Dickie Pride's lyrics & chords

Dickie Pride was born Richard Charles Knellar on October 21 1941 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England. By the time he was eight, he was winning praise for his singing, and staff at the Royal School of Church Music felt that his voice was potentially operatic. However Dickie took off in a different direction and at 16 formed a skiffle group called the Semi-Tones. He was spotted singing in a Tooting pub by Russ Conway who persuaded Larry Parnes to watch Dickie the next week. Parnes liked what he heard, signed him up to his stable and changed his na...read more