# Ricky Valance | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 11:01 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ricky Valance
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ricky-valance`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 11:01 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-bcfb18289f1c4048
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1262
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 7
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Tell Laura I Love Her
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Ricky Valance was born David Spencer in Northern Ireland in 1939. He started recording for Decca Records in 1959, and the following year he released 'Tell Laura I Love Her,' a ballad about a young man saying goodbye to his girlfriend before going off to war. The song became a hit in the UK and several other countries. That song was his biggest success, though he recorded other singles like...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Tell Laura I Love Her — https://lyroverse.com/ricky-valance/tell-laura-i-love-her