Track Listing

1. Tell Laura I Love Her
2. Once Upon A Time
3. Movin' Away
4. Lipstick On Your Lips
5. Jimmy's Girl
6. Only The Young
7. Say Hello To A New Love
8. Why Can't We
9. Fisher Boy
10. Bobby
11. I Want To Fall In Love
12. I Never Had A Chance
13. It's Not True
14. Try To Forget Her
15. At Times Like These
16. Don't Play Number 9
17. Till The Final Curtain Falls
18. Six Boys
19. Face In The Crowd
20. My Summer Love
21. Abigail

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36934 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

COMPLETE CATALOGUE TRIBUTE TO FINE SIXTIES POP SINGER
Smooth-voiced Welshman, Ricky Valance is best recalled for his 1960 Chart topping single TELL LAURA I LOVE HER, which sold over a million copies in the UK. Dealing with death in a car crash, Ricky's version was a cover of Ray Peterson's US hit with its controversial theme incurring press accusations of "bad taste" that ensured the song was put on the BBC's banned list. Nevertheless, the record's success lead to Ricky's disc being a hit in 14 countries, with overall sales estimated to have reached seven million copies worldwide.

Ensuing releases failed to emulate such popularity but this welcome compilation includes all of Ricky's EMI/Columbia singles as recorded in chronological order during the period 1960-62 as well as a 1965 Decca single (SIX BOYS/FACE IN THE CROWD).

By 1969, Ricky recorded MY SUMMER LOVE and ABIGAIL for Crystal Records under the name of Jason Merryweather and that too is part of this complete collection which includes excellent singles MOVIN' AWAY, JIMMY'S GIRL, TILL THE FINAL CURTAIN FALLS and I NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

Ricky is still performing but this nostalgic collection represents his golden period and must rate as a must for those collectors' who consider Sixties pop culture represented a very special period in the history of popular music.