Posted February 28, 200817 yr Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith dead Source: yahoo Reuters - 13 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Smith, the lead singer of band the Dave Clark Five, died on Thursday of pneumonia at an English hospital, his U.S. agent said. Smith, 64, was admitted to a hospital outside London on Wednesday morning with a chest infection resulting from complications of a 2003 spinal cord injury that had left him paralyzed from the waist down, his New York agent, Margo Lewis, said in a statement. His death came just two weeks before the Dave Clark Five -- one of the leading bands of the 1960s British invasion -- was due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Dave Clark Five, whose hits included "Glad All Over" and "Bits and Pieces," were one of the first British bands to find major success in the United States after the Beatles. (Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Steve Gorman)
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February 29, 200817 yr This will make the induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame feel even more prominent. :( Rest In Piece and I heavily anticipate their induction segment on March 10th. :) :cry: Legendary band, only know a few singles but loved every single one of them. Edited February 29, 200817 yr by R.E.M.Pragmatist
February 29, 200817 yr Shame, one of the great British music voices although particularly with Mike Smith's Rock Engine and the Good Old Rock N Roll medley Anyone who doubts the brilliance of his voice should check out his versions of Bring It On Home and Lawdy Miss Clawdy As for his death it is sad but he had been very ill for a long time so not entirely unexpected RIP
February 29, 200817 yr Such a shame - another great singer of his time has gone - RIP Mike Dave Clark 5 had over 20 UK Top 50 hits and even more hits in the US. In the UK they created chart history in 1965 and 1967 when they had hits with 2 completely different songs but with the same title - EVERYBODY KNOWS. This has never happened since. Here's Mike in action in 1965. http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/images/dave%20clark.jpg Edited February 29, 200817 yr by Euro Music
February 29, 200817 yr oh well... thats life... at least he will be remembered unlike most of us! strange how the americans took favourably to our 'second rate' pop groups.. dc5, hermans hermits, whilst they may well have produced some decent pop they were never in the same league as their contemporarys... the stones, who, kinks, yardbirds, small faces...
February 29, 200817 yr and i bitterly dissagree that they should be in the hall of fame... they were moderately successful but were TOTALLY un-influencial, unlike other groups around at the time.... tbh the yardbirds should be already in there, with the likes of clapton, beck and page, they made inspiring music which still influences music today... and of course the yardbirds evolved into led zeppelin!!!
February 29, 200817 yr When you look outside the cheesy fluff that the DC5 did Smith was for me one of the all time great British vocalists in terms of power and delivery, sure much of what he did with DC5 was $h!te but he still sung it brilliantly but it was his latter stuff that I will remember him for i.e Mike Smith's Rock Engine and the 2 albums "Good time rock n roll" and "More good time rock n roll", his version of "Bring It On Home To Me" was 2nd only to Sam Cooke's version for me out of the god knows how many different renditions of the classic song I have heard Having heard him outside of all the cheesy fluff of the DC5 I would put him among the 3 or 4 best British vocalists I have ever heard
February 29, 200817 yr When you look outside the cheesy fluff that the DC5 did Smith was for me one of the all time great British vocalists in terms of power and delivery, sure much of what he did with DC5 was $h!te but he still sung it brilliantly but it was his latter stuff that I will remember him for i.e Mike Smith's Rock Engine and the 2 albums "Good time rock n roll" and "More good time rock n roll", his version of "Bring It On Home To Me" was 2nd only to Sam Cooke's version for me out of the god knows how many different renditions of the classic song I have heard Having heard him outside of all the cheesy fluff of the DC5 I would put him among the 3 or 4 best British vocalists I have ever heard fair comment...
February 29, 200817 yr I do think that they deserve to be in the Hall Of Fame though Admittedly they never bought anything new to the table musically but they made a big impact on America and the Ed Sullivan show and sold 100m+ records around the world so being a British band that were massive in America which is essentially where the Hall of Fame originates from I think they had enough success to justify an entry even if they offered nothing new musically
February 29, 200817 yr but is it a qualification to be inducted selling records? or being an influencial , inovative musician?.. dont get me wrong, dc5 were ok at pop, like hermans hermits, dave dee etc, tremoloes... lightweight pop acts like that all of whom had their place, but because they were 'second division' they are being inducted well before their time , queue jumping over more deserved acts.
March 1, 200817 yr Sad news, indeed, but, as they say, life does go on....requiescat in pace, Mike.... AFAIK, Eric Clapton already is in the R&R Hall of Fame, as a member of Cream, IIRC, and as a solo act, as well....then again, I could very well be wrong.... Some may think that the music of DC5 were fluff, but, I think it was catchy enough to warrant consideration for induction here...
March 1, 200817 yr and i bitterly dissagree that they should be in the hall of fame... they were moderately successful but were TOTALLY un-influencial, unlike other groups around at the time.... tbh the yardbirds should be already in there, with the likes of clapton, beck and page, they made inspiring music which still influences music today... and of course the yardbirds evolved into led zeppelin!!! Spot on. I don't think you can compare them favourably to 1960s British bands like The Small Faces, The Yardbirds or The Move. Yet the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame has.
March 1, 200817 yr Spot on. I don't think you can compare them favourably to 1960s British bands like The Small Faces, The Yardbirds or The Move. Yet the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame has. bizarre and wrong.
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