Dickie Rock
Dickie Rock (born Richard Rock, 10 October 1938) is an Irish singer. He experienced much success on the Irish charts during the 1960s, but has continued on as a popular live act as well as occasionally hitting the charts ever since.
Early fame
Rock was born in the North Strand, Dublin and raised in Cabra on Dublin's Northside.
Between 1963 and 1972 he was one of the frontmen of the Miami Showband (who were later in the headlines due to the Miami Showband killings incident). He had thirteen top ten hits with the Miami Showband, including seven number ones. Dickie Rock and the Miami were the first Irish artists to go straight into the number one spot with "Every Step of the Way" in 1965. During his time with the Miami Showband, Rock attracted the kind of mass hysteria normally reserved for the Beatles.
In 1966, he sang for Ireland in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, "Come Back to Stay". He entered as a solo artist and finished fourth in the Contest. This song also became a number one hit in Ireland.
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- 20 Very Special Love Songs released: 2002
20 Very Special Love Songs
Released 2002- Every Step of the Way
- Yours
- Till
- I'll Hide My Teardrops
- There's Always Me
- Coward of the County
- Angeline
- Candy Store
- Mandy
- Just for Old Times Sake
- Come Back to Stay
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
- She Believes in Me
- You're My World
- Love Me Tender
- Back Home Again
- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
- How Could You Go
- I Write the Songs
- The Wonder of You
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The Wonder Of You
by: Dickie RockWhen no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on
And you're always there to lend a hand
In everything I do
That's the wonder
The wonder of you
And when you smile the world is brighter
You touch my hand and I'm a king
Your kiss to me is worth a fortune
Your love for me is everything
I'll guess I'll never know the reason why
You love me like you do
That's the wonder