Dickie Pride – The Sheik Of Shake

Over the decades, more nonsense has been written about DICKIE PRIDE than almost any of Britain's early Rock & Rollers.

A much maligned and misunderstood character, due to the circumstances surrounding his tragically early death he has often been written off as a R&R failure.

But by the common consensus of every one of his contemporaries, he was a seriously underrated singer and musician, by far the most talented member of manager Larry Parnes' 'Stable Of Stars'.

And had his inner demons and narcotic intake not undermined his fragile mental health, he may have lived long enough to make a comeback in a later musical era.

His recorded legacy is brief, and admittedly patchy, although he charted with 'Primrose Lane' in 1959.

This compilation reissues everything that he recorded for U.K. Columbia between 1959-61, plus a couple of live, early '59 appearances from Oh Boy!

Track Listing
1. SLIPPIN' 'N' SLIDIN'
2. DON'T MAKE ME LOVE YOU
3. FABULOUS CURE
4. MIDNIGHT OIL
5. PRIMROSE LANE
6. FRANTIC
7. BETTY BETTY (Go Steady With Me)
8. NO JOHN
9. YOU'RE SINGING OUR LOVE SONG TO SOMEBODY ELSE
10. BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
11. ANYTHING GOES
12. IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON
13. ISN'T THIS A LOVELY DAY
14. I COULD WRITE A BOOK
15. YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME
16. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
17. LOCH LOMOND
18. THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL
19. FALLING IN LOVE
20. THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
21. GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
22. LULU'S BACK IN TOWN
Bonus Tracks
23. SLIPPIN' 'N' SLIDIN' live
24. THREE COOL CATS (with Marty Wilde & Cliff Richard) live