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 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