The Dave Clark Five (DC5) was an English
rock and roll group of the
60s, known as one of the few that were able to present something of a commercial threat to
The Beatles, the dominant group of the period, during the
beat music craze. They were, in fact, the second group of the '
British Invasion' after the Beatles to have a chart hit in America with "
Glad All Over", a sort of '
signature song' of the band that continues to receive airplay. DC5 sold over 100 million records, appeared the most of any group on the Ed Sullivan Show, and were the pioneers in …
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