Dave Clark Five getting recognized

[ificandream]

The Dave Clark Five will have a PBS special in April. There's a review of it here: [link:http://www.examiner.com/review/review-dave-clark-five-pbs-special-is-group-s-version-of-beatles-anthology|] They made some great music, and had one of the best British Invasion vocalists in Mike Smith. I'm glad to see this show happen. I wish more of their stuff would be on CD.

[GReedDiamond]

1. KnR, DC5 was a Great Band!...nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. Okay, what is the coincidence that I mentioned them in this thread last night and now they are

being recognised? (purposely spelled that way to adhere to British spelling conventions)

See post #48 at http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024752289 .

[ificandream]

4. ESP...

Since I didn't see your post.

[TexasTowelie]

5. It's that time warp thing.

I'll be popping out for awhile to get Tuesday's Mega Million lottery numbers so I can retroactively retire.

[Mr.Bill]

3. Link?

[rocktivity]

6. The Beatles' success made it very hard to be a Brit band in that era

I was such a diehard Beatles fan, I looked at every other Brit Invasion band as the enemy -- especially those flagrantly messy Rolling Stones. Fortunately, I was only nine, and my musical tastes matured along with me.


rocktivity

[brooklynboy49]

7. Actually, I disagree

I think The Beatles' success greased the skids and made it easier for British bands to succeed in the US. The DC5, who were actually considered the greatest "threat" to The Beatles' popularity in the early days of the British Invasion, were only one of an onslaught of British Bands in the mid-'60s. The Stones have already been mentioned. Among the bands who hit it big in the US at the time were The Kinks, The Animals, The Searchers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits, Manfred Mann, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and the Zombies. Plus a host of one-hit wonders like Freddie & the Dreamers. American artists were hard-pressed to crack the Top 10 in those days. Before the British Invasion, The 4 Seasons ruled the roost; after The Beatles hit, The 4 Seasons? Who? Sure, they continued to release hits, several of which cracked the Top 10, a few of which, like Dawn, Let's Hang On, Ronnie and Rag Doll, were bona fide smashes. But, for the most part, The Beatles and The British Invasion pretty much killed American music from 1964 to 1966, give or take. Motown, garage music and psychedelia marked the return to prominence of American music in 1966-7. Many of the bigger bands stuck around for years, but most, including the DC5, fell by the wayside by 1966.

Correction/edification -- I learned (thanks, Google! ) that Where Did Our Love Go was released in June of 1964, two years earlier than I misrembered. So, there was more of an overlap between The Supremes, the"other" huge artists of the decade, and The Beatles than I had recalled.