DAVE CLARK FIVE (UK)

The group started out in 1958 as the backing band for a singer called Stan Saxon although this was only Dave Clark and Rick Huxley who would go on to be in the Dave Clark Five. They eventually split from Saxon in 1962 and began to establish themselves in North London. They were hailed as London’s answer to the Mersey Beat Sound explosion that was happening at the time. They would see 21 UK chart hits with ‘Glad All Over’ giving them their only number 1. In the US they would manage 23 Hot 100 hits and topped the charts there with ‘Over And Over’. Clark (born 15 December 1939 in London) would also have a solo career seeing 8 UK chart hits including a number 50 hit with ‘What Was Her Name’ which was credited to Dave Clark Featuring Chicks On Speed. He would get to 34 with ‘Southside’, his highest peak as a solo artist.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
03-Sep-1965	Catch Us If You Can	5	11
05-Jan-1968	Everybody Knows	7	8
25-Oct-1968	The Red Balloon	6	12
06-Feb-1970	Good Old Rock ‘n Roll	16	6
01-May-1970	Everybody Get Together	18	2
		Total hits	5
		Total weeks	39

Biggest climber awards	2
Star rater climbs	4
Biggest fallers	2
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	12
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	110
Top 30 points ranking	197
Top 20 points ranking	=221
Top 30 points	727
Top 20 points	337

For those who like quirky facts, The Dave Clark Five had as many SA hits as the number mentioned in the band’s name. The Dave Clark 5 were 1 of 12 acts who would see 2 songs chart that would also chart by another act. Only Trini Lopez of the 12 would see 3 such hits. ‘Everybody Knows’ was also a hit for Engelbert Humperdinck while ‘Everybody Get Together’ was a hit for The Youngbloods under the title ‘Get Together’.