I wonder if The Rockin' Ramrods song 'She Lied' was meant as a disillusioned answer song, since it came out about six months after The Dave Clark Five's 'Glad All Over' hit the charts.
Saw them at Roundhay Park in Leeds 1964. 11 years old. We climbed over the fence. My parents had no idea where I was. Got a few autographs later stolen. What a fab era to grow up in.
Well youngsters today can watch and listen to this stuff on on YT but do they? It frustrates me how radio presenters will rave over a 60s number then play some tuneless, tedious crap and say it's also brilliant.
I was in America in 1963 had thick british accent....Started band known as Oak Cliff Beats in 1963....American girls tore our suits up, messed our hair up, ripped our clothing, we had police protection, never forget it !!! We did this number on several appearances, we did Del Shannons version of From Me To You, a number written by John Lennon of the Beatles, I played Harmonica on this one, we were over run on stage with damage to our amps from American females....
Unforgettable moments... wonderful times, the sixties and seventies... quality music... times when everything was much more relaxed. Big contrast to today's society. Dave Clark Five... pure youth sentiment...!
I was 15 in 1964 when we got invaded by the British again, and The Dave Clark Five were right up there with the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Hermits, and the rest of the top rock groups from across the pond.
I was 8 when The Beatles and The DC5 first appeared on Ed Sullivan's show. I remember that the "greasers" in my neighborhood liked the DC 5 because they didn't have "long" hair like The Beatles. I loved the British Invasion bands, and so did all my friends
My late dad used to play this when I were a kid I hated it, as a adult I can now understand his taste in music also brings memories of him sitting in the arm chair playing air drums and smiling like a Cheshire cat.
AND NOW....ON OUR STAGE TONIGHT...THE DAVE CLARK FIVE! ! ! ! ! Nobody did it like THEY DID. Tom Hanks' introduction of the DC5 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame summed it ALL UP. Thank YOU Dave Clark, Mike Smith, Rick Huxley, Lenny Davidson and Denis Payton. The TOTTENHAM SOUND! It will live forever!
I was 7 Ken and my 2 aunts had this 45 record plus many more from this era. I was around them a lot, seeing they were my dads 2 sisters and they played this song quite a lot. I fell in love with this music.The Honeycombs record Have I The Right and this one made you want to get up and dance or, stomp your feet
I worked with Bobby Graham for about eighteen months on a musical - he was producer, and I was Production Assistant and Assistant MD. This was back in 1975/6, and we talked (a lot!) about Bobby's past. He was adamant that he played on virtually every one of the Dave Clark recordings: he always said that Dave Clark was a good business manager, but not so good on drums. At the London Palladium live performances, Dave Clark had pads on his drums so that he could seem to be playing them, but Bobby was actually set up backstage and playing. For several performances, the bass was also played by a session guy offstage. But neither Bobby nor the bass player were visually as acceptable for the on-stage image that Dave Clark wanted to project (shades of the early "boy bands"??), and anyway, Bobby was earning more with regular work as a session drummer than he would have earned in an ephemeral band. He'd already been there with Joe Brown, and didn't want to go back to that way of life. Mum Neate (his mother) confirmed this to me. She was always proud of what Bobby did, but also very blunt about his successes and failures! Bobby was an absolute mine of information and gossip about the 60s music scene - he had been in it from the start, until he lost it all when he worked with Philips in Holland and got into the wrong company. Fortunately he pulled through and 'dried out' by the early 70s. Interesting times!
RIP Mike. Thank you for writing this great song and for that great voice of yours that surely made us "Glad All Over". This song of yours is what put the Dave Clark Five on the map here in the USA and many other countries. Thank you Mike.
I had the pleasure of meeting this man and his family when he lived in Kissimmee Florida I rebuilt a motor in a van for him got to know him and his family well I lost contact with his family after he passed if his family's sees this get a hold of me miss and love you guys
It's great, but it was originally recorded by Chris Kenner, written by Kenner and the incomparable Allen Toussaint. Kenner's version reached #2 in 1961 and was a terrific track, just not Mike Smith.
My dad said of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands, “ they’re awful, six months from now they’ll be gone. “when you’re my age, you want even remember them.”
These guys were a HUGE part of the sound of 1960s. I was weaned on this music having been born in 1958 my first sense of the sound coming out of the radio was Dave Clark,The Beatles and The Stones. the DC5 however never got anywhere NEAR the respect they deserve for being there right at the beginning of 60s pop music.
Oh yes they did they were on Ed Sullivan 18 times. way more than the Beatles they were actually better than the Beatle in many ways and Dave Clark was a musical genius
Ray Poirier Ray I've already stated they were huge in the 1960s and their Sullivan appearances reflect that perfectly.It's their historic legacy that is being overlooked.They are not given the same respect or designation of importance as the other most influencial acts of that era and its a shame.
The most underrated group of the "Invasion" People don't know or don't remember that they challenged The Beatles as the numero uno band in America back in the day. Mike Smith was a good-lookin' bugger that was one of the very best vocalists of his time and pounded on his Continental. Man, these guys ROCKED!
RIP the three members of The Dave Clark Five Rick Huxley (August 5, 1940 - February 11, 2013), aged 72 Denis Payton (August 11, 1943 - December 17, 2006), aged 63 Mike Smith (December 6, 1943 - February 28, 2008), aged 64 You will always be remembered as legends.
@@rw8733 Dave shared the wealth with the band while they were playing and their greatest hits royalties. After they broke up, they all went different directions. Mike stayed in music and the others went into business for themselves. Dave bought Ready Steady Go and put out video tapes for sale. He also produced other bands like Queen. He invested wisely and did make money. If the others didn't make wise choices and lost money then that has nothing to do with Dave Clark.
At the time I was a 14 years old and about to be exposed to the greatest period in pop music the world has ever seen and unfortunately never to be repeated.
I was lucky enough to have seen them twice live in 1964 at the Tottenham royal ballroom. I Still remember this after all these years,fantastic.I was 11 at the time.
Surprisingly , the main competition to the Beatles was not the Stones at first , but these guys . The fans loved them and they had several huge songs .
This takes me right back to the days when I sat glued to the wireless on a Sunday afternoon listening to Alan Freeman's Pick of the Pops. 1963 and 1964 were great years for Pop Music.
I was standing outside the stage entrance after the performance at the Ed Sullivan theater when they came to NYC. I landed up jumping on top of their limousine as they were leaving the theater. A brave NYC pulled me off the car! I was only 13 but so excited about seeing them!
GREGORY SIMMS - Sooo true. My husband & I ensured our children got to hear and, thanks to RU-vid, SEE what quality music sounds and looks like. Best Wishes.
If this song dont make you move your dead iv always loved the saxophone in pop songs, thats why i loved this group, one of the best from the great 60s.
Sounds so much like the Beatles I had to look it up to make sure it wasn’t. Heard of the Dave Clark Five before as they were popular during the British Invasion but now I have a new found respect for them. Much like the Kinks, Animals, Beatles etc.
The first thing I noticed was they look like they are having fun, I listen to a lot of different music, but sometimes I see who is singing and you just can't unsee that stuff. These guys are having a good time and they look classey to boot.
Fair point, but I would also suggest Love Affair (Steve Ellis) have a claim to that title lol. Just glad we are able to enjoy (and view) this wonderful music again. TG for YT.
We where the opening band for The Dave Clark 5 at a Boston Garden concert in 1966. We where called The Kastawys and we were from Boston. Mike and all the guy's in the band where gentlemen in every respect of the word. We had a wonderful and memorable night entertaining the 27,000 or so fans. Truly the good old days.
@@QueenFan12 No but I have some stuff when some of us formed another band in 2012.We changed our name to the Clock Work Orange Band. I am Charles Garabedian, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L2lT9tmtss4.html
I saw them years ago at the Long Beach Convention Center. Loved it. Dave the drummer was best friends of Freddie Mercury until his death. Lenny and Dave are the only ones alive now. I remember them arriving 1963...I LOVED THE 60S