An interesting question (to me) on a banned band with not only no greatest hits but no hits whatsoever - the Dave Clark Five. They were very big when I was a teenager 'way back in the long ago, but I know of no band that has disappeared so completely. Not, I hasten to add, that I want any of their stuff, which was generally rather ordinary, but when I see CD sales, I see many '60s bands - but never DC5.
Clark may not have been much of a drummer, but he was apparently a tremendous entrepreneur, and he insisted on complete control over everything - writing, producing, recording, managing. As a result, the DC5 became fabulously wealthy, and they blazed a trail for the others (Beatles, Stones, etc. ) to follow. I'd heard that the music industry has never forgiven this destruction of the old structure, and as a result, the music sank without trace. Anyone know whether there's any truth to it?
, Led Zep, Beatles
