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
Suspicion (Terry Stafford song) several hours remastering the demo with the resultant track becoming the second single released on Crusader. The arrangement included rhythmic backing accompaniment with an Ondioline, an idiosyncratic French-built electronic keyboard. After breaking out in San Bernardino in January 1964 "Suspicion" had its top-tier market breakout in Los Angeles in February 1964 peaking in March 1964 at respectively number 2 and number 4 on the hit parades of KRLA and KFWB. Nationally "Suspicion" rose from number 7 to number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 dated 4 April 1964, when the chart's top five hits were all by the Beatles. "Suspicion"