Ricky Valance They Sold a Million

I would like to see him get another break and get a good...

..number one if he could, or even if he got in the charts again.

# Laura and Tommy were lovers

# He wanted to give her everything #

You know you mention the name, Ricky Valance

and some people say, "He's dead."

And I say, "No that's Ritchie Valens.

"That was a different guy altogether."

# He saw a sign for a stock car race #

Even at his tender age, he's a ball of fire.

He's always working on eight cylinders,

even when he knows that four cylinders should be switched off.

# Tell Laura I love her

# Tell Laura I need her

# Tell Laura not to cry

# My love for her will never die #

This is BBC Radio Wales.

Now, on the programme today, music legend, Ricky Valance,

the first Welshman to get a number one, he'll be in.

Hi, I'm Ricky Valance for the Roy Noble show.

Good afternoon, Mr Valance.

Hello, just to let you know that I've got Mr Ricky Valance here. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Mr Valance, would it be possible for an autograph for my mother, Lily.

Yeah, my pleasure.

L-I-L-Y.

That's great, she'll be thrilled.

Well, what an inordinate pleasure. Come around here.

Ricky, you're very welcome.

-It's a great pleasure to be here.

-Come sit down, it's my pleasure.

There's so much more to me than just this record.

Delighted to say Ricky Valance is here. Welcome home.

Thank you very much, Roy.

We've had a series relatively recently, called Welsh Greats

and they concentrate on a particular person who's flown the flag for Wales, internationally.

I'm the first, I understand.

-I'm the first Welshman to make number one?

-You are.

I introduced you as such at the beginning. Absolutely right. How did you come to sing it?

My manager at the time, called Lena Davis,

and she got me a recording test with Columbia.

# Laura and Tommy were lovers

# He wanted to give her... #

When I was played that song, originally,

my first thought was, "How the hell I could sing it

"any better than that."

It's got such a great hook, as we say in the business.

But my, what we call, my retinue,

said, "Look, you used to be a choir boy, so it's a hymn."

So I thought about it and I thought well, "Tell Laura I love her".

He said, "That's the song we want, that's the sound."

And so that was the sound, in fact, that I used on all my records.

So I got virtually trapped into the kind of music,

which although I liked, was not really me.

And then, of course, you do have that, certain reservations about,

"What do I do now?"

Ladies and gentlemen, international recording star, Mr Ricky Valance!

APPLAUSE

Thank you so much.

# Laura and Tommy were lovers... #

'I'm Evelyn.

'I'm from Abertillery, South Wales.'

Laura has been a fantastic record, really.

I mean, he can't get on the stage unless he sings it, obviously.

I don't know how many times he's sung it. Can't keep up with it.

# A thousand dollar prize, it read #

I did know that the song was going to cause an awful lot of interest

and that something would happen with it.

# Tell Laura I love her

# Tell Laura I need her #

Well, the BBC never played it.

I mean, quite frankly, they were so,

"Oh, we can't play this dirt, you know, about death,

"and all that kind of thing and we can't have this."

You had your Mary Whitehouses of the day,

who said this is going to encourage young men to go out

and kill themselves over their girlfriends.

We were going, "Oh, my god!"

What do you think about this record, Laura I Love You?

I dig it man!

What does that mean to a square like me?

I enjoy it.

The lyrics aren't bad and it's what the teenagers go for.

How can you say the lyrics aren't bad

when it's about a man being burnt to death in a car?

Well that's what teenagers like, anything sordid.

The Road Safety Council thinks this is morbid and corrupt.

Oh dear, I feel sorry for the Road Safety Council. They're very stuffy!

It climbed the charts and knocked Apache off,

and was number one for three weeks and in the charts for four months.

SCREAMING

The joy, if you will, of being a number one.

I mean that was "Wow!"

You're like God to these kids out there.

I would be up on stage with my black slacks and my blue shirt

and doing the old Elvis Presley bit there, you know.

HE LAUGHS

I remember this particular night we had, the girls had my legs

and the bouncers had my arms and they were pulling between them!

Unbelievable!

# Tell Laura I love her

# Tell Laura I need her #

Being top of the pile is the greatest thing,

nobody can take that away from you. It doesn't matter whether you don't do it again -

you've been there, you know what it's like.

APPLAUSE

I think people see Ricky as the elder statesman of entertainment here.

We are working with Ricky on a mini tour of three shows

in the area, in the Costa Blanca,

and, of course, this is one of those shows tonight.

The audience is a cross section really of the mature kids, as I would call them,

and they will all know Tell Laura I Love Her.

So, I think, that is probably the biggest recognition,

because here, at 51 years into his time in music,

he is still recognised as one of the greats of that time.

# To my mind She's my kind of girl #

Ricky Valance, one more time!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you asked to see my discs and my awards.

We've got the silver, which was presented actually in 1960 for a quarter of a million

for Tell Laura I Love Her.

The gold, that time, of course, was a million,

and they've included now the platinum.

So, in fact, we've got the full set there, which is rather nice.

And the two awards... I was appearing in quite a big festival,

in Bognor Regis, funnily enough.

And I was presented with the Top Male Vocalist

and an award for the nomination of the audience

as the Top Solo Act.

# For ever and ever

# There's a final hush

# All over the world tonight

# All over the world... #

RADIO: TKO Gold on the Costa Blanca.

Yet another beautiful, sunny, autumn day.

# You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd

# You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd

# You can be happy if you've a mind to #

We're off now to see my record producer.

His name is Snoopy, the genius of the studio.

He's not at all pushy. We just work together in harmony.

A question, you know, that goes through my mind many times is,

you know, how long do you go on?

Hopefully, we'll have a few more years to go.

There isn't anything else I can say, except my voice is,

well, it's my life.

# Smile, though your heart is aching

# Smile, even though it's breaking #

HE WHISTLES

Lucky, I just had me headphones on!

# In the sky, you'll get by #

# If you smile through your tears and sorrow #

Sorry.

# Smile...

Sorry, I'm hearing too much popping on the microphone.

Could you hear it?

Do you want me to put the pop shield in?

Put the guard on again, I think.

I knew nothing about Ricky until he approached me

and then I got my Guinness Book Of Hit Records out

and went through and there was

a picture of Ricky Valance in the Hall of Fame

with his hit single, Tell Laura I Love Her.

We'll give it another shot. From the top, second take.

Ricky's a perfectionist and his own worst enemy, really.

He can have a perfect take...

# Smile though your heart is aching #

And he'll pull it apart deliberately just to find a minute fault,

like he took a breath when he shouldn't have done.

# Smile though your heart is aching #

Yeah, there's a little.

There's something I'm not happy with.

Unfortunately, being in the game of recording Ricky,

I do get the ridicule - it's a horrible word to use -

but I get the ridicule of people who basically label him

with the one-hit wonder. They label him with, um...

generally just wishy-washy music.

# Although he may be

# Ever so near #

The term "one hit-wonder" to me

means an entirely different thing to other people.

Other people use it as a derogatory,

so these idiots - and they are idiots - who use that term,

and when they use it for somebody like myself,

who's spent 52 years in the business

and had hits all over the world.

How in the hell can they say I'm a one-hit wonder?

Only one reason - because they know nothing about me.

These people don't realise that he's totally committed to what he does.

He believes in what he does and because he believes in what he does,

I believe in what he does.

# Smile... #

That'll work, that'll work.

He can be difficult. He can be very difficult,

but I found the other side of Ricky, which is a very loving,

very warm and tender person.

I've learnt to love him,

and I do.

I dearly love him, he's a character and a half.

# Say it's me that you adore

# Oh, my darling, tell me when... #

I had a great chance to work with some of the greats

in those days, on the rock and roll tours.

And, for me, this was one of the greatest,

Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps. What a showman.

And also, Jerry Lee Lewis,

and Ricky Valance & The Valentines!

Yes, well, this is one of your favourites, love.

-Yeah, it is. I mean, I love the song very much.

-I'll see if I can find that.

I don't know if we've got it now.

I guess the frustrating thing about this, moving away,

was the fact it really was a good record, some of my best work.

It didn't make it in the UK.

I think it deserved to get into the Top 20.

-You've got the record.

-Yeah, that's right.

On reflection, it was basically because we were looking for something of the ilk

of Tell Laura, which was as strong, which we could never find.

Oh, love...

I mean, it was disappointing, obviously,

but at least he was still working and that's the main thing.

I mean, he was still well known,

but you've just got to get on with your life, you can't do nothing else.

Here we are with Lena.

Yeah, that's right.

My first award.

Lena was a very, very good manager. She didn't suffer fools gladly,

so she's very dominating, which is good for me in the business,

you know, except occasionally, we did clash,

because that's one thing I won't have -

I won't be dominated by anyone, especially a woman.

HE CHUCKLES

SHE LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY

There we are, two love birds together, about to tie the knot.

Yes, we had tied the knot, there.

Oh, that was after?

That was after, definitely.

Around 1956. That was a long, long time.

A long, long time.

-Oh, there's our man. He's always late.

-Hello, hello.

What was that 11 o'clock crap you were talking about? I've never known you to be on bloody time yet.

I first met Ricky about six years ago.

I ran a radio station and he was one of our guests,

and we've been good friends ever since.

This is you live on stage.

See, here you look 60,

15, 20 years younger.

-Does that mean...?

-Ten years younger.

Does that mean every other one, I look older?

A bit of passion - and in public, as well!

-There you go.

-Ah, there we go, that's the end.

That's a cracker.

Ricky was the first Welshman to have a number one hit record

and he's very proud of that fact.

And what he would like to do is to give something back to Wales

and also to have some of his fellow countrymen and countrywomen

pay him some attention.

Last year, when it was the 50th anniversary,

-we investigated trying to get you a major venue in Wales.

-Right.

So, this year, we want to try and start smaller and grow up,

-raise your profile.

-The first venue that comes to mind for me

is down at Newbridge, which is in Gwent in South Wales,

and I know the guy that actually is in charge of

the committee that runs it.

-It's the Memorial Hall.

-Has this been here a long time?

Oh, I met my wife there,

which is another good reason for doing the show this year, you know.

It's always good for the press. They like to have the angle. That'll be our next step.

'Well, the Costa Blanca is really a lovely place to live.

'But we're not blinded by sun, sea and sand,

'like a lot of people. That's all they can see.'

Look at that scene across there.

'Over here,

'I don't think we've ever felt that we've fitted in, you know.

'It's been A home but not THE home.'

I'll bring you your drinks. Thank you.

First of all, we were only going to stay for a year

and then we landed up staying for nine years so far,

so we'll see how much more it goes.

Realistically, of course, going back to Wales

wouldn't further my career to the extent that I would want it,

my profile, but one of the things I would love to do is a concert,

preferably somewhere like St David's in Cardiff.

If somebody out there is interested, then that's fabulous.

We hope, maybe, this will be a stepping stone towards that.

# All of my life since I've been born

# You've been my love and you live next door

# Then came the news that broke my heart... #

Wow, it's a long time since I've been down here.

None of these cars were here the last time I came down, that's for sure.

# Moving away... #

Just turn this down a second.

This was my birthplace.

My given name was David Spencer,

and I was christened in a little church on the hill,

in fact, where I was a choirboy.

You're going to get kids, especially there,

that when we were being brought up, they're going to say,

"Well, you want to be a singer?" You know, namby-pamby.

"I want to be a fireman." "I want to go down the mines."

But I always knew from a very early age

that that's the only thing that I would really enjoy doing with the whole of my life.

DOORBELL

-Hey!

-Evening.

-How lovely to see you, love. How lovely to see you.

-This was the first time we've ever met.

-Yes.

-I was sitting in the car thinking, "I wonder what it's like inside my old house."

-Oh, well...

Look what you've done with it.

One of the things I noticed when I came in here is,

I don't know exactly where I am, because it's all changed now. I noticed, for instance,

-I was going to say that was the scullery, but of course it isn't.

-No, no, this was the kitchen.

Oh, right, that was the old grate,

the coal fire, and Mum used to cook in the oven at the side of the...

-That's right, yes. Black-lead grate.

-God, it brings back so many memories, it really does.

All your family up here, as well, I see.

Yes. That's the nephew that's been on the internet

-to see what you look like.

-Ohh!

Of course he was only young, then. He's 16 now, isn't he?

So they were all curious, the youngsters, as to who I was.

Who you were, and what you looked like.

What I look like. How do I look?

You look younger now than what you did when I seen you before!

I love this woman, folks! I love this woman.

Can't imagine how, years ago, how they all slept in these bedrooms,

you know, cos they're so small.

Five of us in a bed, f-f-freezing cold,

and the old man coming up

and bringing this shelf from the oven,

which was covered in a cloth, and put it in the bed to warm it up,

-and we'd all huddle together with maybe an overcoat or so on the top, as well.

-That's right.

So, how many brothers did you say you had to sleep in this one bedroom?

Well, five of us, and, inevitably, I would get blamed for tormenting the others,

so I'd give them a slap

and, suddenly, my father would come up the stairs and give me a slap!

# Welcome to my world

# Won't you come on in? #

David Spencer - yeah, well, I was an ordinary little boy.

I learnt to fight pretty early. I had to.

So it was a rough, tough, black-and-white kind of life.

I loved my parents very much, especially my mother.

I was extremely close to my mother, who was a wonderful singer.

Well, my father was a miner. He was a great man,

but you didn't mess around with my father.

He was, you know, "Come on, boy, pull yourself together!"

I can't say, "Dad, I love you, Dad," which my son can say to me.

And so, the frustration of wanting to do that

I think can have an effect.

He was a man who had a very, very hair-trigger temper.

Later on in my life, I can remember my father saying to me, "You know,

"David, we punished you for a lot

"and we found out it wasn't your fault."

I said "Dad, you know, it's a bit late",

because it had an impression on me, it made me into a rebel.

# Welcome to my world... #

Hey!

-All right?

-All right. Good to see you.

-And you.

You used to have a nickname and I can't think what it was.

-Curly.

-Curly!

-Curly Roberts.

-Curly Roberts!

-I had black hair then and you did.

-I did, as well, absolutely right.

-And I tell you what I can remember, the old pews.

-And they're still hard.

-They're still hard!

-And they're still cold.

-The only thing's missing is, Nobby's not here.

-Oh, Mr Woodford.

-Mr Woodford! I used to sit in the corner, in the back,

creep in through the door, I can see him sitting there now,

lowering his spectacles, glaring at me over there, saying,

-"Late again, Spencer!"

-He glared at everyone.

Ohh! For me, they're wonderful memories.

Well, my father's ashes are scattered at the back of the church,

and were done so by my brothers.

I mean, on that particular time, I think we were abroad or something,

there was some way that I couldn't get back,

which was very disappointing for me, obviously,

to say goodbye to my father,

but his ashes are there and I always feel, without sounding morbid,

I would be most happy to have my ashes scattered with my father's.

I went to work, of course, in the colliery with him,

and he was the one that was responsible for saying to me one day,

"David, if you're going to make singing a career,

"you've got to get out of this, because this is not for you."

So I did that. I just got out.

# The old home town looks the same

# As I step down from the train

# And there to meet me... #

I grew up with Ricky Valance, David Spencer then, as he was known,

because we lived in the same street in Ynysddu.

He would sort of do his own thing when he was younger.

He seems to be a lot more caring than he used to be,

I think, you know.

In fact, I think, personality-wise,

I think his life has improved him a lot. It has improved him.

# Whop-ba-ba-lu-la whop bam boom Tutti frutti, oh, Rudy... #

You know, there was a dance hall in every village, more or less.

We went over all the valleys, you know, dancing. Tredega, everywhere.

Then Tuesday, we'd be over the Memo in Newbridge.

There's quite a few of us still like the ballroom dancing,

because I'm pretty fit now and I can still jive, you know.

It used to be called grab-a-granny night, but we've cleaned it up.

So, of course, every Tuesday, you have these...

maybe 50 to 75, 80 people turn up

as regularly as clockwork.

They dance the night away.

I started dancing here, and it used to be packed -

the girls one side, the boys the other side,

and you'd just go along and, "May I have this dance?"

We were very courteous in those days,

and that's how many of us met.

-Oh, look at this.

-Oh, yes.

Oh, yeah.

We met here in the Memo. I was in the Air Force at the time.

It was just an ordinary dance night,

we used to jive up here, I don't know, once or twice a week,

and she was dancing in the corner with a couple of her friends,

and I just looked at her

and she had one of these very tight bebop skirts on, you know.

Those were the days, those were the days.

And I thought, "Hmm, I rather like that!"

THEY BOTH LAUGH

I was, in fact, courting somebody else at that time,

but he was in the Army, so...

The Air Force won.

And the Air Force won, exactly. That's right.

Ricky has long wished for some sort of personal recognition in Wales, in particular,

and if we can do anything at all to help him achieve his one aim, why shouldn't we?

And another thing that has just crossed my mind - a band.

Yeah, well, I can speak to John Smallborough about that,

and he did play for you once before just him and his son, keyboards...

-Yeah, I remember that.

-..and they were brilliant.

-Yeah, that's good, that's good.

Do you want me to get some publicity down to you?

We've got our own website. The council will put things on their website for us.

Would be nice to get something in the local paper, as well.

Yes, I can get in touch with the South Wales Argos

-and we can get in touch with the BBC.

-Let me know about the band.

We'll shake on this, but don't hold me to it.

"Don't hold me to it," he says! You sound like my agent.

THEY BOTH LAUGH

Right, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

On 24th February, Ricky Valance will be doing a concert here.

I'm sure that you know Ricky of old.

He is a very well-respected singer from this part

and I'm pleased to say that Ricky and his wife Evelyn are with us in the room tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, could I ask you just to put your hands together and welcome Ricky and Evelyn?

Thank you! Come on, stand up. Thank you very much.

Well, love, we've waited for this for a lot of years.

-Yeah.

-Shall we dance with them?

-I can't, with these on!

-Ah, you've got your boots on!

-Yeah, I told you I had.

I forgot about that.

If I got up to bop, I'd have to take these off.

Bloody bopping? You must be joking. With my back?!

'In 1960, Ricky Valance sang a song called Tell Laura I Love Her.

'The record sold a quarter of a million, and so won the silver disc.

# Tell Laura I need her... #

'Today, Ricky Valance can walk along the crowded promenade

'at Bridlington in Yorkshire, but nobody turns their head.

As one can imagine at this particular time,

I made quite a lot of money from Tell Laura,

but I was an idiot at the time,

because I felt that there was plenty more where this came from.

Unfortunately, this was my big mistake.

# ..Tell Laura not to cry... #

The structure of the business, the way that it was in the '60s,

was such that you really did what you were told,

like a good little boy. Really, you know, that wasn't me,

and once the word got around that you're hard to handle, things start to drop.

You know, it was like a square peg in a round hole.

I had a lot of heartbreaks and worrying,

till in the end, I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

I have learned from my mistakes, I really have learned.

And I feel that, given another chance, I really feel this,

after studying it from quite a wide angle,

that if I could just get another chance again,

I think I could make it again.

I was born to make mistakes, a lot of mistakes, and I did.

But I felt that, all in all, that if people had taken a lot more trouble

within the business to understand me instead of being antagonistic

and pushing me away,

I think things would have been very different.

But, at the end of the day, I have one thing above all else.

I have my self-respect, and nobody can take that away from me.

And now, at my time of life,

suddenly there's a resurgence of the Ricky Valance fan club again,

and it's wonderful!

Tomorrow night, a very special concert at the Memo,

the Memorial Hall in Newbridge.

The fans can expect, you know, the vintage...

Yeah. I'll be doing a nice mixture, you know?

I'll be doing a nice mixture of stuff there.

Ricky, it's been an absolute pleasure here.

I understand you're going to be playing one of my very old records, an old B side.

Well, Charlotte next door is in charge of the buttons,

and what Charlotte says, we all tend to jump to,

-and so she loves it. Ricky Valance, an absolute joy.

-Thank you very much.

-I haven't heard this for years.

-Huh?

-I haven't heard this for years.

# Never knew the thrill of a moonlight walk... #

THEY BOTH LAUGH

# I want to fall in love... #

Singing along with it, you see? You remember it!

# Hm-hm, I want to fall in Hm-hm... #

-Hello, sir. How are you?

-You're...?

-I'm Ricky Valance. I am indeed, yes.

Oh, it's good to catch up with you, because I've long been a fan, ever since that record come out.

Ever since then. Got all my other ones, as well?

-You're doing a show tomorrow night, so I hear...

-That's correct.

-..which is news to me.

-In Newbridge.

The audience is the most important thing.

I've got to get on that stage and please that audience,

I've got to give them everything I can.

And not only that, but 24 hours a day, in some respect,

I have to be Ricky Valance, not David Spencer, because those people made me what I am today.

Last time I was there, Lonnie Donegan was there.

-Ah, there you go.

-Not long after, he died.

There you go. You look after yourself, buddy.

-OK? Take care.

-I'll try and get there tomorrow night.

-Please do.

# Walking in the sunshine

# Sing a little sunshine song

# Put a smile upon your face

# As if there's nothing wrong

# Think about a good time had a long time ago

# Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes

# Walking in the sunshine Sing a little sunshine song... #

# La-la-la-la... #

-Yeah, hang on a second.

-MUSIC STOPS

That's great, I mean, that's fantastic.

There's only one big problem. I haven't done this for about 25 years

and I'm finding that la-la-la-la is a bit high. Can we take it down? Is it possible?

Tonight is the big night, and here I am at the illustrious establishment

of the Memorial Hall in Newbridge.

We have a full house tonight, which is quite incredible.

I'm playing to those people that have come especially to see me,

then I really have to be on my toes.

Am I scared? You bet your bloody life I am!

Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome live on stage, Mr Ricky Valance!

Well, the difference tonight is I'm using a live band,

and goodness knows how long it is since I've used a live band.

# Once upon a time

# A boy too young to know

# Gave his trusting heart... #

I went into cabaret in the '70s, you know.

I can remember going on at Bognor Regis,

closing the show with American Trilogy,

and the people went absolutely berserk. And I came off.

It affected me to the extent I literally had tears running down my face.

We travelled for 29 weeks, all around the camps.

We started off in Clefelly,

then we'd go back down to Barry Island,

then it was Minehead, then Bognor.

From Bognor, we'd go up to Skegness.

And from Skegness, you went up to Clefelly,

and you did that every week. Bing-bing-bing-bong.

I'm like this... Sitting in the car...

Not long after that, it led to my breakdown that I had.

It was horrific. I don't even like to think about that now.

# Sometimes we'll sigh

# And sometimes we'll cry

# And you'll know why... #

The worse part of all was, he was down there every week, down in Bognor.

But I got in the car and we drove about two miles from home.

He just broke down and he couldn't go.

And I said, "That's it, we're going home."

She found me upstairs.

Apparently, I was rocking back and forward on the floor.

Tough.

And Evelyn, my wife, nursed me through that.

It took me nearly two years to overcome it.

But he didn't stay off work long enough,

because he wanted to make himself get back into going back to work.

Instead of taking a year off, which we couldn't afford to do -

somebody had to pay the bills - I knew what I had to do, the shows.

There's been times when he's started to go down again,

but then I've always said, "No, that's it. We're going back up again, not down."

We've just got on. But I've always been there for him.

Yes, I'm afraid I look after him well.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Are you ready for this?

CHEERING

Will you please welcome on stage, Ricky Valance!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Fools rush in

# Where angels fear to tread

# And so I come to you, my love

# My heart above my head

# Though I see the danger there

# If there's a chance for me

# Then I don't care... #

There have been many times when I've thought about giving up

and doing something else. The only thing was,

I was determined that nobody was going to get me down. This was what I had to do with my life.

# So how are they to know? #

It's so difficult to put it into words.

It's a feeling that comes over you.

You know, it grasps you by the scruff of the neck.

Every song you sing, you get inside the song,

you express that to the audience

and you can feel the rapport coming back to you.

That's my drug, if you will, for want of a better description.

That's my drug. I love to... I live on that.

# ..Don't you know I need you so?

# Tell me, please, I gotta know... #

EVELYN: But he's had a lot of ups and he's had a very lot of downs.

# Am I just another guy? #

And, in fact, probably I hurt more than he does.

But I try and hide it as best I can.

But I go everywhere with him like that.

# Laura and Tommy were lovers... #

'If I had a pure choice,

'I would like to do a programme without Tell Laura.

'It's 52 years I've been singing that song now.

'Sometimes I'd like to leave it out and do something new.

'But because people are so close to that particular song,

'you know, I've had piles of letters about how people have named their child after my record.

'That's very touching, but speaking as a personal artist,'

I'd just love occasionally to be able to just leave that out.

But of course, I know it will never happen, so I'm trapped.

There you are.

# Tell Laura I may be late

# I've something to do... #

There are days, I've got to hold my hand up,

there are days when I put my hand up and say, "I wish this was all over."

I do get fed up.

The only time he will stop singing is if his voice goes.

If he thought his voice was going, he wouldn't get up and make a fool of himself on stage.

No way he would do that.

Don't ask me what he would do if he had to give it up. I've got no idea.

Face that when it comes.

# ..Tell Laura I love her

# Tell Laura I need her

# Tell Laura not to cry

# My love for her will never die... #

'Well, I'm more Ricky than David now.

'David Spencer seems like another person to me.'

# ..Tell Laura I love her... #

'I am as I am.'

# ..Tell Laura I need her... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Could you sign that one?

There you go.

A wonderful show!

God bless you.

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