| Mike Smith was just a few days away from being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when he died on February 28, 2008 of pneumonia at the age of 64. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) |
| They were one of the first UK bands to base their sound around drums as opposed to guitar, and to write its own material. |
| The very successful 1966 London musical Time was written by Clark. |
| They led the second wave of the '60s "British Invasion," after the Beatles. They cultivated a cleaner image than even the Beatles had, yet created an arguably harder sound. |
| Drummer Dave Clark was the first prominent rock drummer to lead his own band, as well as the first to manage his own band, and one of the first musicians to produce his own band. |
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