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The Palladium performance also kick-started his recording career.

Between 1964 and 1973 Doonican was rarely out of the UK Singles Chart, his greatest successes including the singles " Walk Tall ", " The Special Years ", " Elusive Butterfly ", " What Would I Be ", ( on Decca ) " If The Whole World Stopped Loving " ( Pye ), and " Morning " ( Philips ); and the albums 13 Lucky Shades of Val Doonican ( Decca ), and Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently ( Pye ) which reached Number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 1967.

After a spell with Philips records in the seventies he also recorded for RCA.

He also sang the theme song to the film Ring of Bright Water.