Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies

[mcscajun]

Source: BBC News

Mike Smith, the lead singer of 1960s British pop group The Dave Clark Five, has died at the age of 64.

He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday with a chest infection, confirmed his US agent, Margo Lewis.

This was a result of complications from a spinal cord injury sustained in 2003 which had left him paralysed from the waist down, she added.

The Dave Clark Five had 19 UK Top 40 hits, including Bits and Pieces and the number one single Glad All Over.

The group are due to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on 10 March, alongside acts including Madonna, John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/7270242.stm

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Another part of my youth gone... :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWLF5irmC-Q#

(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Since you left me and you said goodbye
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
All I do is sit and cry
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
You went away and left me misery
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
And that's the way it'll always be

(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
You said you loved me and you'd always be mine
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
We'd be together till the end of time
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you say it was just a game
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
But all you're doin' is leavin' me pain

Time goes by and goes so slow (oh, yeah)
It just doesn't seem true
Only just a few days ago
You said you'd love me, never make me blue

(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you've gone and I'm all alone
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
And you're still way up there on your throne
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Nothin' seems to ever go right
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
'Cause night is day and day is night

[Bluebear]

1. On 10 March 2008, the band will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame :(

He just missed it :(

[Mnemosyne]

10. But at least he must have known about it.

:)

Rest in Peace Mike Smith.

[roguevalley]

61. dave clark's sister was petula clark. this is all sad news.

[AngryOldDem]

62. Wow...I had no idea.

Sad news, indeed.

[NWHarkness]

25. They were supposed to go in last year!

Most people don't know what a corrupt voting system they use. For some reason Jann Wenner has the right to veto selections, and did so last year. The voters selected the DC5 and Wenner took them off the list and substituted Grandmaster Flash, who had not been voted in. If it wasn't for that jerk, Mike would have been able to enjoy the recognition.

[blm]

35. Wenner can be an A-1 prick. The original character in Scrooged was written as Wenner

but the studio forced the change in the script.

[shain from kane]

30. About the induction, maybe the Dave Clark 5 music will be released on domestic CDs now. As far as I

know, there has been only one double CD released in the USA.

[The Roux Comes First]

40. Would that by any chance be Hollywood Records 61482-2?

50 Classic Tracks!

Glad All Over was more or less the theme song of our HS sports teams during my senior year.

A great band that never gained anywhere near the attention of the Stones or Beatles. Maybe they had a fair competition going with the Kinks and Zombies?

[shain from kane]

48. That's the only one that I know that has been released domestically in the USA. There are some

UK imports, 2fors, since CDs are long enough to contain 2 of their albums. I had heard that Dave Clark controls access to the original recordings, but has refused to release them for some reason. Of course, 50 songs should about cover it, but some of us purists prefer the original albums, no matter what the format.

[Kikosexy2]

37. Just love them...

I managed to get their greatest hits CD thru import...none are available in the U.S. (yet) because they were in legal dispute with eachother...I wonder who'll take over lead if they decide to perform together at the RnR Hall of Fame..

[LisaM]

2. Oh my gosh, right before his induction.

However, it sounds as if he at least KNEW he'd be inducted. Sad.

[Aviation Pro]

3. My favorite....

...before Drew Carey ruined it with that stupid shuffle:

Up every mornin just to keep a job
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob
Sounds of the city poundin in my brain
While another day goes down the drain

But its a five oclock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time
And theres a five oclock me inside my clothes
Thinkin that the world looks fine, yeah

Tradin my time for the pay I get
Livin on money that I aint made yet
Ive been goin tryin to make my way
While I live for the end of the day

Cuz its a five oclock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time, and
Theres a long-haired girl who waits, I know
To ease my troubled mind, yeah
oh my lady, yeah
oh my lady, yeah
In the shelter of her arms everythings OK
When she talks then the world goes slippin away
And I know the reason I can still go on
When every other reason is gone,

In my five oclock world she waits for me
Nothing else matters at all
Cuz every time my baby smiles at me
I know thats its all worthwhile,
yeah oh my lady,
yeah oh my lady, yeah, fade........

[mcscajun]

11. Liked that tune...but....

that was The Vogues. :hi:

[brentspeak]

17. Yup, the Vogues did that one

[Aviation Pro]

19. Here...

Dave Clark Five: Its A 5 Oclock World
Type: MP3 AUDIO
Dave Clark Five Its A 5 Oclock World - serial number: 273912
2,034,671 bytes, last modified: 23-8-2005.

[PlanetBev]

24. The Dave Clark Five may have also recorded it....

but my favorite version was The Vogues. I was just listening to the Vogues Greatest Hits the other day, and believe me, they did that song.

[TomInTib]

13. Man, I loved that song.

I remember thinking how fine it was that it was done in such a way that I could see the picture. And I resolved, then and there, that if I ever wrote songs that they would paint pictures.

Ironically, I am going into the studio tonight for the first time in years.

Bobby Weir's (Grateful Dead, RatDog) home studio, no less.

[Redstone]

31. All righty, then. I'm happy for you. Jealous, yes, But happy for you. Send me sound files!

Redstone

[TomInTib]

32. I don't know how to send files.

Maybe I wil just mail you a CD.

But I'll bet someone around knows how to deal with files.

I'm gonna go Robert Johnson on the thing. Me, an unwired acoustic, and a single mic. See what happens.

[Redstone]

36. Hey, what sounds good over the phone will work with a one-mic.

Go get 'em.

Redstone

[blm]

34. Hey Tom...tell him Hi......

from the girl jock who tormented him over his running shoes in Atlanta long ago before their Fox Theater shows.

[TomInTib]

45. Holy, Moly, BatWoman...

I always figured you had me on your "I" list...

OK, I'll give Bobby a little trouble...

Just for you.

I nailed one, tonight...

Some times song poem dance just works.

I caught a bird on the wing, tonight.

Tom

P.S. Check that thing...

[blm]

47. Why on earth would you be on my I list? Besides, I don't *I* anyone.

Skin is pretty tough even when I smile pretty. ;)

[TomInTib]

55. Yeah, me either.

I would hate to miss anything.

[martymar64]

58. Tell Bobby this Austin Deadhead says Hi!

:toast:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Loved that song so much that not even Drew could ruin it for me.

Damn. This sucks :cry:

[Kikosexy2]

52. Five O'Clock World...

love it...but it's by the Vogues not DC5...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I knew my youth ended when John Lennon died

And I'll know I'm at the winter of my life when the Justin Hayward, John Lodge (of the Moody Blues), Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon all leave us.

[mcscajun]

8. That was the day for me as well. When John died, my youth was over.

I'd hung onto it as long as I could, but that was the end, and I knew it.

[RedEarth]

5. Dave Clark Five ......... Because

my favorite Dave Clark Five song.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mhZjQbv4s&feature=related

[lisa58]

9. thanks...

...that felt good

[bdamomma]

54. oh jeez, that brought back memories.

[maddogesq]

6. We lost Buddy Miles today as well.

I am a drummer, and consider him to be one of my influences. RIP Buddy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/arts/music/28cnd-miles.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. awww NO !!

:cry:

[lisa58]

7. me too....

...I remember the first time I heard that song - my cousins were singing it in the car on a long car trip. We were all singing it by the end.

Rest in enternal peace.

[gateley]

12. He was my favorite one in the group!

I can still see the album cover.

I didn't know he'd had a spinal injury - that's so sad.

[mcscajun]

16. And it was the injury that led to the chest infection.

A fall can wreak so much havoc. :(

[Crabby Appleton]

18. RIP, Mike Smith

[PlanetBev]

20. That was a group of good-looking guys...

I was 14 when they toured America in 1964. I thought Mike was the cutest.

Makes me kind of sad and nostalgic...wish he had made it long enough to see the group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[oscarmitre]

44. I was 14 and living in the UK in 1964

I remember the huge fuss in the newspapers when DC5 knocked The Beatles off the number one perch in the charts. This is sad news.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. I'm glad all over........no more

One of my first LPs I ever bought.

Look at all the great songs on one album

[dhill926]

26. I'm with ya....damn....

[Irishonly]

22. AW Jeez

Another part of my childhood is gone. The Beatles, Dave Clark Five and the British Invasion were such an important influence on my musical tastes. The bad part of getting older is you start to lose so many. Obviously, I never met any of them but I still listen to their music.

[Faygo Kid]

23. I'm feelin' bad all over. Buddy Miles, too - loved his Midnight Rider.

I think Buddy did the best version of Midnight Rider (no knock on the Allman Brothers). And The Dave Clark Five represents a summer of turning 13 with swimming, bike riding and (ouch) puberty.

So long, guys.

[Buzz Clik]

27. And this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mhZjQbv4s

[abq e streeter]

28. I love the DC5 , rest in peace Mike Smith, and Buddy Miles too

I love the Electric Flag; A Long Time Comin' is one of the great albums of all time, and Buddy's vocals on Overlovin' You is one of its highlights...

[MuseRider]

29. Oh my.

Rest easy Mike Smith. You were my second big crush, the first being George Harrison. Thank you for the music and the dreams :).

I had followed a little about his life since his accident. I am so very sad to hear this. May his family find comfort and know that for many of us sad kids his music was something to bring joy and get us through to adulthood. That alone is a life well spent.

[wtmusic]

33. My fave:

Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

Now we gotta run, mmmm-mm-mm
No more time for fun, mmmm-mm-mm
When we're gettin' angry, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can



Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

[micraphone]

38. What a voice!

Another legend joins the choir upstairs. Another one from my youth too.

RIP Mike

[Warren Stupidity]

39. I am feeling very old.

The 60's was so fucking long ago it hurts.

[Maccagirl]

42. You said it all

<heavy sigh>

RIP Mike Smith.

:grouphug:

[Raejeanowl]

41. That Is So Sad

He had a good voice and was one of my heartthrobs back in the day. Saw them twice in concert. Wife was devoted to him. My sincere condolences to her and the rest of his family.

[John Kerry VonErich]

43. Double Condolences

First and most importantly my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mike Smith.

Secondly, my condolences to the band for getting inducted to a worthless piece of garbage they call the RNR Hall Of Fame. These people only care about what they like and not the impact an artists had. (IE: Kiss, and The Monkees)

[Vinca]

46. That's so sad. I had no idea he was paralyzed.

He was part of the very best time in music history. I really liked the Dave Clark Five. Those were the days . . .

[Number9Dream]

49. He was a terrific rock vocalist

The DC5 were such a big part of the original British 60's scene along with The Beatles, Stones, Kinks, and Who. Many felt Mike was the best rock vocalist of the time. Funny what you remember... the DC5 banging those high heeled boots in time with that great back-beat. RIP Mike.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

50. Sad All Over...

Dave Clark Five was a great band.

[TooBigaTent]

51. I remember dancing to Glad All Over in dance class (yes it was nerdy)

graduation (our choice for "pop" song) after all the foxtrots and cha-chas way back in seventh grade.

I also remember when the DC5 were thought of as rivals to the Fab Four. Guess we all know how that turned out.

The DC5 was great, though. They deserve the HoF. RIP Dave.

[bdamomma]

53. oh I used to love the Dave Clark Five

brings back memories. :-(

[PlanetBev]

56. Turns out that Denny Payton died in December '06 from cancer

I had absolutely no idea until last night...really added to my pain. Within a few hours, The Dave Clark Five dropped to The Dave Clark Three.

[PlanetBev]

57. Denny also knew they were going to be inducted into HOF

only weeks before he died. He was quoted as saying that he knew he would not be around for the award but being in the group was one of his proudest achievements. Dave Clark said that Denny faced death without fear and was very brave.

[tilsammans]

59. "Any Way You Want It"

One of the most kick-ass rock songs of all time.

RIP, Mike. :loveya:

[mcscajun]

60. Ohmigod, yes!

I loved that one...