Mike Smith (16)

Singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and producer, born 6th December 1943, in London, England. Died 28th February 2008, in Aylesbury, England.

Smith joined [a=The Dave Clark Five] in 1960, as lead singer and keyboardist. Since that group disbanded in 1970, he had been active as a producer (for [a=Shirley Bassey], [a=Michael Ball] and others), and as composer and performer of jingles, and commercials.

He formed "Mike Smith's Rock Engine" in the early 2000s.