PBS' 'Glad All Over' celebrates Dave Clark Five
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http://news.yahoo.com/pbs-glad-over-celebrates-dave-clark-five-120021647.html;_ylt=A0LEV1tfh0RTljQA1OBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw-- Although they and the Beatles were cast as England's Tottenham-versus-Liverpool civic rivals, it was just a media myth, Clark said: "Paul McCartney talks about it in the documentary. There was no rivalry. We were mates." I hate to ruin this moment, but in the 1990s, Apple Corps sued Dave Clark International for a video release of the Beatles performing "Shout" (in 1963/64-somewhere, there or later) with McCartney on lead vocals on the program, "Ready, Steady, Go!" Dave Clark International owns the catalog. They settled, and you can find the recording on one of the Anthology CDs.
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It's on right now on PBS (EST) I'm DVRing it.
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jimmix:
http://news.yahoo.com/pbs-glad-over-celebrates-dave-clark-five-120021647.html;_ylt=A0LEV1tfh0RTljQA1OBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw-- Although they and the Beatles were cast as England's Tottenham-versus-Liverpool civic rivals, it was just a media myth, Clark said: "Paul McCartney talks about it in the documentary. There was no rivalry. We were mates." I hate to ruin this moment, but in the 1990s, Apple Corps sued Dave Clark International for a video release of the Beatles performing "Shout" (in 1963/64-somewhere, there or later) with McCartney on lead vocals on the program, "Ready, Steady, Go!" Dave Clark International owns the catalog. They settled, and you can find the recording on one of the Anthology CDs.
As with all litigation there's probably more to this than you know. Dave may have owned Ready Steady Go but may not have cleared The Beatles appearance on video. All was amicably settled in the end. It was a good show. Glad to see them not forgotten during the "50th" of the British Invasion!
18 appearances on Ed Sullivan! Did not realize that! 
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Good show! I hadn't realized that they were on Sullivan 18 times either!
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Yeah, me neither! Watched it later last night. Paul looked good then (around 200
Loved the hair! 
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Funny about the people they choose to "read" their praises.
Paul was fine...but Whoppi? Gene Simmons in his Kiss outfit? and yes, I agree around 2008 hair...great! -
oobu24:
Funny about the people they choose to "read" their praises.
Paul was fine...but Whoppi? Gene Simmons in his Kiss outfit? and yes, I agree around 2008 hair...great!BRAVO, GENE!
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It's available on DVD and BluRay in May 2014 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=Dave%20Clark%20Five%3A%20Glad%20All%20Over%20
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funny,my mom was just telling me about this like right now then i remember seeing that there was a thread about this she said she liked it
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In the special they talked about TIME The Musical that Dave produced (Julian Lennon, Freddie Mercury and others sang the songs in it) It's available on iTunes (the music only) http://www.time-themusical.com/
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Guys, the Dave Clark Five story isn't what most think. Clark played drums on almost none of the Dave Clark Five hits; he was basically a puppet-master control-freak. And he ripped off the writers of the early hits -- Ron Ryan, particularly. Do a little research. For the record: I love DC5 records, but Dave Clark deserves more credit as a producer (and that's a generous assessment) -- not as a musician. "...December 1963 saw the release of ?Glad All Over? - a Mike Smith composition and the DC5 reached number one in Britain and were now well on their way. The follow up ?Bits and Pieces? had a similar sound and formula, insanely catchy. Ron Ryan wrote it but was bewildered when he saw his name was missing from the songwriting credits. Dave told him there was nothing sinister about this and he would get his royalties anyway. The band took off in America and several years of non stop touring, promotion and record making got under way with hit singles all over the World. Unfortunately the situation with Ron Ryan took a drastic turn for the worse. Having had two raucous hits, Ron felt the band should change style and release a ballad to prove the band were versatile and could appeal to more than just teenagers. He gave them a song called ?Because? - Dave was furious, saying that a ballad was not suitable as an A' side so in Britain, he shoved it away on the B' side of the rocker ?Can't You See That She's Mine? and once again, Ron's name was absent from the credits. In America, the record company loved ?Because? and released that as an A' side which Dave could do nothing about and it became a monster hit. That song is a timeless classic much loved to this day, but Ron Ryan has never been credited for it. October 1964 saw the band releasing the frantic ?Anyway You Want It? - a powerful surging production laden with interesting echo effects. It was Ron Ryan's last song for the band. Still having not been paid let alone credited for the hits he had written for the band Ron confronted Dave demanding to know what was going on. To his horror, Dave was in total denial and Ron was gutted to see that a man he considered to be a close friend had become a complete control freak and a very different person to the one he befriended some years earlier. Ron considered suing Dave but decided not to because he was pals with the rest of the band and feared that litigation would affect them and their success. In the end, Ron and Dave came to an ?agreement? and Ron moved away to concentrate on his own career. Meanwhile, Dave told the rest of the band they were now forbidden to have any contact with Ron. It has been galling for Ron ever since to read and hear interviews with Dave Clark boasting about how he had written the song, a song that Ron points out Dave didn't like but has made a very nice living from at Ron's expense. To this day Dave Clark is credited as sole songwriter despite not having written a single note of it. ..." Read the full story here -- it's fascinating and very disappointing: http://asithappens.hubpages.com/hub/CuriousStoryofDC5
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audi:
Guys, the Dave Clark Five story isn't what most think. Clark played drums on almost none of the Dave Clark Five hits; he was basically a puppet-master control-freak. And he ripped off the writers of the early hits -- Ron Ryan, particularly. Do a little research. For the record: I love DC5 records, but Dave Clark deserves more credit as a producer (and that's a generous assessment) -- not as a musician. "...December 1963 saw the release of ?Glad All Over? - a Mike Smith composition and the DC5 reached number one in Britain and were now well on their way. The follow up ?Bits and Pieces? had a similar sound and formula, insanely catchy. Ron Ryan wrote it but was bewildered when he saw his name was missing from the songwriting credits. Dave told him there was nothing sinister about this and he would get his royalties anyway. The band took off in America and several years of non stop touring, promotion and record making got under way with hit singles all over the World. Unfortunately the situation with Ron Ryan took a drastic turn for the worse. Having had two raucous hits, Ron felt the band should change style and release a ballad to prove the band were versatile and could appeal to more than just teenagers. He gave them a song called ?Because? - Dave was furious, saying that a ballad was not suitable as an A' side so in Britain, he shoved it away on the B' side of the rocker ?Can't You See That She's Mine? and once again, Ron's name was absent from the credits. In America, the record company loved ?Because? and released that as an A' side which Dave could do nothing about and it became a monster hit. That song is a timeless classic much loved to this day, but Ron Ryan has never been credited for it. October 1964 saw the band releasing the frantic ?Anyway You Want It? - a powerful surging production laden with interesting echo effects. It was Ron Ryan's last song for the band. Still having not been paid let alone credited for the hits he had written for the band Ron confronted Dave demanding to know what was going on. To his horror, Dave was in total denial and Ron was gutted to see that a man he considered to be a close friend had become a complete control freak and a very different person to the one he befriended some years earlier. Ron considered suing Dave but decided not to because he was pals with the rest of the band and feared that litigation would affect them and their success. In the end, Ron and Dave came to an ?agreement? and Ron moved away to concentrate on his own career. Meanwhile, Dave told the rest of the band they were now forbidden to have any contact with Ron. It has been galling for Ron ever since to read and hear interviews with Dave Clark boasting about how he had written the song, a song that Ron points out Dave didn't like but has made a very nice living from at Ron's expense. To this day Dave Clark is credited as sole songwriter despite not having written a single note of it. ..." Read the full story here -- it's fascinating and very disappointing: http://asithappens.hubpages.com/hub/CuriousStoryofDC5
The same could be said for most people's favorite artists. Most used studio musicians, outside writers, etc. Show biz is an illusion. Most people would not want to know what REALLY happens behind the scenes to bring a great album or movie to fruition. And that includes the Beatles.
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I'm pretty sure that every guitar solo on an Eric Clapton album was done by Eric Clapton, excluding guests like Robert Cray, etc.. I'm pretty sure that Buddy Rich played all the drums on his records. I'll bet the farm that all the scatting on Mel Torme's songs were by The Velvet Fog, himself.
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audi:
I'm pretty sure that every guitar solo on an Eric Clapton album was done by Eric Clapton, excluding guests like Robert Cray, etc.. I'm pretty sure that Buddy Rich played all the drums on his records. I'll bet the farm that all the scatting on Mel Torme's songs were by The Velvet Fog, himself.
How about the Beach Boys? Are you pretty sure they all played all their instruments? Ever hear of Carole Kaye?
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I don't care for Beach Boys. But I do know that Brian Wilson would use a gazillion musicians for a single session. who's Carol Kaye?
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audi:
I don't care for Beach Boys. But I do know that Brian Wilson would use a gazillion musicians for a single session. who's Carol Kaye?
Carol Kaye is a session bass player who played the bass lines on dozens of hits in the 60s, including many Beach Boys hits. Check this out:
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That's not so scandalous.
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audi:
That's not so scandalous.
I don't think any of this is scandalous. Not DC5, not the Monkees. That's show biz.
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So Dave Clark taking credit for hit songs that he didn't write is acceptable in your book? How... ...conservative of you.
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audi:
So Dave Clark taking credit for hit songs that he didn't write is acceptable in your book? How... ...conservative of you.
Well, I don't recall the Beatles putting on their record sleeve that a session drummer played on LOVE ME DO and not Ringo. And you yourself said Dave Clark was more of a producer than musician. Do you think producers have ever put their names on songs they never wrote? I can't wait for your answer!
