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
Hits (The Beach Boys EP) play (LP) chart, "Record Retailer" also ran an EP chart. "Hits" was released in May 1966 and became a number-one EP on 4 June. It stayed at the top for 4 weeks and was then displaced by The Walker Brothers EP "I Need You". "Hits" returned to the top again on 10 September for another four weeks, being displaced again by the same Walker Brothers EP. On 29 October it returned for a third stint at number-one of seven weeks. The Who tooks the number-one spot over Christmas and in the New Year of 1967, with "Hits" reclaiming number-one on