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"Richard Paul "Dick" Rowe" was an A&R man at Decca Records from the 1950s to the 1960s.

He was one of the most important producers and record executives in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and early 1960s and is the man who signed The Rolling Stones, them (band)/Them (Van Morrison), The Moody Blues, The Tremeloes, The Zombies, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Brumbeats, The Tornados, Tom Jones (singer)/Tom Jones, The Small Faces, The Marmalade and Eternal Triangle amongst others.

As a producer he had several number ones in the singles chart, and his discography includes:

* The Stargazers (1940s–1950s group)/The Stargazers: "Broken Wings" released Feb 1953

* Lita Roza: "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" Mar 1953

* Jimmy Young (disc jockey)/Jimmy Young: "Unchained Melody" Apr 1955

* Jimmy Young (disc jockey)/Jimmy Young: "The Man from Laramie" Sep 1955

* Dickie Valentine: "Christmas Alphabet" Nov 1955

* Jet Harris and Tony Meehan: "Diamonds (Jerry Lordan song)/Diamonds" 1963

* Engelbert Humperdinck: some tracks on "Greatest Love Songs"

* Them/Van Morrison: "Gloria (Them song)/Gloria"

* Al Hibbler: "Unchained Melody (reached number 3 in the Billboard charts in 1955)

* Billy Fury: "Halfway to Paradise" (reached number 2 in 1961 in the UK)