I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where I'd give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks.

After a number of small parts he was given a more substantial role in the play Night Must Fall playing opposite Dame Sybil Thorndike. Faith's last Top Ten hit in the UK (in October 1963) was "The First Time" (UK No. In autumn 1969 he took the lead in a touring production of Billy Liar.

He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.