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
1999 in British music UK charts for three weeks and everyone expected him to make the Christmas number one, however in Christmas week, the position he strongly desired to maintain was stolen from him by new phenomenon boyband, Westlife. Their covers of ABBA's #2 hit from 1979, "I Have A Dream" and Terry Jacks' #1 hit from 1974 "Seasons In The Sun", saw them steal the Christmas #1 spot and have their longest stay at the top of the charts – a four-week stay. 1999 was notable for the number of number one hits that had already charted on import. The Vengaboys "We're Going