Valentine,Dickie Finger Of Suspicion CD

Historical perspective is rarely kind to British singers of the immediate pre-R&R era, and Dickie Valentine, aka "The Forgotten Teen Idol", is very much a case in point. Yet Valentine was effectively the UK's first Pop idol, with a massive teenage fan base, worshipped by them in the same way that Tommy Steele would be idolised by his legion of teenagers, just a few years later. He amassed fifteen UK chart records between 1952-59, with a further nine titles listed in Hits That Missed... The UK Bubbling Under Chart, 1954-61. This compilation presents the very best of his singles releases between 1950-61, variously for Decca, Melodisc and Pye. Included are his two UK No. 1s, "Finger Of Suspicion" and "Christmas Alphabet", alongside all his other hits, near-misses, a few that got away, and a genuine rarity in the shape of a cancelled A-side from 1958. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus compiled and several of these sides are collector's rarities, difficult to find elsewhere on CD

1. Mona Lisa 2. Lorelei 3. Broken Wings 4. The Homing Waltz 5. You Belong to Me 6. All the Time and Ev'rywhere 7. La Rosita 8. In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold) 9. Don't Leave Me Now 10. Guessing 11. Mother Nature and Father Time 12. Te Amo 13. My Arms, My Heart, My Love 14. Cleo and Me-O 15. Pine Tree, Pine Over Me 16. Endless 17. It's My Life 18. The Finger of Suspicion 19. Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I) 20. Mister Sandman 21. Runaround 22. A Blossom Fell 23. Ma Chere Amie 24. I Wonder 25. You Too Can Be a Dreamer 26. Hello Mrs. Jones (Is Mary There?) 27. Lazy Gondolier 28. No Such Luck 29. The Engagement Waltz 30. Christmas Alphabet 31. The Old Pi-Anna Rag 32. First Love 33. Dreams Can Tell a Lie 34. The Voice 35. The Best Way to Hold a Girl 36. Out of Town 37. My Impossible Castle 38. Give Me a Carriage with Eight White Horses 39. Christmas Island 40. Dickie Valentine's Rock'n'roll Party (Medley) 41. Christmas Rock'n'roll 42. Mountain Greenery 43. A Woman in Love 44. When Mexico Gave Up the Rhumba 45. Just Walking in the Rain 46. Christmas Rock'n'roll 47. Chapel of the Roses 48. My Empty Arms 49. Puttin' on the Style 50. Just in Time 51. Snowbound for Christmas 52. Convicted 53. Red River Rose 54. Love Me Again 55. In My Life 56. Take Me in Your Arms 57. Venus 58. A Teenager in Love 59. One More Sunrise (Morgen) 60. Standing on the Corner 61. Once, Only Once 62. How Unlucky Can You Be 63. Climb Ev'ry Mountain 64. Shalom 65. I'll Never Love Again