DAVE CLARK FIVE
Popular contemporaries of the early Beatles, they were formed in London in 1958 by ex-stuntman and drummer Dave Clark (born December 14, 1942), and bass player Chris Walsh. After a number of line up changes by 1961 Clark had settled for vocalist and organist Mike Smith (born December 12, 1943), guitarist Lenny Davidson (born May 30, 1944), saxaphonist Dennis Payton (born August 1, 1943) and bassist Rick Huxley (born August 5, 1942). After their first four singles failed to do much, they surprised the world in November of 1963 by knocking the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the British charts with "Glad All Over." Along with "Bits and Pieces," "Because," and "Anyway You Want It," "Glad All Over" was one of 8 Top Twenty hits in the US in 1964, and the Dave Clark Five was the first of the British Invasion bands to succeed in the US after the Beatles. Their movie, Catch Us If You Can (1965), directed by John Boorman, however, was a pale imitation of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night . Managed and produced by Dave Clark himself, he wrote most of the bands songs, and even bought the rights to the TV show, Ready Steady Go!, which presented all of the rock bands of the 60s. Clark continued to make it as a businessman, but the band's music deteriorated quickly after 1965, and they finally called it quits in 1970. Early Discography
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