Tuesday, March 8, 2011

March 8, 1964 - The DC5 on Ed Sullivan


The second British Invasion band to invade the USA was the Dave Clark Five. Hot on the heels of knocking the Beatles out of #1 in England when "Glad All Over" replaced "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at the top of the British charts, the DC5 brought us the Tottenham Sound (the Beatles of course had given us the Mersey Sound).
With Mike Smith on lead vocals and Dave Clark on drums they went on to appear a record 18 times on Ed Sullivan and had a string of hits lasting through 1967. Refusing to adapt to the psychedelic music gaining popularity in '67, they faded from the U.S. charts... but not our hearts!