This box set is the ultimate pop collection, 43 albums featuring many of the biggest hits performed on the legendary pop music chart BBC TV programme Top of the Pops, which ran for a record shattering 42 years from January 1964 to July 2006! The show totalled an amazing 2205 episodes and at its peak attracted 15 million viewers per week! This complete set features a total of 875 tracks, including over 600 top ten hits and over 150 number one's!
The Valerie Dore project was started with the voice of Dora Carofiglio, the vocalist of Novecento. She sang "The Night" but the song was promoted by Monica Stucchi and Valerie Dore became the stage name of Monica Stucchi only who sang, with Novecento, the following two hits "Get Closer" and "It's So Easy". Monica Stucchi was discovered at age 20 by the Italo producer Roberto Gasparini, who launched her solo career and give her the stage name Valerie Dore to improve her international appeal. Dore's first single, "The Night" (1984) arranged by Lino Nicolosi, "Get Closer" and "It's So Easy", released in 1984 and 1985, respectively. During this time, the Italian music news publication TV Sorrisi e Canzoni ("Smiles and Songs") gave Valerie Dore the Best New Artist of the Year Award. She also finished second at Festivalbar and performed on the TV show "Azzurro" and on German TV.