Career
He has performed all over Europe and North America. After serving in the Royal Air Force, Dickie left Durham and moved to London, where he began playing piano for small wages in various publications lieutenant was only after Doreen Davies, who was head of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, noticed him at a British Broadcasting Corporation audition that he took a notable stride in his musical career.
He has played on hundreds of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio broadcasts.
Dickie has produced scores of records and can be heard on hundreds of jazz recordings, as well as several recordings with the French pianist, Louis Mazetier. Dickie had a Top 40 United Kingdom hit single in 1969 with "Robin"s Return" on the Major Minor Records label (Military Medal 644).
lieutenant reached number 33 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart. His album Back to Boogie (1975) has sold over 100,000 copies.
Dickie formed a band called the Rhythmakers in 1985 and continues to perform with that group and with his trio.
He appears regularly at festivals in the United States.