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
The Hits Album 9 and the radically different relaunched cover artwork affected sales and the album stalled at #5 in the UK Top 100 Album chart. On January 14, 1989, compilation albums were excluded from the main chart and "Hits 9" transferred to the new Compilation Top 20 for the rest of its run, peaking at #4. It is also known as "The Hits Album 9" to avoid confusion with two other albums simply titled "The Hits Album" (the 1st and 14th editions of the series). "Hits 9" features two songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Orinoco Flow" and "One