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
Hits 1 Hits 1 The Hits Album, or Hits 1 as it is often called, is a compilation album released by CBS (Now Sony BMG) and WEA in November 1984. The album was released as a rival to the already successful "Now That's What I Call Music" series which EMI and Virgin Records had launched in November 1983. "The Hits Album" reached No. 1 in the UK Top 100 Albums chart for seven weeks and remained in the chart for 36 weeks. This album kept "Now 4" from the coveted No. 1 spot over Christmas 1984 – the only "Now" album in