Dave Clark Five.

marlowe said:

I've always thought Dave Clark had one of those faces that you just wanted to punch. Always looked far too pleased with himself sitting behind his drum kit for my liking. I know it's totally irrational but some people just have that effect on you. I wasn't a great fan of their music which I suppose didn't help.

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Boroseagull said:

Saw them 'live' a couple of times in the 60's, and good they were. However the biggest memory was when 'Glad All Over' was big and on the juke box in 'The Zodiak', St. James's St. All us bikers [Rockers in those days] of Southern Observers M/C Club used to go in there Friday nights. If you know the song you can understand when we used to stamp our bike booted feet hard on the floor, only the problem was it caused the ceiling of the shop below [Hilton's Shoes] to shed it's plaster. Needless to say the record was soon removed.

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Icy Gull said:

The band were massive in the their day and broke America in a bigger way than most British bands if I remember correctly. Dave Clark himself is a pretty smart chap

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...1510/Dave-Clark-Five-Bigger-than-Beatles.html

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Surf's Up said:

I thought they were crap then and nothing has happened since to change my mind. The adoption of "Glad All Over" by a certain abhorrent bunch of caravan dwelling non-entities has merely re-enforced my original opinion.

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Super Steve Earle said:

Like many in the 60's I enjoyed the music of the DC5. More particularly, I was a huge fan of Mike Smith, singer keyboard player and songwriter. I always had my favourites in the sixties bands, the guys I felt were the talent rather than the workers: Lennon (for me), Jones in the Stones, Nash in the Hollies and the inimitable Mike Smith. DC was allegedly something of a Colonel Parker figure, often described as a ruthless businessman running a successful money making machine, although he may have regretted withdrawing them from the market for a couple of decades. There's some interesting stuff around the band on t'internet including a minor local interest snippet regarding Smith for local footie fans to spot. But no-one can deny the infectious stomping power of many of their hits, the powerful vocals and keyboard work of Smith, the driving bass and drums and honking sax. There may be an interesting backstory to tell one day, but they were hugely successful and created some infectious music with universal appeal at the time.

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Super Steve Earle said:

Like many in the 60's I enjoyed the music of the DC5. More particularly, I was a huge fan of Mike Smith, singer keyboard player and songwriter. I always had my favourites in the sixties bands, the guys I felt were the talent rather than the workers: Lennon (for me), Jones in the Stones, Nash in the Hollies and the inimitable Mike Smith. DC was allegedly something of a Colonel Parker figure, often described as a ruthless businessman running a successful money making machine, although he may have regretted withdrawing them from the market for a couple of decades. There's some interesting stuff around the band on t'internet including a minor local interest snippet regarding Smith for local footie fans to spot. But no-one can deny the infectious stomping power of many of their hits, the powerful vocals and keyboard work of Smith, the driving bass and drums and honking sax. There may be an interesting backstory to tell one day, but they were hugely successful and created some infectious music with universal appeal at the time.

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Super Steve Earle said:

Like many in the 60's I enjoyed the music of the DC5. More particularly, I was a huge fan of Mike Smith, singer keyboard player and songwriter. I always had my favourites in the sixties bands, the guys I felt were the talent rather than the workers: Lennon (for me), Jones in the Stones, Nash in the Hollies and the inimitable Mike Smith. DC was allegedly something of a Colonel Parker figure, often described as a ruthless businessman running a successful money making machine, although he may have regretted withdrawing them from the market for a couple of decades. There's some interesting stuff around the band on t'internet including a minor local interest snippet regarding Smith for local footie fans to spot. But no-one can deny the infectious stomping power of many of their hits, the powerful vocals and keyboard work of Smith, the driving bass and drums and honking sax. There may be an interesting backstory to tell one day, but they were hugely successful and created some infectious music with universal appeal at the time.

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mona said:

This interested me. Is the local football link that Mike Smith's former partner, Jane Geerts, is related to the long time manager of the Brighton Boys team?

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Super Steve Earle said:

Yes indeed. She was Tony Geerts daughter, sadly passed away in early April.

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