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From: appeyroad{at}yahoo.com
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Subject: Re: Dave Clark Five
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On Mar 11, 12:47 pm, Me  wrote:
> On Mar 11, 11:47 am, appeyr...{at}yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > Not too much interest in this at the old RMB, but the DC5 induction
> > into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tonight is a milestone for me.
>
> > No, they weren't the Beatles, but they charted better than most during
> > the early days of the British Invasion and they gave me and my junior
> > high band mates a lot of tunes to cover at sock hops (remember those?)
> > and such.
>
> > Ed Sullivan liked 'am - a lot....
>
> > Word has it that Jann Weiner kept them out for years, bowing to his
> > funk, rap and hip hop constituency.
>
> > But at last, and alas without Mike Smith, they will get their due
> > tonight.
>
> > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated at this revered outpost
> > called RMBM....
>
> > Especially the reculsive Dave Clark...who is older than RINGO!
>
> I believe that they were cheated out of being  inducted for just one
> year because Jann wanted to have a black band represented last year.
> Grand Master Flash, now that's real rock and roll.
>
> From what I've read, Dave Clark was classy and a gentleman during his
> speech and didn't mention Jann's stupid, cheating, childish behavior.

Please can any of you folks give me a link to Dave Clark's acceptance
speech, the Ventures set, et al?

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