Valentino's first success was as a founding member of the Fabulous Poodles, but he is most often recognised as the violinist and co-writer of the #1 hit single "Young at Heart", by the Bluebells.

After leaving the Fabulous Poodles in the early 1980s, Valentino was a member of the Electric Bluebirds before joining the Hank Wangford Band at the beginning of 1984.

These included a TV special, Christmas in Strangeways showing the band in concert on Boxing Day with a captive audience in Manchester's Victorian jail.

Valentino's violin can be heard on tracks by artists including Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bob Geldof, the Alabama 3 and Shania Twain.

His own most recent band, Los Pistoleros, sees him teamed up once again with former Hank Wangford bandmates B. J. Cole and Martin Belmont.

A part-time actor and model, Valentino has performed in West End musical theatre, such as in Destry Rides Again with Alfred Molina and Jill Gascoigne and in C.H.A.P.S.

In 1996, You're Telling Me, which consisted of some new tracks and the best of You're in the Groove Jackson, was released by Vireo Records to critical acclaim and Valentino appeared at the 1996 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas to launch the album.