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
Sing 20 Number One Hits biggest selling album, remaining in the top 20 over Christmas 1980. It was awarded a gold disc for sales of over 100,000 by the BPI on 17 December 1980. This was the group's first album (of two) for Warwick Records, which released a series of albums alongside this by various other artists in the lead up to Christmas - "Sing 20 Number One Hits" being one of the most successful of these. The album also reached No.29 in the New Zealand album charts in May 1981. This album, like the group's previous albums was produced by manager Tony Hiller. Commenting