Look Out, Cleveland (In the Mix)

Look Out, Cleveland

Gamble and Huff are going into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. The Philly soul songwriters, producers, executives and architects of the Sound of Philadelphia are the first winners of the Ahmet Ertegun award, newly created in the name of the late Atlantic Records exec who was just feted in London by Led Zeppelin. They'll be inducted in a ceremony in March at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

The other inductees into the increasingly non-exclusive club make for a motley crue. Madonna, instrumental rock band The Ventures, blues harpist Little Walter, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, and Brit Invaders the Dave Clark Five, seen on Ed Sullivan below. Which leads, as always, to the trivia question: Who was the singer in the Dave Clark Five?

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Posted by Dan DeLuca on December 13, 2007 10:52 AM | Permalink

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Former Philadelphian:

Mike Smith was the singer and played keyboards; Dave Clark was the band's drummer.

Posted by Former Philadelphian | December 13, 2007 2:31 PM

Posted on December 13, 2007 14:31

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