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Mike Smith was the “various other” superstar from the Dave Clark Five, just a little less visible by name than drummer/founder Dave Clark but at the guts of their audio as the group’s business lead singer and key pad player. Delivered in Edmonton, Britain, he had an all natural ability …

Denis Payton was essentially the most visible saxophonist in rock and roll — and certainly in Uk rock and roll & move — from the mid-’60s. As an associate from the Dave Clark Five, his baritone sax helped punch in the rhythm portion of countless songs from the group between …

For an extremely brief amount of time in 1964, it seemed that the largest challenger towards the Beatles’ trend was the Dave Clark Five. Through the Tottenham part of London, the quintet had the lot of money to knock “I wish to Hold Your Hands” off the very best of …