Dave Clark

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Dave Clark Wiki Biography

David Clark was born on the 15th December 1942, in Tottenham, North London, England, and is a musician and entrepreneur best known to the world as the founder of the beat music group The Dave Clark Five, with which he released 15 studio albums, including “Glad All Over” (1964), “Coast to Coast” (1965), “5 By 5” (1967), and “Good Old Rock’nRoll” (1970), among other releases. The band is also known for their 15 top- 20 singles, including “Glad All Over” (1964), “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” (1964), “Because” (1964), “Over and Over” (1965), and “You Got What It Takes” (1967), among many other. Clark’s career started in 1957.

Have you ever wondered how rich Dave Clark is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources it has been estimated that Clark’s net worth is as high as $20 million. He has also created music for film, including the full album dedicated to the film “Having a Wild Weekend” (1965), in which his group was cast.

Dave grew up in North London, and at the age of 15 left school without obtaining a diploma. He found his place in the entertainment industry as a film stuntman, and appeared in more than 40 films. At the time he also bought a drum set and started a skiffle band through which he planned to support his football team that needed to travel to the Netherlands.

Soon enough the skiffle band grew into The Dave Clark Five, consisting of Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley and Denis Payton. They released a couple of singles in the UK, before releasing their debut album for the American market “Glad All Over”, which reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 and the single of the same name topped the charts, becoming the first song by a UK artist besides the Beatles to reach No. 1 on the US charts. The same year, the group released two more albums, “The Dave Clark Five Return!” (1964) for the USA market, and “A Session with The Dave Clark Five” (1964), which was for the UK market.

They continued to dominate the music scene on both continents, and with albums such as “Catch Us If You Can” (1965), “Coast to Coast” (1965), “Satisfied with You” (1966), “You Got What It Takes”, and “If Somebody Loves You” (1969), only cemented their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dave disbanded the group in 1970, and two years later stopped performing due to a tobogganing accident which left him with four broken knuckles.

Since then he ventured into different areas of entertainment industry, including filmmaking; he created two documentaries, “Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five” (1968), and “Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond”, which also improved his wealth.

Regarding his personal life, Dave has never married and has no children. It is also known that he was quite close to now deceased singer Freddie Mercury, and that Dave was at a bedside vigil when Mercury died in 1991. In addition to his bachelor life this brought numerous speculations about his sexuality, however, on a question if he was gay, Dave’s answer is always negative.

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Dave Clark Quick Info

Full Name Dave Clarke
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth December 15, 1942
Place Of Birth Tottenham, London, United Kingdom
Profession Musician
Education Concordia University Wisconsin
Nationality British
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/DJDaveClarke
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/djdaveclarke
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163828/
Albums Time
Music Groups The Dave Clark Five (1958 – 1970)
Movies Lucy in London, Having A Wild Weekend, Live It Up!

Dave Clark Quotes

  • I’m not a religious person, I believe all gods are one. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Buddhist or you’re Muslim or you’re Jewish or you’re Christian or whatever.
  • [on Peter Davison] One of the nicest, most unassuming guys I know, and in this crazy world of show business those qualities are very rare.
  • [on touring with The Dave Clark Five in the 1960s] That was the ultimate high, playing live. You feel like the Pied Piper, or a conductor, knowing how to take an audience up or bring them down. You were the champions of the world for that one or two hours of the day.

Dave Clark Important Facts

  • Profiled in the 1991 book “The Big Beat–Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers”, edited by Max Weinberg.
  • Before his pop fame, he was a keen amateur boxer until a broken nose changed his career course.
  • Clark, as sole owner to the exclusive rights of all the songs of The Dave Clark Five, declined to license any of the band’s recordings, and consequently none of their music was available to be purchased in any commercial format from 1978-93 until, in 1993, a single CD, “Glad All Over Again”, was produced by Clark himself and released by EMI in Britain. Thereafter, nothing was legally available once again until 2008, when the “Hits” compilation was released by Universal Music in the UK.
  • Clark was a close friend of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, whom he had known since 1975, and took over the bedside vigil of Mercury when he died in November 1991.
  • The Dave Clark Five–Clark, Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley and Denis West Payton–made some 18 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
  • Writer Bob Rafelson pitched the idea of a weekly sitcom to him; when Clark rejected the idea, Rafelson refined it to become The Monkees (1966).

Dave Clark Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin’ Alright 2009 Video writer: “Glad All Over” Soundtrack
Game Boys 2008 writer: “Catch Us If You Can” Soundtrack
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties 2006 writer: “Glad All Over” 1964 Soundtrack
Yours, Mine & Ours 2005 writer: “Things We Go Through” Soundtrack
Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story 2000 TV Special documentary writer: “Mr. Bad Guy” Soundtrack
Freddie Mercury: The Video Collection 2000 Video “In My Defence” / writer: “Time” Soundtrack
Tohuwabohu 1998 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Born Yesterday 1993 writer: “BECAUSE” Soundtrack
Look Who’s Talking Too 1990 writer: “Catch Us If You Can” Soundtrack
Good Old Days Part II 1978 TV Special writer: “Because” Soundtrack
Shindig! 1964-1965 TV Series writer – 6 episodes Soundtrack
Hullabaloo 1965 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Hollywood a Go Go 1965 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Having a Wild Weekend 1965 writer: “Catch Us if You Can”, “Sweet Memories”, “Time”, “When”, “I Can’t Stand It”, “On the Move”, “Move On”, “Ol Sol”, “Having a Wild Weekend” Soundtrack
The Being 1983 Customer In Diner Actor
Having a Wild Weekend 1965 Steve (uncredited) Actor
Becket 1964 Soldier (uncredited) Actor
Sing and Swing 1963 Recording Man (as David Clark) Actor
Pit of Darkness 1961 Night Club Musician (uncredited) Actor
Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond 2014 TV Movie documentary Director
Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five 1968 TV Movie Director
Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond 2014 TV Movie documentary producer Producer
Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five 1968 TV Movie producer Producer
Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five 1968 TV Movie Writer
Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five 1968 TV Movie Composer
Loose Women 2015 TV Series Himself Self
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – The Dave Clark Five Self
Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Later… With Jools Holland 2008 TV Series Himself – Interview Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2008 TV Special Himself Self
Freddie Mercury Himself 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Pat Sajak Show 1989 TV Series Himself Self
Queen: Magic Years, Volume Two – A Visual Anthology 1987 Documentary Himself Self
Ready Steady Go, Volume 1 1983 Documentary Himself – The Dave Clark Five (uncredited) Self
This Is Your Life 1982 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Good Old Days Part II 1978 TV Special Himself Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet 1970 TV Series Himself – Dave Clark Five Self
Hold On: It’s the Dave Clark Five 1968 TV Movie Himself – The Dave Clark Five Self
As You Like It 1967 TV Series Himself Self
Juke Box Jury 1964-1966 TV Series Himself – Panellist / Himself – Surprise Guest Self
A Tale of Two Rivers 1966 TV Mini-Series Himself Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1964-1966 TV Series Himself – The Dave Clark Five Self
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1963-1966 TV Series Himself – The Dave Clark Five / Himself – Guest Host Self
Ready, Steady, Go! 1963-1965 TV Series Himself – The Dave Clark Five Self
It’s What’s Happening, Baby! 1965 TV Special Himself – The Dave Clark Five (uncredited) Self
Get Yourself a College Girl 1964 Himself – The Dave Clark Five (uncredited) Self
Big Beat ’64 1964 TV Movie Himself – The Dave Clark Five (uncredited) Self
Top of the Pops 1964 TV Series Himself – The Dave Clark Five Self
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1986 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Beat-Club 1967 TV Series Himself – The Dave Clark Five Archive Footage
Beat! Beat! Beat! 1966 TV Series Himself – Musician Archive Footage

Dave Clark Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1966 Gold Medal Photoplay Awards Most Promising New Star (Male) Won
1966 Gold Medal Photoplay Awards Most Promising New Star (Male) Nominated