Ricky Valance

This guy was a UK teen idol. He was Welsh. UK teen idols were generally Cliff Richard Wannabes, and this guy was no exception, except that he was Welsh. He never had a hit in North America, and he only had one in the UK, but he also had a few in Australia and Scandinavia.

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Ricky Valance:

• Tell Laura I Love Her – A cover of the Ray Peterson hit, the teen dream expressed as death through martyrdom. Buying her flowers would have been easier and healthier. From the summer of 1961.