# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-valance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:16:07.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-valance"
name: "Ricky Valance"
slug: "ricky-valance"
description: "David Spencer, known professionally as Ricky Valance, was a Welsh pop singer. He was best known for the UK number one single \"Tell Laura I Love Her\", which sold more than a million copies in 1960. He was the first male Welsh singer to have a UK number one single hit."
tagline: "Welsh singer (1936-2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-04-10"
deathDate: "2020-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             14.15841584158416
  historical:           10.98304933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/64fAqSzZd73oWkEJ6gp0Br"
    handle:    "64fAqSzZd73oWkEJ6gp0Br"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickyvalance.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ريكى ڤالانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ریکی والانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance"
    title: "Ricky Valance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bfa837a6-4373-4024-b608-c2c8944fc6ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump