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On this day, 24 April 1964, sixties legends the Dave Clark Five played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre headlining a stunning bill that included The Kinks, Mark Wynter, The Mojos, The Hollies, The Treble Tones and Frank Berry.
Formed in Tottenham in 1958. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten single, "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at No. 6 in the United States in April 1964.
Although this was their only UK No. 1, they topped the US chart in December 1965, with their cover of Bobby Day's "Over and Over".
The DC5 was promoted as the vanguard of a "Tottenham Sound", a response to Liverpool's Mersey Beat sound. Dave Clark struck business deals that allowed him to produce the band's recordings and gave him control of the master recordings.
They were the second group of the British Invasion to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the United States (for two weeks in March 1964 following the Beatles' three weeks the previous month). They would ultimately have 18 appearances on the show.
The group disbanded in early 1970. On 10 March 2008, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
