When I was compiling a YouTube music playlist for The Alaskan Blonde, I included some of the chart hits from the time (Oct 1953 to March 1954 or so). Perhaps understandably, the #1 hit the week of Valentine’s Day in 1954 was “Secret Love” by Doris Day.

It first hit the radio a couple of weeks after Cecil’s murder, and I’m sure this headline writer from the San Francisco Chronicle had heard it (below). And of course Diane left behind a scrappy Valentine’s note behind before her suicide too, which gives the song a tragic feel….