Always Me [Hardback], Dickie Rock

For the first time ever, and in his own words, Dickie Rock lays bare the story of his rise to fame and the many challenges that have faced his family over the years. His start as a boy soprano with the local choir in Cabra West, marked the young Dickie Rock as an unlikely future sex symbol but blessed with a velvet voice that made the ladies swoon and the men envious, he became the most celebrated singer of the Showband generation. As lead singer of the legendary Miami Showband, his concerts often mirrored the scenes of hysteria and adulation that greeted The Beatles.Dickie and the band packed out ballrooms the length and breadth of the country and dominated the Irish charts for most of the Sixties. His wedding to Judy Murray in 1966 was the most talked about celebrity event of its time. Dickie Rock managed to retain his crown as the country's most loved entertainers long after the ballrooms closed their doors and became Ireland's undisputed cabaret king but behind the success and fame lay unbearable heartache.His family was beset with a series of harrowing, personal tragedies and had to find a way to deal with them while facing their own demons and the glare of the media spotlight. Honest, witty and uncompromising, "Always Me" is the most revealing insight ever into the enigma that is Dickie Rock.