium for two weeks, a month after winning the male vocalist category in the "NME" poll. He went on to win this title consecutively from 1953 to 1957. In 1961, he had a television series "Calling Dickie Valentine". In 1966 Valentine partnered with Peter Sellers on the ATV sketch show "The Dickie Valentine Show". Although his fame began to wane during the 1960s, he remained a popular live performer until his death. Travelling to his next gig at the Double Diamond
Hits 56 of English production team METRO Hits 56 Hits 56 is a compilation album released in the UK in July 2003. It contains 40 tracks spread over two CDs, and features one number one single from Tomcraft. It is the 56th volume in the Hits compilation album series. The album had a competition with "Now 55", released the following week. Because of the week's difference, "Hits 56" was able to enter the UK Compilations Chart at #1, whilst the following week "Now 55" did the same. "Hits 56" received a mixed reception. The Westlife song "Tonight" previously appeared on "Hits 55"