Mike Smith

Mike Smith deserves far more recognition than nostalgia usually grants him. As the lead voice and keyboardist of the Dave Clark Five, he stood at the very front of the British Invasion, and for a brief window the band was the Beatles' chief rival before the Rolling Stones arrived. What impresses me is the range: singer, songwriter, and producer all at once, a versatility that explains the muscular sound of those records. His death in 2008 at sixty-four felt like an underacknowledged loss. I regard him as a quiet architect of British rock who never got his proper due.

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Name (English)

Mike Smith

Name (Japanese)

マイク・スミス (歌手)

Reading

まいく・すみす

Born

December 6, 1943 – February 28, 2008

Origin

Edmonton, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / composer / record producer / singer-songwriter / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Smith%20(Dave%20Clark%20Five)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1933525

Tags

• singer
• composer
• record producer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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