| 1958 [DC 15-16] |
| Dave Clark (at 16, a sometime
movie stuntman) and Chris Walls (guitar, bass) started the band, advertising
in the music magazine, Melody Maker. |
| Other members of this original
band include Mick Ryan (lead guitar), Rick Huxley (rhythm guitar), and
Stan Saxon (singer). (See Joynson 1995:107.) |
| |
| 1961 [DC 18-19, MS 17-18] |
| In three years the band evolved
to a more stable personnel with Dave Clark, Smith, Davidson, Payton, and
Huxley. |
| They were already a popular
instrumental band and were possibly the loudest group in London at the
time. In the next few years, they would also record demos for songwriter,
Mitch Murray. They also serve as the backing band for North London singer,
Stan Saxon. |
| |
| 1962 [DC 19-20, MS 18-19] |
| January, South Grove Youth
Club, London: The Dave Clark Five gives its first concert to raise
money for a favorite football (soccer) team, the Tottenham Hotspurs, so
they can travel to the Netherlands for a match. |
| They first sign with Ember
Records, then with Pye's Piccadilly label, but for the most part their
instrumentals largely flop. Representatives from EMI sign them to their
Columbia label after seeing them at the Tottenham Royal. |
| June. "I Knew
It All the Time" / "That's What I Said" [Congress] |
| August. "Chaquita"
/ "In Your Heart" [Ember] |
| December. "First Love"
/ "I Walk the Line" [Piccadilly] |
| |
| 1963 [DC 20-21, MS 19-20] |
| They continue to be a successful
band for dance venues and a contest votes them winners of the Mecca Gold
Cup (best band on the ballroom circuit). The DC5 also work as a demo band,
recording the work of songwriters. |
| Mitch Murray: I used to use Dave Clark 5 to make my demos and I used to pay
them £12 for the whole group, for the whole evening…. I used
to pay the studio about the same…, Regent Sound. … So, I used
to use the studio, I used to use the Dave Clark 5, and we used to just
sit there…, do two or three titles in an evening of demos. Dave
Clark 5 did the demo, for "I’m Telling You Now" and he
said, “Look, I think we’d like to do that ourselves.”
So, that’s how that got to be a Dave Clark 5 song. (interview 5
May 2001) |
| January. "I Knew It
All the Time" / "That's What I Said" [Piccadilly] |
| March. "The Mulberry
Bush" / "Chaquita" [Columbia] |
| September. "Do
You Love Me" / "Doo-Dah" [Columbia, UK #30] |
| October. Clark's agent, Harold Davidson asks Les Reed to function as the music director for Clark's recording sessions. |
| November. "Glad
All Over" / "I Know You" [Columbia, UK #1] |
| |
| 1964 [DC 21-22, MS 20-21] |
| February.
"Glad All Over" / "I Know You" [Epic, US #6] |
| February. "Bits
and Pieces" / "All of the Time" [Columbia UK #2] |
| March.
"Bits and Pieces" / "All of the Time" [Epic US #4] |
The DC5 in
London, Ontario, 1964.
