Who played drums for Dave Clark?

Who played drums for Dave Clark?

Session drummer Bobby Graham is also reported to have played, sometimes alongside Clark, on some of the band’s hits. The Dave Clark Five had 12 Top 40 hits in the UK between 1964 and 1967, and 17 records in the Top 40 of the US Billboard chart. Their cover of Bobby Day’s “Over and Over” went to No.

Was Dave Clark considered a good drummer?

This doesn’t bother me as much as it does some critics, because Clark was in fact a pretty good drummer. He felt, as producer, he wanted to save time in the studio by getting one of the best in the business, Bobby Graham, to play the drums parts. Yet this was a closely guarded secret for years.

Are any members of the Dave Clark Five still alive?

With the passing of Huxley, just two original members survive from the band — its drummer and bandleader Dave Clark and guitarist Lenny Davidson. Saxophone player Denis Payton died in December 2006 and singer and keyboard player Mike Smith died in 2008.

What happened to the lead singer of the Dave Clark Five?

Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith has died of pneumonia, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was 64. Smith died at a hospital late Thursday outside of London, his agent Margo Lewis said.

Did Dave Clark write any songs?

Me: You’ve said that Dave Clark didn’t write any of the band’s hits, right? RR: I said, “To my knowledge Dave Clark did not write or co-write any songs.” I always write alone, it never works if I try to work with anyone, and the few times I have tried I always ended up doing all the writing!

Who was the lead singer for the Dave Clark Five?

Mike Smith
The Dave Clark Five/Lead singers

The Dave Clark Five (DC5) airliner. About the fast trajectory of fame, lead singer Mike Smith said that the day before the band first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, he had never left England, never had been on a plane, never had stayed in a hotel and never had seen a limousine.

How did Dave Clark know Freddie Mercury?

Personal life. Clark was a close friend of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, whom he had known since 1976. Clark was by Mercury’s bedside when the Queen singer died on 24 November 1991.