Transcript Dave Clark Five - Frank Markovich

Dave Clark Five
One of the first bands after the
Beatles to come to America
The Dave Clark Five was one of the most successful 1960s British Invasion
Bands. They ran neck-and-neck with the Beatles. In the three short years, they
had eight top ten records between 1964 and 1967, 15 albums in the United
States, and more appearances on the Ed Sullivan show than any other band.
A Short History Of The Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five started out life as a backing group for Stan Saxon, a North
London Singer. The line up then included Chris Wells and Mick Ryan as well as
Dave Clark. Chris and Mick left and Dave Clark along with Mike Smith, Dennis
Payton, Rick Huxley and Lenny Davidson formed the DC5. The reason for the
formation of the Band was to raise funds for the Tottenham Hotspurs (Spurs)
Football Club in London. The date was January 1962, the place The South Grove
Youth Club, the result one of the best known and loved British Bands of the Sixties.
One of their first attempts at releasing a single did not meet with the success that
they had hoped. Both the DC5 and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes released a
remake of the Contours "Do You Love me" at the same time, with Brain Poole
"beating" them out. This in turn was to make a major turn for the band as they then
decided to record their own material.
Here is where the genius that was Dave Clark started to flourish. Right from the
beginning he held ownership of all the DC5 masters( finished recordings) and to this
day is receiving royalties. Management was also an internal affair giving the band
more control but also in some ways hurting them. Some people within the music
business thought that this move may have shortened the life of the band but at the
time it seemed to be the way to go for the DC5.
The Clark/Smith composition "Glad All Over" was released in the late 1963 and by
January 1964 was number 1 on the British Pop Charts, replacing the Beatles " I
Want To Hold Your Hand" which had been number 1 for six weeks. This song has
become one of the most recognizable "Beat Era" hits and still enjoys a major
amount of air play today; again showing the genius of Dave Clark who still collects
royalties on DC5 songs. Toppling the Beatles brought some major press for the
group and they took advantage of this with the release of "Bits and Pieces" which
reached number 2 on the British Charts.
During the next few years the groups charting was very erratic in the UK with the
exception of "Catch Us If You Can", which reached the Top Ten in 1965 but the US
was another story!!!
The Dave Clark Five took the US by storm, spearheading what was to become
known as "The British Invasion". A record 18 appearances (for a British Beat Group)
on the Ed Sullivan Show along with 6 Sold Out Tours and 15 Top 20 Hits in two
years established the DC5 as one of the best known British Bands. One of their
Sold Out Tours included an amazing 12 sold out shows at Carnegie Hall in 3 days.
Major US hits were "Can't You See That She's Mine", "Because", "I Like It Like That"
and their sole US #1 "Over and Over".
A bit different
• One of the most obvious influences to the music
of the Dave Clark 5 was Roy Orbison. The use
of augmented chords in the Dave Clark 5 songs
was unique and taken directly from Roy’s songs.
• G to G+ to G6 to G7 was very common in old
standards but not used in Rock at all, Orbison
used it and then you can hear the same
harmony (even in the vocals) with the Dave
Clark 5.
E Aug (note also C Aug and Ab Aug)
1
1
2
Any note in an augmented chord can be the root of
the chord. The notes in the chord are equally
spaced on the chromatic scale.
3
The other chord that is similar is the diminished 7
chord as they are also equally spaced but the
Augmented repeats every 4 frets and diminished 7
chord every 3 frets.
C# Aug, F Aug, A Aug
1
D Aug, F# Aug, Bb Aug
Eb Aug, G Aug, Eb Aug
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
3
2
3
1
G Augmented is
G, B and D#. Note
how they are equally
spaced on the
chromatic scale there
are 4 notes from one
to the next one in
either direction.
"Because"
(D. Clark - M. Smith)
Intro:
G
G+
G6
G+
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
G
G+
G6
G7
It's right that I should think about you
Am
D
D+
And try to make you happy when you're blue
G
G+
C
Cm
It's right, it's right to feel the way I do
G
Am D7
G
[1: G7 2: Eb D 3: E7, to coda]
Because, because I love you
Bridge:
Am
D
G
Em
It's wrong to say I don't think of you
Am
D
'Cause when you say these things
A7
D
D+
You know it makes me blue
Verse 2:
Give me one kiss and I'll be happy
Just, just to be with you
Give me, give me, a chance to be near you
Because, because I love you
Organ solo:
G
G+
G6
G7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Am
D
G
Eb D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat verse 2]
Coda:
Am
D7
G
G6/9
Because, because I love you