What Is Dave Clark's Net Worth?
Dave Clark is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $30 million. The Dave Clark Five rivaled the popularity of the English rock band the Beatles, releasing a body of musical work that included 20 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, 3 EPs, and 47 singles, gaining devoted fans across the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The band achieved 12 top-40 hits in the United Kingdom and 17 in the United States. They have sold over 100 million records around the world.
Forming the Band
Dave Clark was born on December 15, 1939, in Tottenham, North London, England. He started the band the Dave Clark Quintet in 1958. During the early 1960s, while they were performing in English pubs, the band members decided to change their name to the Dave Clark Five.
Clark served as the drummer and manager of the band, which included Denis Payton on saxophone, harmonica, and second guitar, Mike Smith on keyboards and lead vocals, Rick Huxley on bass, and Lenny Davidson on lead guitar. The band's performances rivaled those of the English rock band the Beatles with audiences of hysterically screaming fans. The Dave Clark Five was the first band to have its own private plane.
Music, Television & Film
In 1964, the Dave Clark Five released their single, "Glad All Over," which reached the United Kingdom's Top 10 chart. The album of the same name reached gold record status in the United States. The band first appeared on the American variety show "The Ed Sullivan Show" on March 8, 1964. They would go on to appear on the show seventeen more times – more than any other English group.
In 1965, the band released the film "Catch Us if You Can," starring English actress Barbara Ferris, based on their popular song of the same name. The film was renamed "Having a Wild Weekend" when it was released in the United States.
In 1968, Dave produced the television show "Hold On, It's the Dave Clark Five."
Studio Albums Released in the United Kingdom
The following albums were released in the United Kingdom by the Dave Clark Five: "A Session With the Dave Clark Five" in 1964, "Catch Us If You Can" in 1965, "Everybody Knows" in 1967, "5 By 5" in 1968, "If Somebody Loves You" in 1970, "The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll-18 Golden Oldies" in 1971, and "Dave Clark & Friends" in 1972.
Studio Albums Released in the United States
The following studio albums were released in the United States by the Dave Clark Five: "Glad All Over," "Sessions With the Dave Clark Five," "The Dave Clark Five Return!," "American Tour," and "Coast to Coast" in 1964, "Weekend in London," "Having a Wild Weekend" and "I Felt it Like That" in 1965, "The Dave Clark Five Instrumental Album," "Try Too Hard" and "Satisfied With You" in 1966, "5 By 5" and "You Got What it Takes" in 1967, and "Everybody Knows" in 1968.
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Compilation Albums
The following compilation albums were released by the Dave Clark Five: "The Hits of the Dave Clark Five," "The Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits," and More Greatest Hits" in 1966, "More Hits of the Dave Clark Five" in 1967, "The Best of the Dave Clark Five" in 1970, "The Dave Clark Five" in 1971, "Glad All Over Again-The Dave Clark Five's All-Time Greatest Hits" in 1975, "25 Thumping Great Hits" in 1978, "Glad All Over Again-Thirty Five Solid Gold Hits" in 1993, "The History of the Dave Clark Five" in 1993, "The Hits" in 2008, and "All the Hits" in 2020.
EPs
The following EPs were released by the Dave Clark Five: "I Knew It All the Time" in 1963, "Hits of the Dave Clark Five" in 1964, and "Wild Weekend" in 1965.
After the Band
The Dave Clark Five stopped regularly recording and performing together in 1970 but continued to engage in occasional projects until 1973. Clark saw his drumming career come to an end when he broke four knuckles in a tobogganing accident. Dave entered other avenues of show business, and in 1986, he wrote a science fiction stage musical called "Time," which played in London's West End for two years. A concept album arose from the stage project and featured Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Leo Sayer, and Freddie Mercury. The album sold two million copies.
In 1993, Dave released all the Dave Clark Five singles, remastered onto the compact disc "Glad All Over Again."
In 2014, Clark wrote, produced, and appeared in the documentary "The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over."
In 2020, Dave contracted with international music publisher BMG Rights Management to rerelease the music of the Dave Clark Five. That year, the "Dave Clark Five Greatest Hits" was released.
Hall of Fame
In 2008, American actor Tom Hanks inducted the Dave Clark Five into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a museum established in Cleveland, Ohio, to document the history of rock & roll and honor its musicians.
Members of the Band
Dave Clark and Lenny Davidson are the only members of the Dave Clark Five who are still living. Denis Payton died in 2006 of cancer, Rick Huxley died in 2013 of emphysema, and Mike Smith died of pneumonia in 2008 shortly after suffering a severe spinal injury after falling from a fence.
