Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Always me
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Film & TV
Known for
- Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party — Himself2019
- Living With Lucy — Self2008
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Richard "Dickie" Rock (born 10 October 1936; died 6 December 2024) was an Irish singer remembered as frontman of The Miami Showband, three members of which were murdered in 1975. Before he was famous he was an apprentice welder. The subject of a well-known Irish catchphrase - "spit on me Dickie", a phrase that took off in Belfast in the 60s and spread all over the country. Between 1963 and 1977 Dickie and the Miami Showband had eight top ten hits. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dickie+Rock
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1966
- Genre
- easy listening
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Pye Records
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- date of birth
- 1940-09-10
- date of death
- 2024-12-06
- name in native language
- Dickie Rock
- birth name
- Richard Rock
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
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