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The Dave Clark Five (also known as
"The DC5") were an English pop rock group. They were the second group of
the British Invasion, after The Beatles, to appear on The Ed Sullivan
Show when the single "Glad All Over" knocked "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
off the top of the British charts, then in February 1964 went to #6 in
the United States.
| 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. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tottenham, London, England |
| Genres | Pop rock, beat |
| Years active | 1958–1970 |
| Labels | Epic (US), Columbia (EMI) (UK), Capitol (Canada) |
| Past members | |
| Dave Clark Mike Smith Lenny Davidson Rick Huxley Denis Payton | |
The Dave Clark Five had several more hit songs in the United States during 1964-67, including "Bits and Pieces" (#4, April 1964), "Can't You See That She's Mine" (#4, June 1964), "Because" (#3, August 1964), "Anyway You Want It" (#14, November 1964), "I Like It Like That" (#7, June 1965), "Catch Us If You Can" (#4, August 1965), "Over And Over" (#1, December 25, 1965), and "You Got What It Takes" (#7, April 1967). The group disbanded in late 1970.
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) and A N Other on saxophone. 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, Smith on organ, 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 Billboard's Top 40, with 12 Top 40 United Kingdom hits 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 than impressive sales in the UK (it peaked at No.45 on the UK singles chart), and they played to sell-out crowds on their tours of the U.S. Promoted as having a "cleaner" image than the Beatles,[citation needed] the Dave Clark Five were among the first British bands to tour the USA, 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 song "Inside and Out", 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 1975 and 1993, none of their music was available to be purchased in any commercial format, as rights-holder Clark declined to license the band's recordings at that time. In 1993, the double CD "History of the Dave Clark Five" was released by Hollywood Records in the USA, and a single CD, Glad All Over Again was released by EMI in Britain.[7][8]
Both were released with great fanfare and sold well, but were taken off the market after approximately three years. 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.
On 10 March 2008 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
LYRICS:
It's right that I should care about you
And try to make you happy when you're blue
It's right, it's right to feel the way I do
Because, because I love you
It's wrong to say I don't think of you
'Cause when you say these things
You know it makes me blue
Give me one kiss and I'll be happy
Just, just to be with you
Give me, give me, a chance to be near you
Because, because I love you
Organ solo
Give me one kiss and I'll be happy
Just, just to be with you
Give me, give me a chance to near you
Because, because I love you
Because, because I love you
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