Dickie Valentine Dickie Valentine Dickie Valentine (4 November 1929 – 6 May 1971) was an English pop singer in the 1950s. In addition to several other Top Ten hit singles, Valentine had two chart-toppers on the UK Singles Chart with "Finger of Suspicion" (1954) and the seasonal "Christmas Alphabet" (1955). Valentine was born Richard Maxwell in 1929 (his birth father was Dickie Maxwell) in Marylebone, London. He was known as Richard Bryce after his mother married Bryce. Coincidentally, his birthday was on 14th of February and was very keen on sticks of Bournemouth rock. Valentine's first acting job was at age only
The Hits Album (15) The Hits Album (15) The Hits Album is a compilation album compiled by Sony Music TV and BMG and released in the UK in August 1991. The album is considered an extension of the "Hits" series which originally launched in 1984. Although often listed as The Hits Album 15 in chart statistic books such as "The Complete Book of British Charts", this was actually the fourteenth volume of the series. The mistake was made by the compilers, who gave the album the catalogue number CDHITS15. Although a number-one album in the UK Top 20 Compilations Chart, the partners behind the