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Rare & Scratchy Rock 'N Roll Podcast


"Rare & Scratchy Rock 'N Roll" is a "rockumentary" series telling the greatest rock and roll stories on record. Some of our episodes spotlight specific artists, and others cover various specific subjects. All of them rock as we cover stories and myths about songs you can sing along with.

Aug 1, 2017

RARE & SCRATCHY ROCK 'N ROLL_043 SALUTES THE DAVE CLARK FIVE

- THEIR COMPLETE HIT SINGLES HISTORY -

As the Beatles led the British musical invasion in the mid-1960s, another English aggregation followed in their footsteps and for a time might have passed them in popularity around the world.

This five-some bounced one of the Fab Four’s most famous #1 hits off the top position on the U.K. singles chart, performed concerts in the U.S. before any of their British rock band rivals did, and made more live appearances on CBS-TV’s legendary Ed Sullivan Show than the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley combined.

Our featured group sold more than 100 million records and had more hits than the Animals, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds. All this despite the misguided marketing strategy by the man who gave the band their name, but took new compact disc and digital download pressings of their platters off the market for two decades.

They’re the Dave Clark Five. Hear their complete hit singles history here.


SJC in Detroit
six and a half years ago

Dave Clark Five. Another one of those groups you think you know -- like, early Beatles sound, right? But you'll learn a lot more as Radio Dave tells you the entire story as only he can.