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*[[Dave Clark (musician)|Dave Clark]] (born David Clark, 15 December 1942, [[Tottenham]], North London, England) – Drums.<ref name=rockhall>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/dave-clark-five |title=The Dave Clark Five |publisher=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref><ref name=tsimon>{{cite web |url=http://www.tsimon.com/dcfive.htm|title=Dave Clark Five|publisher=tsimon.com|accessdate=2010-11-16 }}</ref> |
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*[[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]] (born Michael George Smith, 6 December 1943, North Middlesex Hospital, [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], North London – died 28 February 2008, Aylesbury, [[Buckinghamshire]]) – Lead vocals, keyboards<ref name=rockhall/> |
*[[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]] (born Michael George Smith, 6 December 1943, North Middlesex Hospital, [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], North London – died 28 February 2008, Aylesbury, [[Buckinghamshire]]) – Lead vocals, keyboards<ref name=rockhall/> |
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The Dave Clark Five | |
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Get Yourself a College Girl appearance, 1964. From left: Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton, Rick Huxley, and Dave Clark. | |
Background information | |
Origin | Tottenham, London, England |
Genres | Pop rock, beat |
Years active | 1958–1970 |
Labels | Columbia (EMI) (Epic (US), Capitol (Canada)) |
Past members | Dave Clark Mike Smith Lenny Davidson Rick Huxley Denis Payton |
The Dave Clark Five (also known as "The DC5") were an English pop rock group. Their single "Glad All Over" knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK singles charts in January 1964; it peaked at number 6 in the United States in April 1964.[1]
They were the second group of the British Invasion on The Ed Sullivan Show, appearing in March for two weeks after the Beatles appeared three straight weeks in February 1964. For some time the Dave Clark Five were more popular in the US than in their native UK, but had a renaissance in the UK between 1967 and 1970. The group disbanded in late 1970. On 10 March 2008, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[2]
History
The band started out as the Dave Clark Quintet in 1957, with Clark on drums, Dave Sanford on lead guitar, Chris Walls on bass, Don Vale on piano (and arranger). In 1958, Sanford was replaced by Rick Huxley and the band became the Dave Clark Five with Stan Saxon on lead vocals, Huxley on rhythm guitar, Roger Smedley on piano, and Johnny Johnson on lead guitar. Mick Ryan replaced Johnson in 1958 and Jim Spencer joined on saxophone, while Smedley left. Walls left in 1959 and Huxley became the bass player. Mike Smith joined on piano in 1960, and Lenny Davidson replaced Ryan in 1961. In 1962, the band changed its name to the Dave Clark Five when Saxon left. The group was Clark on drums, Huxley on bass, Smith on organ and lead vocals, and Davidson on lead guitar, adding Denny Payton on tenor and baritone saxophone,[3] harmonica and guitar.
Originating in North London the band was promoted as the vanguard of the "Tottenham Sound", a response to the Mersey Beat stable managed by Brian Epstein. Dave Clark, who formed the group, occasionally placed his drum kit at the front of the stage, with the guitarists and organ to his rear and sides, and struck business deals that allowed him to produce the band's recordings and gave him control of the master recordings.[4] Songwriting credits went to Clark, Clark and Smith, Clark and Davidson, and Clark and Payton.
The Dave Clark Five had 17 records in the Top 40 of the US Billboard chart and 12 Top 40 hits in their native UK between 1964 and 1967. Their song "Over And Over" went to number one in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 on Christmas Day 1965, despite less impressive sales in the UK (it peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart), and they played to sell-out crowds on their tours of the U.S. The Dave Clark Five was the first British band of the British Invasion to tour the US, and they made 18 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show[5] – the most of any British Invasion group.
After the success of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night in 1964, the band released their own film, Catch Us If You Can (directed by John Boorman) in 1965. It also starred Barbara Ferris, and was released in the United States as Having a Wild Weekend. The short film Hits in Action highlighted a series of Dave Clark Five hits.
After their initial success, which included the movie and a television special, the major hits dried up in the US after 1967's "You Got What It Takes", although the band had several substantial hits in the UK in the 1967–1970 period. Other than the songs "Inside and Out", "Maze of Love" and "Live in the Sky" (the latter actually quotes directly from the Beatles' "All You Need is Love"), the band did not follow the trend of psychedelic music.[6] The DC5 disbanded in 1970, having placed three singles on the UK chart that year, two of which reached the Top Ten. In 1970, Davidson, Huxley and Payton left and Alan Parker and Eric Ford joined on lead guitar and bass. This line-up, renamed "Dave Clark & Friends", lasted until 1973.
Between 1978 and 1993, none of their music was available to be purchased in any commercial format, as rights-holder Clark declined to licence the band's recordings. In 1993, a single CD "Glad All Over Again" was produced by Dave himself and released by EMI in Britain.[7][8] After a 1989 deal with the Disney Channel to rebroadcast the 1960s ITV show Ready Steady Go! (which Clark owned), he made a deal with Disney-owned Hollywood Records to issue in 1993 a double CD "History of the Dave Clark Five". At the time, Hollywood needed product and so met Clark's demand for a larger-than-usual advance.[9] The deal also included such things as getting DC5 songs into Disney movies and creating a DC5-themed cafe at the United Kingdom Pavilion of Disney World's Epcot; when the project lost money due to low CD sales and the other things never went forward, Clark was able to end the contract early.[9] No DC5 material was then legally available until 2008, when the "Hits" compilation was released by Universal Music in the UK. In 2009 selections from the band's catalogue were released on iTunes.
Post break-up
Dave Clark was also the manager and executive producer of the band. Following the group's break-up, Clark set up a media company. In the process, he acquired the rights to the 1960s pop series Ready Steady Go!. Additionally he was executive producer and listed as co-writer for the 1986 London stage performance of Time – The Musical which featured the last living performance of Sir Laurence Olivier. The production received critical acclaim and featured unique electronic and mechanical theater stagecraft. A two-disc vinyl album was released in conjunction with the stage production featuring music recorded by Julian Lennon (singing DC5's song "Because"), Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, Cliff Richard, Ashford & Simpson and Olivier's selected dialogue. This double album was digitally remastered and released on iTunes in May 2012.
Mike Smith released a now scarce CD in 2000 titled It's Only Rock & Roll and returned to performing in 2003 after a hiatus of 25 years. He formed Mike Smith's Rock Engine and did two mini-tours of the U.S. He died on 28 February 2008 in London from a spinal injury sustained after scaling a fence at his home in Spain.[10]
Denis Payton died on 17 December 2006 at the age of 63 after a long battle with cancer. Rick Huxley died from emphysema on 11 February 2013 at the age of 72. Len Davidson taught guitar for many years at a school in Cambridgeshire, where he still lives.
Induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Dave Clark Five made the list of nominees for the class of 2008, and on 13 December 2007 it was announced that the band would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2008.[2] The group was inducted by Tom Hanks, who wrote, directed, and starred in the film That Thing You Do!, which was about an American one-hit wonder band that became popular in the wake of the British Invasion.
In attendance with the three surviving members of the DC5 were the families of Lenny Davidson and Rick Huxley, and Denis Payton's two sons. Mike Smith had planned on attending but died eleven days before the induction. Dave Clark opened up his acceptance speech by saying that he felt like he was at the Oscars. Davidson gave mention that they arrived in New York City for the ceremony on 8 March, exactly 44 years after their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Joan Jett honoured the Dave Clark Five by performing "Bits and Pieces" with John Mellencamp's band. To perform "Glad All Over", Jett was joined by John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel and other artists that performed throughout the evening.
In March 2008 a 28-track collection, The Dave Clark Five: The Hits, was released on iTunes.
Personnel
At the peak of its success the band included:[11]
- Dave Clark (born David Clark, 15 December 1942, Tottenham, North London, England) – Drums.[12][13]
- Mike Smith (born Michael George Smith, 6 December 1943, North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, North London – died 28 February 2008, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) – Lead vocals, keyboards[12]
- Lenny Davidson (born Leonard Arthur Davidson, 30 May 1944, Enfield, Middlesex) (ex The Off Beats, The Impalas) – Lead guitar[12]
- Rick Huxley (born Richard Huxley, 5 August 1940, Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent – died 11 February 2013) (ex The Riverside Blues Boys, The Spon Valley Stompers) – Bass guitar.[12]
- Denis Payton (born Dennis Archibald West Payton, 11 August 1943, Walthamstow, East London – died 17 December 2006,[14] in Bournemouth, Dorset) (ex The Renegades, The Les Heath Combo, The Blue Dukes, The Mike Jones Combo) – Tenor and baritone saxophones, harmonica, guitar.[12]
Singles
The Dave Clark Five's UK Top Ten singles (1963–70) were as follows: "Glad All Over" (No.1 for 2 weeks from 14 January 1964); "Bits and Pieces" (No.2, March 1964); "Can't You See That She's Mine" (No.10, June 1964); "Catch Us If You Can" (No.5, August 1965); "Everybody Knows" (No.2, November 1967); "The Red Balloon" (No.7, October 1968); "Good Old Rock'n'Roll" (No.7, January 1970) and, finally, "Everybody Get Together" (a cover version of "Get Together", the Chet Powers' song popularised by The Youngbloods in the US), which peaked at No.8 in April 1970.
The Dave Clark Five's United States singles hits included "Glad All Over" (No.6, April 1964),"Bits and Pieces" (No.4, May 1964),[15] "Can't You See That She's Mine?" (No.4, July 1964), "Because" (No.3, August/September 1964), "Anyway You Want It" (No.14, December 1964), "I Like It Like That" (No.7, July 1965), "Catch Us If You Can" (No.4, October 1965), "Over And Over" (No.1, 25 December 1965) and "You Got What It Takes" (No.7, May 1967).
The Dave Clark Five's Canadian singles hits as listed in RPM Magazine (Sept.1964 onwards) included "Because" (No.3, September 1964), "Everybody Knows" (No.21, November 1964), "Anyway You Want It" (No.7, January 1965), "Come Home" (No.6, March 1965), "Reelin' & Rockin'" (No.10, May 1965), "I Like It Like That" (No.3, July 1965), "Catch Us If You Can" (No.5, September 1965), "Over And Over" (No.1, 25 December 1965), "At the Scene" (No.1, March 1966), "Try Too Hard" (No.5, May 1966), "Please Tell Me Why" (No.5, July 1966), "Satisfied With You" (No.32, September 1966), "Nineteen Days" (No.23, November 1966), "I've Got To Have A Reason" (No.31, February 1967), "You've Got What It Takes" (No.7, May 1967), "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" (No.37, July 1967), and "Red And Blue" (No.42, December 1967).
Discography
Studio albums
- Glad All Over (US; 1964)
- The Dave Clark Five Return! (US; 1964) / A Session with The Dave Clark Five (UK; 1964)
- American Tour (US; 1964)
- Coast to Coast (US; 1965)
- Weekend in London (US; 1965)
- Having a Wild Weekend (US; 1965) / Catch Us If You Can (UK; 1965)
- I Like It Like That (US; 1965)
- Try Too Hard (US; 1966)
- Satisfied with You (US; 1966)
- 5 By 5 (US; 1967)
- You Got What It Takes (US; 1967)
- Everybody Knows (UK; 1967) / (US; 1968)
- 5 by 5 = Go! (UK; 1969)
- If Somebody Loves You (UK; 1969)
- Good Old Rock'n'Roll (UK; 1970)
References
- ^ Gundersen, Edna (6 March 2008). "For Dave Clark Five, the accolades finally arrive – USATODAY.com". usatoday.com. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Inductees for 2008". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ Denny Payton had replaced former member and saxophone player Jim Spencer, who had come to the band through Rick Huxley. Spencer left the band in 1962, choosing to be close to his young family over the prospect of extensive touring. See Profile of Jim Spencer by Iris Clapp, "All anyone wants to talk about is the Dave Clark Five". Billericay Weekly News, 19 December 2008; www.billericayweeklynews.co.uk.
- ^ James E. Perone, Mods, rockers, and the music of the British invasion, page94. ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 0275998606. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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- ^ James E. Perone, Mods, rockers, and the music of the British invasion, page99. ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 0275998606. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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at position 21 (help) - ^ "Glad All Over Again CD Edition by The Dave Clark Five @ ARTISTdirect.com – Shop, Listen, Download". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Dave Clark Five, The – Glad All Over Again (Thirty Five Solid Gold Hits – A Selection of the DC5's 50 Million Sellers) (CD) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ a b Bronson, Harold (4 April 2014). "The Dave Clark Five: Dave Clark's Miscalculation". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies". BBC. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
- ^ "Skidmore-BritRock 1960s British Rock and Pop Chronology – Birth of a Nation" (birthdates), Gordon Thompson, 2006-09-17.
- ^ a b c d e "The Dave Clark Five". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Dave Clark Five". tsimon.com. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ "Dave Clark Five star Payton dies", webpage: BBC News
- ^ Dave Clark interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
External links
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