American Tour

American Tour
Studio album by
the Dave Clark Five
Released20 July 1964
GenresPop rock, beat
Length27:43
LabelEpic
ProducersAdrian Clark (pseudonym for Adrian Kerridge and Dave Clark)
The Dave Clark Five US chronology
The Dave Clark Five Return!
(1964)		 American Tour
(1964)		 Coast to Coast
(1964)
Singles from American Tour
  1. "Because" / "Theme Without A Name"
    Released: 13 July 1964

American Tour is the third U.S. studio album by the English rock band the Dave Clark Five, released in 1964 by Epic Records. Contrary to its title, inspired by the band's first US tour, American Tour is not a live album.

American Tour contains the hit song "Because", as well as "Whenever You're Around", which was not a single in the U.S. but was issued as a B-side to "Thinking of You Baby" in the U.K., and was used in the film Get Yourself a College Girl (1964). In Canada, the album was released by Capitol Records as On Stage with The Dave Clark Five. The album reached No. 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart and No. 16 in Cashbox. The album has not been released in the UK.

In his AllMusic retrospective review of the release, Greg Adams wrote, "The mixture of jazzy chords, straight-ahead rock, and saxophone (which was pretty passé in 1964) is an interesting one, making the group less enigmatic than the Zombies and more obviously rooted in earlier rock traditions than the Beatles."

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Because" (Dave Clark) – 2:23
  2. "Who Does He Think He Is" (Clark, Mike Smith) – 1:55
  3. "Move On" (Clark, Denny Payton) – 2:12
  4. "Whenever You're Around" (Clark, Smith) – 2:43
  5. "I Want You Still" (Clark, Payton) – 1:34
  6. "Long Ago" (Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:11

Side two

  1. "Come On Over" (Clark, Davidson) – 2:18
  2. "Blue Monday" (Clark, Smith) – 2:59
  3. "Sometimes" (Clark, Ron Ryan) – 2:50
  4. "Any Time You Want Love" (Clark, Davidson) – 2:11
  5. "I Cried Over You" (Clark, Davidson) – 2:27
  6. "Ol' Sol" (Clark, Payton) – 2:00

Personnel

The Dave Clark Five

Technical

Charts

Chart (1964–1965) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's 11
US Cash Box Top 50 Stereo Albums 32
US Cash Box Top 100 Monaural Albums 16
US Record World 100 Top LP's 10

References

  1. 1 2 Barnes, Ken (199). The History of The Dave Clark Five (CD liner notes). The Dave Clark Five. Hollywood Records. p. 30. HR-61482-2.
  2. 1 2 "American Tour Review by Greg Adams". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Anon. (26 September 1964). "Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 6 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  4. ↑ Anon. (26 September 2026). "Top 50 Stereo Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  5. ↑ Anon. (26 September 2026). "Top 100 Monarual Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  6. ↑ Anon. (3 October 1964). "100 Top LP's". Record World. p. 5.