Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies at age 64

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Smith, the lead singer of the 1960s British band the Dave Clark Five, died on Thursday of pneumonia at an English hospital, his U.S. agent said.

Smith, 64, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday morning with a chest infection resulting from complications of a 2003 spinal cord injury that had left him paralyzed from the waist down, his New York agent, Margo Lewis, said in a statement.

His death at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, north of London, came just two weeks before the Dave Clark Five -- one of the leading bands of the 1960s "British invasion" -- was due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York.

Read entire story here.

[Kooperman]

One of the most distinctive voices of the early British Invasion of the USA....

[Jim Colyer]

I hate to hear that. I remember him as looking a bit like McCartney.

[DudeAsInCool]

[Meehowski]

Aw man..........

[Redneck4sure]

The DC5 were great! Note to self: don't fall down after age 58.

[moodyblue]

[Redneck4sure]

Dave Clark Five - Because

on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMpWzibdtj8

Edited March 3, 2008 by Redneck4sure