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
Hilton Valentine MySpace page. In 2011 Hilton Valentine released a new album titled "Skiffledog on Coburg Street" and a Christmas album with Big Boy Pete Miller ex-Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers titled "Merry Skifflemas!". Valentine currently resides in Wallingford, Connecticut. Hilton Valentine Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine (born 21 May 1943) is an English musician, who was the original guitarist in the Animals. Valentine was born in North Shields, Northumberland, and was influenced by the 1950s skiffle craze. His mother bought him his first guitar in 1956 when he was 13, he taught himself some chords from a book called ""Teach Yourself a