"television Director). Dickie Valentine married the actress Wendy Wayne in 1968. Prior to the car accident, Wayne and Valentine were scheduled to undertake a twenty-week summer season at the Water Splash in Jersey. Dickie Valentine Dickie Valentine (4 November 1929 – 6 May 1971) was an English pop singer in the 1950s. In addition to several other Top Ten hit singles, Valentine had two chart-toppers on the UK Singles Chart with ""Finger of Suspicion"" (1954) and the seasonal ""Christmas Alphabet"" (1955). Valentine was born Richard Maxwell in 1929 (his birth father was Dickie Maxwell) in Marylebone, London. He was known"
"and Billy Daniels. He recorded two number one hits, ""Christmas Alphabet"" and ""Finger of Suspicion"". His first chart-topper came only two months after his marriage to Elizabeth Flynn at Caxton Hall, which caused scenes of hysteria and was widely expected to sound the death knell to his career. In fact, 1955 was by far his best chart year, with two number ones and three other Top Ten hits. While his second number one saw Valentine playing 'King Canute' to Bill Haley's incoming tide of rock and roll, ""Christmas Alphabet"" marked the first time in the UK that a song created"
"Valentine Records Valentine Records is a British independent record label, based in Manchester, England and founded in September 2001. Its initial roster comprised guitar bands such as Extinguish Her, Chevron, Palo Alto and Five Years Later as well as electronic/laptop artists such as I-Node, doublejo(H)ngrey, Lynskey, Ultrafoetus and The Hi Fi Renaissance. At present the roster comprises Mark Corrin (aka Shirokuma, formerly of Faith & Hope Records), John Callaghan (also of Warp Records / Uncharted Audio), Babyslave, I-Lucifer and Reigns of Monty Carlo International guest artists include Neil Milton (Warsaw), No-way Sweden (Melbourne), Red Martian (Seattle), Warscapes (Paris) and Daniel"
"Swayne of ""Number One"" wrote: ""This is classic T'Pau - epic, dramatic and incredibly important sounding – and shouldn't harm their career one little bit."" Tom Hibbert of ""Smash Hits"" commented: ""There were some irritating number ones in 1987, but T'Pau's ""China in Your Hand"" took the biscuit, didn't it? This is not much better. In fact, it's almost entirely the same, though, thankfully, a little less hysterical. Quite bad."" Valentine (T'Pau song) ""Valentine"" is a song by British band T'Pau, released in 1988 as the fifth single from their debut studio album ""Bridge of Spies"". It was written by"
"Valentine (T'Pau song) ""Valentine"" is a song by British band T'Pau, released in 1988 as the fifth single from their debut studio album ""Bridge of Spies"". It was written by Ronnie Rogers and Carol Decker, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached No. 9 in the UK and remained on the charts for eight weeks. A promotional video was filmed to promote the single, directed by Brian Grant. The single's B-side, ""Giving My Love Away"", was exclusive to the single. For the 12"" vinyl and CD versions of the single, a bonus cover version of ""I'm a Believer"" was"
"Valentine (album) Valentine is the seventh album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1974 by Harvest Records. The album contains mainly love songs and was written whilst Harper was writing and recording his previous albums (""Stormcock"" and ""Lifemask""). Promotional material at the time included full page advertisements, in magazines such as ZigZag, of Harper wearing only a pair of socks and the words ""music to droop your drawers to"". A retrospective compilation album ""A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974"", was released in 2007. This 3-disc compilation"
"Easybeats, they enjoyed considerable local success and released a few singles. In late 1967, The Valentines moved to Melbourne in search of greater success, and soon toured other major cities. With a development towards the popular Bubblegum sound late in 1968, the band became more in demand, particularly among teenage girls. However as the fashion for bubblegum music wore off, The Valentines struggled to retain their musical credibility despite a turn towards rock music. With differing opinions within the band concerning musical direction, and a much-publicised drugs bust in September 1969, group stability began to suffer. Although they still had"
"St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP) St. Valentine's Day Massacre is an EP recorded by members of Motörhead and their Bronze Records labelmates Girlschool, under the moniker Headgirl. It reached number five in the UK Singles Charts in 1981. When Girlschool were recording in Rickmansworth with producer Vic Maile, he had the idea that Motörhead and Girlschool should record a single together. The result was this three-track EP, on which the bands duetted on a cover of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' ""Please Don't Touch."" The bands also covered each other, with Motörhead performing Girlschool's ""Emergency"" and Girlschool playing Motörhead's ""Bomber."""
"contains the album track ""Twelve Hours Of Sunset"". The album cover has altered over the years with various re-releases. The currently available issue features the original artwork; a carbon portrait of Harper erasing himself with a rubber. It was drawn by Joe Petagno whilst working for Hipgnosis Valentine (album) Valentine is the seventh album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1974 by Harvest Records. The album contains mainly love songs and was written whilst Harper was writing and recording his previous albums (""Stormcock"" and ""Lifemask""). Promotional material at the time included"
"the word ""piton"", he pointed his finger at his nose to indicate what the ""piton"" was. Valentine (Maurice Chevalier song) ""Valentine"" is a song by French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier. Its premier performance was in 1925. The song was strongly associated with him, and his imitators use it as ""an instant identification symbol"". Chevalier performed the song, in French, in two American movies, ""Innocents of Paris"" (1928) and ""Folies Bergère de Paris"" (1935), but to not offend American sensibilities the word tétons (breasts) was replaced with a mysterious ""piton"", which translates as peg or protuberance. ""Piton"" was"
"Christmas hit of 1959, being No. 1 in the then dominant UK Sheet Music Chart from mid November until New Year. The song was a hit again at Christmas 1960 for Nina & Frederik. By now Boswell had a publishing contract with Chappell and wrote songs for them through the 1960s including Matt Monro's ""I'll Know Her"" and Ricky Valance's ""Why Can't We"". The latter (Valance's follow up to ""Tell Laura I Love Her"") came third in 1961's """". Boswell wrote the second placed song too, ""Suddenly I'm in Love"" sung by Steve Arlen, which fell one vote short of"
"few purists regard it as a sidestep into less serious, almost novelty territory that marked the beginning of a worrying tendency on Motorhead's part to get involved in projects that were beneath them."" AllMusic: ""This glorious artifact documents one of the most peculiar detours in Motörhead's uniformly pedal-to-the-metal career."" St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP) St. Valentine's Day Massacre is an EP recorded by members of Motörhead and their Bronze Records labelmates Girlschool, under the moniker Headgirl. It reached number five in the UK Singles Charts in 1981. When Girlschool were recording in Rickmansworth with producer Vic Maile, he had the"
"laugh, and overall make people happy. She started starring in school and local town plays as a child, while taking dance lessons. She comes from a musical family and her father is the lead vocalist in a band and plays a number of instruments. Valentine released her first mixtape ""Route 80"" in 2012, the singles ""Bubble Gum"" and ""Hip-hop Joan Jett"" became viral hits on YouTube. Valentine released her EP, ""Valentine"", in 2013 debuting at #38 on the iTunes R&B charts. On July 8, 2014, the singer released her second mixtape, ""Red Velvet"". In 2016, she released her studio album,"
"My Valentine, from Wales, broke into the top 5 in both the U.S. and British charts with their melodic dark rock, with ""Scream Aim Fire"" (2008). Asking Alexandria's third studio album, From Death to Destiny, also debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200 during the week it was released, while also debuting at number 1 in both the British Rock and Metal charts. With developments in computer technology and music software, it became possible to create high quality music using little more than a single laptop computer. This resulted in a massive increase in the amount of home-produced"
"at number 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart and the band toured following its release. After a number of performances throughout the United Kingdom, the band managed to secure a support slot with The Soup Dragons. In March 1987, during the tour with The Soup Dragons, David Conway announced his decision to leave the band, due to a gastric illness, disillusionment with music and ambitions to become a writer. Conway's departure left My Bloody Valentine without a lead vocalist—a situation Shields, Ó Cíosóig and Googe decided to amend by placing advertisements in the local music press. The audition process,"
"Christmas and keyboardist Graham Collett soon released a set of demos coming from the classical rock mold. In 1992 the twins quit the band two shows into the Lillian Axe British/European tour necessitating the recruitment of guitarists Nick Burr and Zakk Bajjon. The new lineup opened for Magnum on the British tour. While Lionsheart scored success in Japan on their first album entitled ""Lionsheart"", their follow up album titled, ""Pride in Tact"", achieved another success, selling over 100,000 copies in Japan. Faced with a cold response from the British press, the group's reaction from British rock fans was lukewarm. In"
"as well as being credited for co-ordination on ""Loveless"". His youngest sister, Eileen, is a shoe designer who has designed for Bono, Drew Barrymore and PJ Harvey. Kevin Shields Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. They would become extremely influential on the evolution of alternative rock with their two studio albums ""Isn't Anything"" (1988) and ""Loveless"" (1991), both of which pioneered a subgenre known as shoegazing. Shields's texturised guitar sound and his experimentation with his guitars' tremolo systems"
"from music critics and placed in several international charts, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, South Korea and Japan. Rumours of a My Bloody Valentine box set circulated amongst the general public in April 2008. Following a listing on HMV Japan's web site, media sources reported that a five-disc limited edition box set containing remastered versions of ""Isn't Anything"" (1988), ""Loveless"" (1991), a compilation of the band's EPs, a compilation of unreleased songs and a DVD were due to be released on 25 June 2008. A listing was also made available on Amazon UK, under the title ""Complete Box"" with"
"group. With high-profile guests sitting in with the band, club goers lining up to see them, and performances at celebrity wedding receptions and parties, record company scouts took notice but the band went through line up changes and eventually morphed into the Valentine/Davalos band The Delphines early in 1995. The Go-Go's began working together again, with Valentine co-writing ""The Whole World Lost Its Head"" on ""Return To The Valley of The Go-Go’s"", a song which became the band’s highest charting U.K. single. The band released a new CD ""God Bless The Go-Go's"" in 2001, toured extensively for many years, and"
"went to number one on 29 December 1990, becoming that year's Christmas number one and replacing the previous week's UK number one, ""Ice Ice Baby"" by Vanilla Ice. A week later ""Saviour's Day"" dropped back down to number three, and spent only one more week in the top 40 at number twenty. The final charted spot in the top 100 was on 19 January 1991, when ""Saviour's Day"" was at number 53. The song was Richard's second solo Christmas number one in the UK, after ""Mistletoe and Wine"" in 1988. In 2005, ""Saviour's Day"" was one of two songs by"
"United Kingdom. The band released several extended plays, one further mini album and experienced a line-up change, recruiting vocalist and guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe, before the release of their two studio albums, ""Isn't Anything"" (1988) and ""Loveless"" (1991)—both of which pioneered an alternative rock subgenre known as shoegazing. During this time, Shields created a guitar technique known as ""glide guitar"", which includes extensive use of the tremolo arm while strumming and features reverse reverb sourced from his Yamaha SPX90 processing unit. Following My Bloody Valentine's disbandment in 1997, Shields collaborated with a number of artists, including Yo"
"and Valentine. With Matthews on lead vocals their 1990 hit single, ""I Don’t Want to Be with Nobody but You"" peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Charts. The associated album, ""Here's Looking Up Your Address"" peaked at No. 7. Absent Friends disbanded in 1991 and Kelly fronted The Dukes from 1991 to 1994. Matthews provided a No. 11 hit with her first solo album ""Émigré"" late in 1990. She followed with ""Lily"", which peaked at No. 2 in 1992, and provided her best performed single, ""The Day You Went Away"", which also peaked at No. 2. Matthews and Kelly"
"UK Singles Chart hits, most notably ""Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)"" which was a hit for co-writer Barry Blue, as well as Flash Cadillac and the Australian/British group bond. More hit singles co-written with Blue and performed by him followed, including ""School Love"", ""Miss Hit and Run"" and ""Hot Shot"". They finally released a duet at the end of 1975, the festive ""Happy Christmas To You From Me"", which was co-written by the duo. Other notable songs co-written by de Paul and Blue include ""Tip of My Tongue which was a radio hit for the British group ""Brotherly Love"" as"
"in 1988. The music video was filmed on-location in New York City. Side one Side two Side one Side two British indie band The Housemartins released ""Caravan of Love"" in November 1986. The a cappella song was a success, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart on 16 December 1986, (only the second a cappella recording to do so, after ""Only You"" by the Flying Pickets in 1983), before being denied the Christmas number one single by a posthumous re-release of Jackie Wilson's ""Reet Petite"". The song was released on the greatest hits compilation ""Now That's What I Call"
"lyrics were inspired by Hurricane Katrina. All songs written by Greg Gilbert/Aaron Gilbert unless otherwise stated. Valentine (Delays song) ""Valentine"" is a song by Delays, released as the first single from their second album ""You See Colours"" in 2006. The music video received regular play on MTV and the single reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, spending 2 weeks in the top 40 in total. The video can also be found on YouTube and the Delays' official website. In a 2006 review of ""Valentine"" the ""NME"" stated that the song was ""arguably the best thing [Delays] have ever"
"a total of 13 different versions were released (seven individually, two together, another two together, and the final two alone). The first one, featuring the character Keigo Atobe (voiced by Junichi Suwabe) reached number 14 on the Oricon charts. Valentine Kiss The single ranked at number 2 on the Oricon charts, and was rated fourth most popular on music program ""The Best Ten"" on TBS. It was also awarded the Japan Gold Disc Award for Best Single of the Year. While the title of the song is ""Valentine Kiss"", due to the often repeated chorus line of ""Valentine Day kiss"","
"Fever (Bullet for My Valentine album) Fever is the third studio album by Welsh heavy metal band, Bullet for My Valentine. Containing eleven tracks, the album was released on 26 and 27 April 2010 in the UK and in the US, respectively. The album sold 71,000 copies in the US and 21,965 in the UK in its first week of release to debut at position No. 3 on ""The Billboard 200"" and No. 1 on Billboard's Rock and Alternative charts, making it the band's most successfully-charting record to date. Since its release, Fever has sold over 600,000 copies worldwide. It"
"five weeks, becoming the Christmas number one of 1984. The record became the fastest selling single in UK chart history, selling a million copies in the first week alone and passing 3 million on the last day of 1984, on the way to displacing Wings's ""Mull of Kintyre"" as the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK. It held this title until 1997 when it was overtaken by Elton John's ""Candle in the Wind 1997"", released in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales following her death. The original version of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" has sold 3.8 million"
"Valentine's Day song, even though it sold only 317,000 copies. The singles it beat in the ranking were number one selling ""Love Love Love"" from Dreams Come True (2,488,630 copies) and ""Valentine's Radio"" from Yumi Matsutoya (1,606,780 copies). The final song in the top five was ""My Funny Valentine"" by Miles Davis. In Japan, a slightly different version of a holiday based on a lovers' story called Tanabata (七夕) has been celebrated for centuries, on July 7 (Gregorian calendar). It has been considered by Westerners as similar to St. Valentine's Day. Saint Valentine is the patron saint for a large"
"Archibald Thomas Pechey Archibald Thomas Pechey (26 September 1876 in West Ham, Essex – 29 November 1961 in Wells, Somerset, England) often credited simply as Valentine, was an English lyricist and novelist. The pen name Valentine was derived from his mother's family the Vallentins, who were London distillers. Pechey's maternal grandfather Sir James Vallentin (1814–1870) was Knight Sheriff of London, and Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers. By the 1880s Pechey's uncle Grimble Vallentine was running the business in Lambeth. His cousin John Franks Vallentin (1882–1914) was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1914. Pechey as ""Valentine"" often wrote lyrics"
"were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine. A change of style from Jeff Killed John's style, led the band to change their name. In 2002, the band secured a five-album deal with Sony BMG. The band has stated that their music is influenced by classic metal acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer. The band is part of the Cardiff music scene. Bullet for My Valentine's debut album ""The Poison"" was released on 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 14 February 2006 in the United States to coincide with Valentine's Day, in"
"of the My Bloody Valentine album ""Loveless"" (1991) on “Numb"" and the oldschool jungle-style sub bass on “Sleepless.” He compared the instrumental of “Up The Box” to the works of Stott's project Millie & Andrea. He also suggested the foggy weather of Stott's hometown Manchester came into shaping ""Luxury Problems""<nowiki>'</nowiki> hazy atmosphere. Reed Scott Reid of ""Tiny Mix Tapes"" noted elements of 1990s music on the album, such as the flanging Amen break drum sample on “Up The Box."" ""Luxury Problems"" was the first album in Stott's discography to feature vocal performances from his former piano teacher Alison Skidmore. Stott"
"of ""We Have All the Time in the World"" by Louis Armstrong for ""Peace Together"" and a cover of ""Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"" by Wire for the tribute album ""Whore: Tribute to Wire"". In 1995, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig left My Bloody Valentine. Googe, who briefly worked as a taxi driver following her departure, formed the indie rock supergroup Snowpony with Katharine Gifford, who also performed with Stereolab and Moonshake, and Ó Cíosóig relocated to the United States, forming Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions with Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. Shields and Butcher attempted to record a"