Artists · UK Singles Chart

Dickie Valentine

Charting Feb 20, 1953 → Dec 11, 1959 · 70 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 70 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1955) · First crown Dec 1955
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19531959
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1955) · First crown Dec 1955

UK Singles Chart · 70 wk Global Music Power · 70 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 3.29%; week of Mar 25, 1955
Career Power: 190; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 121; January 1955 – January 1956
Peak Five Years: 175; December 1954 – December 1959
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 70; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.88%; week of Dec 30, 1955
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1959

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

14 records · 190 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
I WonderApple Music	#4July 1955	15	June 1955 – September 1955	39.5	38.7
Mr SandmanApple Music	#5February 1955	12	December 1954 – March 1955	29.8	28.9
Christmas AlphabetApple Music	#1December 1955	7	November 1955 – January 1956	22.3	22.2
A Blossom FellApple Music	#9March 1955	10	February 1955 – April 1955	21.8	21.4
One More Sunrise (Morgen)Apple Music	#14November 1959	8	October 1959 – December 1959	16.1	16.1
The Finger of Suspicionwith StargazersApple Music	#1January 1955	15	December 1954 – March 1955	14.9	46.3
VenusApple Music	#20May 1959	8	March 1959 – June 1959	12.5	12.3
Christmas IslandApple Music	#8December 1956	5	December 1956 – January 1957	11.3	10.7
The Old Pianna RagApple Music	#15January 1956	5	December 1955 – January 1956	7.1	9.7
All the Time and EverywhereApple Music	#9March 1953	3	March 1953 – March 1953	6.9	7.6
Broken WingsApple Music	#12February 1953	1	February 1953	2.4	2.4
In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)Apple Music	#7June 1953	1	June 1953	2.3	2.9
EndlessApple Music	#19November 1954	1	November 1954	2.0	1.9
Snowbound for Christmas	#28December 1957	1	December 1957	1.5	1.4

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At their peak

1955 in music →

Dickie Valentine's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1955 to January 1956. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1950s.