The Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five ( DC5 ) were a British music group in the mid- 1960s was successful. They were one of the few bands that could come close to the commercial success of the Beatles.
History
The Dave Clark Five were in their successful occupation of Dave Clark ( drums), Mike Smith (keyboards, vocals), Lenny Davidson (guitar), Rick Huxley (bass) and Denis Payton (saxophone ).
The group had a string of hits, including Glad All Over, which displaced the Beatles in January 1964 from position 1 on the British charts. Characteristic of the early records of the band were a tight rhythm and a protruding acoustic drums. She was especially popular in the U.S., where she played to sold out halls and was 18 times on the Ed Sullivan Show as a guest. Overall, she was able to take 24 shots in the Billboard Top 100, including 1964-1967 17 top- 40 hits. With its title " Over And Over", they reached # 1 on the U.S. singles charts. But even in their homeland, their records sold well: as proven eight top ten and a total of 22 top -fifty hits in the British charts.
After the Beatles 1964 film A Hard Day 's Night brought out, and the Dave Clark Five took on a film, Catch Us If You Can (1965, directed by John Boorman ). From 1967, the group's success in the U.S. eased, while you still get some top - ten hits in the UK. Musically, she returned with the 1969 soundtrack LP The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll, of which two successful EPs were released to their roots, but broke up after being in the summer of 1970, still a hit with Jerry Keller ' Here Comes Summer " had, at the end of this year.
In December 2006, the former saxophonist Denis Payton died. On 10 March 2008, the Dave Clark Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A few days before the ceremony, Mike Smith died on 28 February 2008. Smith had been paralyzed since a fall in September 2003. The third original member Rick Huxley died on February 11, 2013 at the age of 72 years.