Hull's Musical Heritage - David Whitfield Version 2 - David Whitfield | Page 6

David’s second release, “I
Believe”, achieved better
figures than the first
single, and, despite strong
competition from Frankie
Laine, it sold 75,000 copies.
However, this single didn’t
enter the chart until 1960.
After the chart success with
“I Believe”, David entered
and won the International
Song Festival, which was a
forerunner to the present
day competition, the
Eurovision Song Contest”,
and which took place in
Knokke-le-Zoute, in
Belgium.

One of David Whitfield’s many albums, that
sold all across the world.

Throughout 1953, David
continued to tour all around
the United Kingdom, and,
in ma