The Music of The Dave Clark Five Quiz

Answer: Do You Love Me

"Do You Love Me" was a number 30 hit on the UK chart in 1963. It reached number 11 on the US pop chart in 1964.

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes took the song to number one for three weeks on the UK chart the week after The DC5's version entered the chart in 1963. It did not chart in the US. All four alternative answers are titles of UK hits by Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. The original version of "Do You Love Me" written by Berry Gordy was a number three hit on the US pop chart for The Contours in 1962. It did not chart in the UK.

Answer: Glad All Over

"Glad All Over" was number one for two weeks on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number six on the US pop chart the same year.

Written by Dave Clark/Mike Smith (not to be confused with "Glad All Over" by Carl Perkins). The DC5 from Tottenham, London (the Tottenham sound) were (after many personnel changes) Dave Clark (drums), Mike Smith (keyboard & lead vocals), Lenny Davidson (lead guitar), Rick Huxley (rhythm guitar) and Denny Payton (tenor & baritone sax, harmonica and guitar).

Answer: Bits And Pieces

"Bits And Pieces" was a number two hit on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number four on the US pop chart the same year.

Written by Dave Clark/Mike Smith "Bits And Pieces" was the first of four UK chart entries in 1964 for The DC5 and their second highest placed UK single until another number two hit in 1967. It was their second of eight US chart entries in 1964, four of which hit the Top 10.

Answer: Over And Over

"Over And Over" was number one for one week on the US pop chart in 1965. It reached number 45 on the UK chart the same year.

The Atlantic triangle strikes again, it was not the first or last time that a record by an artist from one country was a bigger hit in another country than in the artists own country. Written and recorded by US singer/songwriter Bobby Day. His version of the song was a number 41 hit on the US pop chart in 1958. It never charted in the UK.

Answer: Catch Us If You Can

"Catch Us If You Can" from the movie of the same name reached number five on the UK chart in 1965. It reached number four on the US pop chart in the same year.

Don't ask me why the movie was titled "Having A Wild Weekend" in the US or how the company exec's decided these things. If anyone has the answer let me know.
"Every Day's A Holiday" 1965, starred John Leyton, Freddie & The Dreamers and Mike Sarne.
"Ferry 'Cross The Mersey" 1965, starred Gerry and The Pacemakers, Cilla Black and The Fourmost.
"What A Crazy World" 1963, starred Joe Brown, Marty Wilde and Susan Maughan.

Answer: Everybody Knows

"Everybody Knows" was a number 37 hit on the UK chart in 1965. It reached number 15 on the US pop chart in 1964. A different song "Everybody Knows" was a number two hit on the UK chart in 1967. It reached number 43 on the US pop chart in 1968 and was The DC5's last US chart hit.

The DC5 were one of the most popular of the '60s British invasion groups in the US rivaling The Beatles momentarily along with Herman's Hermits.
"No One Can Break A Heart Like You" reached number 28 on the UK chart in 1968. It did not chart in the US.
"I've Got To Have A Reason" did not chart in the UK. It reached number 44 on the US pop chart in 1967.
"You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" did not chart in the UK. It reached number 35 on the US pop chart in 1967.

Answer: Marv Johnson

The DC5 cover version of "You Got What It Takes" was a number 28 hit on the UK chart in 1967. It reached number seven on the US pop chart the same year.

Written by Bobby Parker but sometimes credited to Gordy/Davis/Gordy, it was a number ten hit on the US pop chart for Marv Johnson in 1960. It reached number seven on the UK chart the same year. UK Rock'n'Roll revival group Showaddywaddy reached number two on the UK chart with the song in 1977. They had no hits in the US.

Answer: Red

"Red Balloon" was a number seven hit on the UK chart in 1968. It did not chart in the US.

Written and originally recorded by UK singer/songwriter Raymond Froggatt (Froggy) in 1968. His version titled "Callow-La-Vita" failed to chart in the UK but did reach number three in Holland. Although many singers and groups have had hits with his songs he has never made the UK chart.

Answer: Good Old Rock 'N' Roll

"Good Old Rock'N'Roll" was a number seven hit on the UK chart in 1969. It did not chart in the US.

The song was a medley of these '50s hits, "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry, "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard, "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis and "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins.

Answer: Eight

"Everybody Get Together" reached number eight on the UK chart in 1970. It did not chart in the US.

After this record which was their last UK Top 10 hit, they had the same number of number one hits (1) and Top 10 hits (8) in the UK & US. The group disbanded in 1970, Dave Clark & Mike Smith formed Dave Clark & Friends which lasted until 1973. In 2003 Mike Smith was paralyzed from the waist down after a fall at his home in Spain. Despite the success of The DC5 he was in financial difficulty and various appeals were launched for his treatment, particularly by Peter Noone (Herman of Herman's Hermits). After years of treatment he was released from hospital in 2007 but died from pneumonia in February 2008, eleven days before the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of The Dave Clark Five. At the end his estate was worth only £66,000.