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It sits within the topics 1936 births, 2020 deaths and 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Wales
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25,679
- Total plays
- 91,713
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Ricky Valance (born David Spencer in Ynysddu, south Wales, on 10 April 1936; died 12 June 2020) was a Welsh singer best remembered for the UK number one single "Tell Laura I Love Her", which sold over a million copies in 1960. Valance, the eldest of seven siblings, joined the RAF aged 17. After his discharge from service, he decided to pursue a career singing. He was signed up by EMI and recorded his hit song Tell Laura I Love Her. It sold over a million copies and went to number one in 1960. <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Spencer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ynysddu
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
- Official website
- www.rickyvalance.com
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- date of birth
- 1936-04-10
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-06-12
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- dementia
- birth name
- David Spencer
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