Catalogue Code: 706632
Barcode: 5050457066321
Release Date: 16 Apr 2007
Originally the featured vocalist with the Ted Heath Band, Dickie Valentine launched a solo career in 1954 (although he had released solo singles a year earlier) and within three years had become one of the biggest teen idols of the era: in 1957 he had to hire the Royal Albert Hall in order to accommodate all the members of his fan club that wished to attend his annual party. Dickie was to score two number one hit singles, Finger Of Suspicion and Christmas Alphabet, both of which are included here, and a further six top ten hits over the course of just three years. Although he stopped having hits when the 1960s arrived, he remained a popular live draw until his death in a car crash in 1971. This 22 track album contains all ten of the hits he registered between 1953 1956, as well as other key tracks.
1. Broken Wings
2. All The Time And Everywhere
3. In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart Of Gold)
4. Endless
5. Mr Sandman
6. Finger Of Suspicion
7. A Blossom Fell
8. I Wonder
9. Christmas Alphabet
10. Old Piano Rag
11. Christmas Island
12. The Homing Waltz
13. Why Should I Go Home?
14. The Windsor Waltz
15. I Could Have Told You
16. Runaround
17. Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
18. I Want You All To Myself
19. You Too Can Be A Dreamer
20. Where Are You Tonight
21. First Love
22. Mother Nature And Father Time