A Session with The Dave Clark Five

A Session with The Dave Clark Five
Studio album by the Dave Clark Five
Released	10 April 1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	Pop rock beat
Label	Columbia
Producer	Adrian Clark (pseudonym for Adrian Kerridge and Dave Clark)
The Dave Clark Five chronology
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A Session with The Dave Clark Five is the UK debut studio album by the English pop rock band the Dave Clark Five, released in the United Kingdom on 10 April 1964 through EMI's Columbia Records. ^[1] The album consists of the single "Can't You See That She's Mine" along with covers of "Rumble" by Link Wray & His Ray Men, "On Broadway" by the Drifters, and the Walt Disney song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah". It peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Writing for Beat Instrumental , Dave Gell opined that the album was a good representation of Dave Clark and Mike Smith's songwriting talent. He additionally praised the band's musical abilities, particularly noting that Smith is "well-represented" on the organ. ^[3] He added that the LP's "overall effect is of a group thoroughly in love with what they're doing". ^[3]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote: "As the group's first venture in making an LP, it's not as strong as their later efforts, though it does show off their range around the sound that would make them international stars. The lack of the presence of a hit single, however, leaves it weaker than most of the group's American-released LPs." ^[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can't You See That She's Mine"	Dave Clark, Mike Smith	2:22
2.	"I Need You, I Love You"	Clark, Smith	2:32
3.	"I Love You No More"	Clark, Smith	2:18
4.	"Rumble"	Link Wray, Mill Grant	2:36
5.	"Funny"	Clark, Denis Payton	1:51
6.	"On Broadway"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:37

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert	2:30
2.	"Can I Trust You"	Clark	2:05
3.	"Forever and a Day"	Clark, Smith	2:08
4.	"Theme Without a Name"	Clark, Lenny Davidson	2:01
5.	"She's All Mine"	Clark, Smith	2:11
6.	"Time"	Clark	2:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from 1968 Music for Pleasure reissue, ^[4] except where noted.

The Dave Clark Five

• Dave Clark – drums
• Mike Smith – organ, lead vocals
• Lenny Davidson – guitar
• Denis Payton – tenor sax
• Rick Huxley – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Adrian Kerridge – co-producer
• Dave Clark – co-producer, musical director (1–9, 11–12)
• Les Reed – musical director (10)
• Bruce Fleming – photography ^[5]

Charts

Chart (1964)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [6]	3

See also

• The Dave Clark Five discography

References

1. Anon. (28 March 1964). "Hollywood is After the Dave Clark Five!" (PDF). Disc . pp. 6–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025– via WorldRadioHistory. In Britain the first Dave Clark Five LP will be released on Columbia on April 10, called Session With the Dave Clark Five.
2. Eder, Bruce. "A Session with The Dave Clark Five > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 January 2019.
3. Gell, Dave (May 1964). "New Discs" (PDF). Beat Instrumental (5): 19 – via WorldRadioHistory.
4. Machin, Blaise (1968). A Session with The Dave Clark Five (LP liner notes). The Dave Clark Five. Music for Pleasure. MFP 1260.
5. A Session with The Dave Clark Five (LP liner notes). Columbia Records. 1964. 33SX 1598.
6. "The Dave Clark Five | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.