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...To Allow New Inductees Into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame?
Tomorrow, Monday March 10th will see another Band enter into the Hall of Fame. It will be televised on the VH1 Classic Channel. However, just a dozen days before the Dave Clark Five were to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, the lead singer of the DC5, Mike Smith died of pneumonia at age 64. Mike Smith was the lead singer, keyboard player and chief co-writer of the DC5, who during their heyday were the chief rivals of the Beatles! The DC5 had 16 Top 30 Hits from 1964 - 1967 and 13 Record Albums during this same period! It is estimated that this group sold 100 million records! During this period I was up in Kodiak Island, Alaska, and this band was bigger than the Stones, (quite possibly due to the quiet censorship on the airwaves...) I was not aware of Mike Smith having a spinal cord injury in 2003, which had left him paralyzed below the rib cage... Mike had developed a chest infection, and now has passed away from pneumonia. Once again the 'Music Industry' has waited too long to 'validate' one of their top acts in the biz. Why such a loooong waiting time passes before these and other people are recognized? The life spans of several entertainers are truly shortened by their lifestyles, long before the qualifying period is over. What good is there for the entertainers in recognizing them after they are gone...?? Thanks for reading our pop culture - comics - comic book blog post! Michael |
Above were the Dave Clark Five (DC5) during their heyday! Sadly only three of the five are still living to see the Band's induction into the Hall of Fame... Denis Payton and Mike Smith are no longer with us.... For all of our current Comics and Magazine listings including rock n roll comics, just click on the photo above!
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