A Selection of the Original Jingle Package with thanks to Jim Lee*:
Recorded in Studio 2 at Odyssey Recording Studio, 26/27 Castlereagh St, London W1H 5YR
on the 19th of March 1980 for Sue Manning Music - written by Mike Smith (ex Dave Clark Five).
(*1st edition)



Mike Smith

Mike (former keyboard player and vocalist of The Dave Clark Five) who, wrote
and produced (and performed on) the early Mercia jingles is very ill at his home in Spain,
he suffered a Christopher Reeve - type broken neck injury after a fall which has left him paralysed.

The Mike Smith International Appeal Fund and The Mike Smith Foundation:
c/o MIKE SMITH - NoOne Records - 1187 Coast Village Road # 525 - Santa Barbara, Ca. 93108 USA

Mike finally succumbed to many years of attempts by Dave Clark to persuade him to tour
again with the rest of the DC5. Mike was always central to that happening since he
wrote or co-wrote many of their songs, as well as singing on most of them, so for the
group to attempt a revival/reunion tour without him would be unthinkable.

He produced jingles through the jingle company Sue Manning Music and served
several radio stations including Capital, Red Rose and Radio City, as well as Mercia Sound.
(reported by Stuart Linnell - 24th May 2005)


... update reported by Jim Lee BBC Radio 4 - 29th February 2008

Mike Smith - the singer with the Dave Clark Five - has died of pneumonia. He was sixty four.
A fall at his home in Spain five years ago had left him paralysed. Mike Smith had showed
promise as a pianist while still a child. He joined Dave Clark - and made his recording
debut at eighteen.

The group were the first British act to follow the Beatles in becoming big stars in America. They
had seventeen hit records between 1964 and 1967. Mike Smith then worked as a successful
songwriter, producer and writer of advertising jingles.