Dickie Valentine

Real Name: Richard Bryce Birth Date: November 4th 1929 Birth Place: London

Dickie Valentine's show business career went back to his childhood. As the child actor, Richard Bryce, he appeared in several moving pictures and became a theatre call boy during his teens. He trained as a singer while doing this job and got his big break with the Ted Heath band, with whom he became known by his adopted name 'Valentine'. He proved to be a talented and popular entertainer who was able to bend his vocal style and provide impressions of other famous singers. However, he was much more than just an impressionist and had great success with his own brand of romantic ballads chalking up two #1 hits during the mid-1950s.
	The EP shown on the left was one of around ten that Dickie had released during the 1950s. Despite this, the singer's EPs are surprisingly difficult to find. According to the sleeve notes on this one, it is claimed that he started his film career at the age of three. Obviously, his parents had no reservations about a career in show business!
Dickie's star rose and fell again during the 1950s, probably because his big-band crooning style belonged to an earlier era; by 1960 his chart career was over. Despite his lack of hit records, he remained a popular live performer and appeared regularly on TV. Sadly, Dickie Valentine died in a car crash during 1971.

1950s & 1960s 45rpm UK Discography Listings include UK 45 singles releases only Dickie's earlier releases were available only on 78rpm Collector's Items are shown In Red

Decca F10346	1954	Endless/ I Could Have Told You	#19
Decca F10394	1954	Finger Of Suspicion/ Who's Afraid	#1
Decca F10415	1954	Mister Sandman/ Runaround	#5
Decca F10430	1955	A Blossom Fell/ I Want You To Myself
Decca F10484	1955	Ma Cherie Amie/ Lucky Waltz
Decca F10493	1955	I Wonder/ You Too Can Be A Dreamer	#4
Decca F10517	1955	Hello Mrs Jones/ Lazy Gondolier
Decca F10549	1955	No Such Luck/ The Engagement Waltz
Decca F10628	1955	Christmas Alphabet/ Where Are You Tonight	#1
Decca F10645	1955	The Old Pi-Anna Rag/ First Love	#15
Decca F10667	1955	Dreams Can Tell A Lie/ Song Of The Trees
Decca F10714	1956	The Voice/ The Best Way To Hold A Girl
Decca F10753	1956	My Impossible Castle/ When You Came Along
Decca F10766	1956	Day Dreams/ Give Me A Carriage With Eight White Horses
Decca F10798	1956	Christmas Island/ The Hand Of Friendship	#8
Decca F10820	1956	Dickie Valentine's Rock 'N' Roll Party Medley Pt.1/ Pt.2
Decca F10874	1957	Chapel Of the Roses/ My Empty Arms
Decca F10906	1957	Puttin' On The Style/ Three Sides To Every Story
Decca F10949	1957	Long Before I Knew You/ Just In Time
Decca F10950	1957	Snowbound For Christmas/ Convicted	#28
Decca F11005	1958	Love Me Again/ King Of Dixieland
Decca F11020	1958	In My Life/ Come to My Arms
Decca F11066	1958	Take Me In Your Arms/ An Old Fashioned Song
Pye 7N15192	1959	Venus/ Where	#20
Pye 7N15202	1959	A Teenager In Love/ My Favourite Song
Pye 7N15221	1959	One More Sunrise (Morgen)/ You Touch My Hand	#14
Pye 7N15255	1960	Standing On The Corner/ Roundabout
Pye 7N15294	1960	Once Only Once/ A Fool That I Am
Pye 7N15336	1961	Hold Me In Your Arms/ How Unlucky Can You Be
Pye 7N15366	1961	Climb Every Mountain/ Sometimes I'm Happy
Pye 7N15381	1961	I'll Never Love Again/ Shalom
Philips 326583	1963	Lost Dreams And Lonely Tears/ Come Another Day Another Love
Philips BF1307	1964	Free Me/ Build Yourself A Dream
Philips BF1392	1965	It's Better To Have Loved/ Wanted
Philips BF1447	1965	My World/ In Times Like These
Philips BF1668	1968	Mona Lisa/ Wait For Me

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